Denver Cybersecurity Conference

As the Deputy Risk Officer / Business Information Security Officer at Kaiser Permanente, I oversee the technology risk management program for the nation’s largest integrated healthcare organization, with $110b in annual revenue, 250k+ employees, and millions of members in eight states. I collaborate with and advise senior executives on their IT investment programs, ensuring compliance with industry-leading cybersecurity standards and regulations, such as NIST, ITIL, PCI-DSS, PHI, PII, HIPAA, and others.

With a J.D. degree from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and a B.A. degree from New York University, I have a strong legal and regulatory background that complements my technical and operational expertise. I also hold a Cybersecurity and Privacy Law Certificate from Mitchell Hamline School of Law, as well as multiple certifications and designations in asset management, information security, and finance. My core competencies include risk assessment, risk quantification, data and risk governance, policy writing and controls, contract and vendor negotiations, audit, project management, process improvement, and client onboarding and due diligence. I am a dynamic leader who values innovation, collaboration, and excellence.

Merlin Namuth i has over 28 years of IT experience – last 25 years focused in security. His comprehensive experience spanning several industries includes leading 6 different security programs, creating strategy and building security programs from the ground up, advancing existing security programs, mergers and acquisitions, managing incident response teams, computer forensics, compliance, architecture, and engineering complex security solutions both on-prem and in the Cloud. Namuth has served as an advisor to security startup companies. He has presented at numerous conferences, including RSA both domestically and internationally, been interviewed on renowned security podcasts, and frequently writes blogs and articles.