Eric Cowperthwaite is the Chief Information Security Officer, Providence Health & Services, a large Catholic not for profit healthcare organization with 27 hospitals located in Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska and Montana. Eric is responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership in the management and delivery of enterprise security. Eric worked for Electronic Data Systems and served in the US Army for a decade. Eric is a member of a variety of industry organizations, including • Pacific Northwest CISO Forum • ISSA CISO Executive Forum Steering Committee • Security Executive Council He has been asked to speak on security topics by a variety of organizations, including the Department of Homeland Security, Gartner, ISSA and SANS. Eric is a 2008 Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leaders honoree.