Phillip Mahan is an Information Security and Privacy professional who has spent a decade and a half within the Fortune 50.  His experience is rooted in various business sectors including retail, petrochemical, insurance, and finance.  As a consultant, he has created governance documents for small and medium-sized businesses and given countless training sessions on various aspects of information security.  Phillip holds several IT certifications including  CISSP, CISA, & CIPP. He is a member of the Atlanta chapter of ASDFED, the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS), and the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA).  He is the Atlanta KnowledgeNet Chair for the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), and the 1^st Vice President of the Atlanta chapter of the High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA).

Phillip enjoys speaking to business owners and corporations on a variety of  topics including “Vigilant Common Sense”, “Governance & the Entrepreneur”, and “Hunting for budget without ‘F.U.D.’ (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt)”. He is also a published author of articles in trade magazines, books, and blogs on the topics of Security, Forensics, and Marketing.