Profile
George is currently chief security officer at Bedrock Security, an organization specializing in AI-driven data protection. Before that, he was head of trust and interim CISO at MongoDB and Sumo Logic's chief security officer & SVP of IT. George possesses more than 20 years of leadership experience in the domains of cybersecurity, compliance and cloud operations. He has actively participated at the forefront of secure architecture, privacy and DevSecOps since co-founding the VMware Center for Policy & Compliance.
A recognized authority in the industry, George is a frequent keynote speaker at significant security forums, including RSA, Black Hat and TEDx. He actively provides advisory services to various cybersecurity startups and enterprise technology companies, assisting in the development of product and go-to-market strategies. Additionally, George serves on several advisory boards and is a co-founder of XFoundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness about fentanyl poisoning.
Expertise
- Cloud Security
- DevSecOps
- Compliance & Governance (PCI, HIPAA, ISO 27001, CSA Star, SOC 2 Type 2, FedRamp)
- Management (Building teams, automation, auditing)
- Privacy
Qualifications
Achievements & Contributions
- Co-Founder of VMware Center for Policy and Compliance
- Co-Author of Center for Internet Security QuickStart Cloud Infrastructure Benchmark v1.0.0
- Author of the MIS|TI Fundamentals in Cloud Security course
- Speaker at information security conferences such as RSA, AWS reInvent, Cloud Expo Silicon Valley, SANS Institute Cloud Security Summit
- Former Global Director of Security Evangelism and Product Strategy and Director of VMware Policy and Compliance at VMware
- Former Cloud Business Director at EMC
