Event Details

Title: Fireside Chat with Octavio Herrera and Simon Hodgkinson
Topic: Operational Resilience
Location: In-person event in Houston

Abstract:

Octavio Herrera, Chair of ONE-ISAC, leads the cyber security practice for Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY), will sit down with Simon Hodgkinson, former CISO at bp and Strategic Advisor for Semperis to discuss how to protect our critical national infrastructure.

Topics include:

• How does disaster recovery fit into a strong operational resilience plan?
• How can you talk with executives or board members to strengthen your resilience (and by proxy, your cybersecurity stance)?
• How can cybersecurity experts and identity pros demystify Active Directory security in a way that accelerates its adoption as part of a resilience plan?

As the primary identity service for 90% of organizations worldwide, “Active Directory is at the very core of your ability to operate and deliver business outcomes,” according to Simon Hodgkinson, former CISO at bp and Strategic Advisor for Semperis. “It needs to be part of your operational resilience strategy instead of being treated as an island.”

“If you’ve lost AD, you’ve lost your business. It’s that extreme.” – Simon Hodgkinson

Speakers:

Octavio Herrera, Chair of ONE-ISAC, Occidental Petroleum Corporation

Simon Hodgkinson, former CISO at bp and Strategic Advisor for Semperis

Bios:
Octavio Herrera, Chair, Occidental Petroleum Corporation

Octavio Herrera, a cum laude graduate from Norwich’s University MSIA program and proud CISSP member has held a number of information security positions within Fortune 500 companies. During his 25+ year career, he has led the regulatory compliance program at Alcoa’s largest business unit, managed the IT Security program for American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus (AFLAC), served as Information Security Officer (CISO) for the Houston Independent School district – the seventh largest district in the nation and the largest in Texas – and since 2013, has lead the cyber security practice for Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY).

Simon Hodgkinson, former CISO at bp and Strategic Advisor for Semperis

Simon has 40 years of experience in information technology and cyber security across the software, financial services, and energy sectors. He spent 18 years working for bp in a variety of global roles, including Group Chief Information Security Officer and VP of Global Infrastructure.

Simon now combines advisory and executive roles for several organizations, including Semperis. He has served as an advisor to NHS Digital and the Natural History Museum on cybersecurity.