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Darren Death
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Darren Death is ASRC Federal's Chief Information Security Officer. He is responsible for managing the enterprise cybersecurity program across a 3 billion-dollar portfolio of business sectors, including financial services, government contracting, and construction. A proven technology leader with over 20 years of experience deploying enterprise systems for large private and public organizations, Darren Death has led, designed, and implemented large-scale, organizational-wide enterprise IT systems with far-reaching impact. Before joining ASRC Federal, while at the Department of Justice, he was responsible for creating a nationwide enterprise processing capability across the US Attorney, Marshalls Service, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms divisions. At the Library of Congress, Darren was responsible for all emerging technologies related to information security. He holds a doctoral degree in information technology, specializing in information assurance and cybersecurity.
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Determine your information security program objectives


When you begin the work to establish your information security program plan, you must take the time to reflect on what your objectives are for the program. It is not enough to say that you are going to secure things. You must understand the culture and maturity level of your organization and allow this to guide you in the development of your plan.

For instance, if your organization is very immature and conducts business and operations in a very ad hoc manner, you will find it very difficult to institute a program that starts off requiring rigorous policies and procedures to be followed. Instead, you must meet your organization where they are at delivering security services that meet the current need while planning for more sophisticated services as the organization matures.

Regardless of the maturity of your organization, there is typically always room to make improvements. As a result, when you begin your planning process you should break...

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Darren Death

Darren Death is ASRC Federal's Chief Information Security Officer. He is responsible for managing the enterprise cybersecurity program across a 3 billion-dollar portfolio of business sectors, including financial services, government contracting, and construction. A proven technology leader with over 20 years of experience deploying enterprise systems for large private and public organizations, Darren Death has led, designed, and implemented large-scale, organizational-wide enterprise IT systems with far-reaching impact. Before joining ASRC Federal, while at the Department of Justice, he was responsible for creating a nationwide enterprise processing capability across the US Attorney, Marshalls Service, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms divisions. At the Library of Congress, Darren was responsible for all emerging technologies related to information security. He holds a doctoral degree in information technology, specializing in information assurance and cybersecurity.
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