Philip Beyer is the Vice President of Security Engineering for Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN), a leading pure play payments technology company delivering innovative software and services globally. He leads the teams building solutions to protect customer and cardholder data.

Mr. Beyer is mission-driven to guide security leaders to higher effectiveness. His company Getting Security Done supports professionals with business communication and value creation training like Effective Security Leader, an 8-hour course with practical guidance. He co-founded the Texas CISO Council, a regional committee that develops free strategic resources for security leaders and published the Information Security Program Essentials Guide.

As the Senior Director of Information Security for The Advisory Board Company, Mr. Beyer led the prevention, detection, and response programs for a firm improving the performance of 5,500+ health care organizations and educational institutions around the world. As the Information Security Officer for the Texas Education Agency, he protected data for 1200 school districts, 5 million active students, and 1 million employees. As a Lead Consultant for Denim Group, he led security assessments, improved risk management practices, developed detection and response capabilities, and strengthened information security programs for a variety of businesses and Fortune 100 clients.

During Mr. Beyer’s presidency, the ISSA Capitol of Texas Chapter (Austin ISSA) was recognized as Chapter of the Year in 2013. He holds a BS degree in Physics from Trinity University and the CISSP certification. Outside the office he is a martial artist and ultra-marathon runner.