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About Eugene Fredriksen

Gene Fredriksen Chief Information Security Officer at PSCU is responsible for the companys development of information protection and technology risk programs. Gene has over twenty-five years of information technology experience with the last twenty focused in information security. In this capacity he has been heavily involved with all areas of audit and security. Prior to joining PSCU Gene held the positions of CISO for Tyco International Principal Consultant for Security and Risk Management Strategies for Burton Group Vice President of Technology Risk Management and Chief Security Officer for Raymond James Financial and Information Security Manager for American Family Insurance. Gene is a Distinguished Fellow with the Global Institute for Cyber Security and Research located at the Kennedy Space Center. He is also the Executive Director of the newly formed National Credit Union Information Sharing and Analysis Organization. He was as the Chair of the Security and Risk Assessment Steering Committee for BITS and served on the R&D committee for the Financial Services Sector Steering Committee of the Department of Homeland Security. Gene is a Distinguished Fellow for the Global Institute for Cyber Security and Research headquartered at the Kennedy Space Center. Gene is a member of the SC Magazine Editorial Advisory Board and was named one of three finalists for the SC Magazine CISO of the Year Award in 2015. He served as Chair of the St. Petersburg College Information Security Advisory Board and the Howard University Technology Advisory Board. He is a member of multiple advisory boards for universities organizations and security product companies. Gene attended the FBI Citizens Academy and maintains a close working relationship with both local and federal law enforcement agencies.