As Coalfire's Director of Security Services, Mr. Baer provides expertise on technical assessment practices and risk mitigation controls. He combines an extensive knowledge of cyber security best practices with expertise in IT control technologies, policies and procedures to develop solutions that mitigate risk to critical computing assets and sensitive information. Prior to joining Coalfire, Mr. Baer served as the lead network and systems engineer for an Internet Service Provider with operations in Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. He has also served in senior technical positions with Nupremis where he led the technical design and implementation of data centers located Hungary, Germany, England, the U.S. and the Philippines. Mr. Baer holds numerous industry certifications for Network, Systems and Security Engineering. He is an authority on the Payment Card Industry security standard, including Visa's Cardholder Information Security Program and MasterCard's Site Data Protection (SDP) initiative. Mr. Baer has designed more than 100 enterprise programs that comply with the privacy and security requirements found in the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. |