Tom Walsh
CISSP
Founder and
Managing Partner
Email: tom.walsh@tw-Security.com
- Founded the firm in 2003
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) for over 23 years
- Serving as the cybersecurity and data privacy consultant for several covered entities and business associates
- Conducted his first risk analysis in 1992*
- Known for developing a reasonable, practical approach to information security using tried and tested methods and tools
- Served as an expert witness for multiple legal firms
- Co-authored four books published by the AMA, AHIMA, and HIMSS
- Presented at HIMSS Annual Conference for 15 consecutive years
- Instrumental in creating a strategic partnership with two national healthcare organizations and the project manager for training programs:
- HIMSS – Developed ten, self-paced study modules for the Certified in Healthcare Security (CHS – Security credential was later combined with the Privacy credential) exam and conducted several full-day, pre-conference workshops
- AHIMA – Facility member for the “Getting Practical with Privacy and Security” seminar
- Wrote the online AHIMA training course: Building Effective Security Audit Programs. Primary author on three Practice Briefs
* To put that statement into perspective, NIST first released the SP 800-30 Risk Management Guide for Information Technology Systems in July of 2002
