Paul Love

Chief Information Security & Privacy Officer

Paul Love is the Chief Information Security & Privacy Officer for a financial services company and has been in the Information Security field for almost 30 years. Paul has an MSc in Network Security, has been an author of nine books with major publishers on multiple topics, including security, Linux, and other topics. Paul has been a part of many different organizations in multiple security roles, including the US Marine Corps, Schlumberger, Microsoft, Ernst & Young, Cetera Financial, 5/3 Bank, Ally Bank, Freddie Mac, and an internet startup. He enjoys helping others through his work on books and in addition to writing, he has been a tech editor for many books covering security topics, Unix, Oracle, and other technical and non-technical subjects. Paul has over 20 certifications including CISSP, CISA, CISM, CCSP, FIP, CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPP/C, CIPT, CIPM, ITIL Foundations, Security+, and many others.

He has extensive experience in Information Security in Financial Services, Government, Software as a Service, consulting, and startups.

Paul has been passionate about Information Security since creating his first disk operating program in the 80's on an Atari XE that included security components. His goal is to demystify security and share with leadership and others how to be effective in security protections. Paul is also passionate about process improvement and simplifying complexity. As a security practitioner, he has seen many things that work and don't work, but is in a constant improvement mode and looking to hear insight from others, as well as have a good argument with his equally talented co-host.