Rich Baich
CISSP, CISM; Principal
Deloitte & Touche LLP

Rich is a respected industry leader for domestic and global enterprise security and risk solutions. He has led multi-national teams in both the private and public sector, advising global organizations to effectively and efficiently balance risk, technology and data management decisions with data protection, regulatory compliance issues, privacy and security controls. Rich’s operational experience includes designing, assessing and delivering FCRA violation remediation strategy.

As former Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at ChoicePoint Inc., Rich held enterprise-wide responsibility for the architecture, design, risk, business continuity and implementation of information and technology security. He also served as ChoicePoint’s official executive representative to internal and external customers, audit, regulatory and law enforcement on information security matters.

Rich’s security leadership roles include Naval Information Warfare Officer for the National Security Agency (NSA), Sr. Director Professional Services at Network Associates (now McAfee) and after 9/11, as Special Assistant to Deputy Director for the National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He is currently serving as the Commanding Officer of the United States Naval Reserve Navy Information Operations Command in Denver, Colorado.

In 2005, Rich authored “Winning as a CISO”, a leadership sourcebook for security executives. He received the "Information Security Executive of the Year in Georgia" award in 2004 for his security and pioneering leadership. Rich continues to serve as an ISE Award Program Series Judge helping to expand the visibility of security executives nationwide. He is currently on the Board of Directors for the Charlotte InfraGard, NPower Charlotte Region, and serves as an advisor, for Congresswomen Myrick's Homeland Security Taskforce.