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Mike Gioia
Biography
An information security leader with 18 years of experience delivering security solutions across several industries. I was an officer in the U.S. Air Force and has worked in higher education, the Department of Defense, retail food services, and security consulting. I have performed most of his information security work in higher education as an Information Security Officer at Eastern Illinois University, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, and currently at Bentley University. I hold various professional certification to include a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) and Certified Data Privacy Solution Engineer from ISACA, Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) from ISC2, GIAC Security Leadership Certification (GSLC) from SANS, and Payment Card Industry Professional (PCIP) from the PCI Security Standards Council.