Randall Frietzsche’s (“Fritz”) career started as a Law Enforcement Officer. With the technical aptitude, he moved into technology, starting as an MCSE on Windows NT 4.0. Over the next 22 or so years, he evolved to become the Enterprise Chief Information Security Officer for Denver Health and Hospital Authority. Holding a Master’s in Cybersecurity, he also teaches cybersecurity risk management courses for Harvard and Regis Universities. As an ISSA Distinguished Fellow, Fritz’s mission is to give back to our profession, to mentor, teach, speak, and write. Security is his vocation, avocation and passion. Fritz has presented at many security conferences, including Rocky Mountain Information Security Conference, Denver Evanta CISO Summit, SecureWorld, and the Louisville Metro Information Security Conference.
One of the benefits of being in a highly regulated environment is that there is familiarity with how and when legislation tends to change and when and where subsequent regulatory changes occur. It is precisely in this environment that the outpacing of compliance can happen. When outpacing compliance, getting ahead on risk management becomes more straightforward. That’s how to gain a forward facing cyber security posture.