Full Name
Chad Peterson
Job Title
Director, Third Party Risk Service Delivery
Company
Optiv, Inc.
Speaker Bio
Chad Peterson brings more than 20 years of technical and leadership experience to his current role. Peterson is a director within Optiv’s third-party risk management practice and works closely with our clients and account teams in the area of risk management.

A subject matter expert in information assurance, Peterson has an extensive background in regulatory adherence, compliance and security training, network and systems security, business impact analysis, policy reviews, and risk assessments.

Prior to joining Optiv in 2012, Peterson spent many years in the healthcare industry where he held positions, such as HIPAA security officer, information security manager, health information technology director and security auditor.

Peterson holds a master’s degree in information technology with a specialization in information security, and has earned certifications in the areas of security (CISSP), audit (CISA), compliance and risk (CHC, CRISC) and IT framework (ITIL-F). Peterson was formerly on the board of directors of the West Florida Chapter of ISACA and is actively involved in ISSA, AHIA, and HIMSS.
Chad Peterson