Todd Tucker, CISSP, CISA, CPA
Chief Security Strategist
NetIQ Corporation
As NetIQ’s chief security strategist, Todd Tucker is responsible for understanding the needs and challenges of our customers and architecting solutions to best meet their needs. Mr. Tucker works directly with customers, industry analysts, partners and others to define solutions based on our products and services. Through facilitated workshops, Mr. Tucker also works with our key customers to develop implementation roadmaps for security management. Mr. Tucker was the Director of Security Architecture and Strategy for PentaSafe Security Technologies prior to its acquisition by NetIQ. Todd began his information security career while at Ernst & Young. While assisting large clients in establishing security architectures, he co-founded the firm’s National Enterprise Security Architecture Team. He led the development of many of Ernst & Young’s innovative solutions for security architecture, including a leading practice architecture model, policies and standards, and technical security best practices. Over the years, Mr. Tucker led security and audit engagements for some of the firm’s largest clients.
Mr. Tucker possesses a unique blend of strong financial, business and managerial skills along with strong technical skills. Todd fully understands business finance, internal and external audit, regulatory and policy compliance, risk management and other business-level disciplines. Mr. Tucker is also proficient with operating systems, DBMS, applications, networks, directories, and security technologies. Meanwhile, Mr. Tucker understands security and service management frameworks such as ITIL, COBIT, ISO 17799 and more. Mr. Tucker has earned several certifications, including the Certified Information Systems Security Professional, Certified Information Systems Auditor, Certified Public Accountant, and Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and is Foundation Certified for ITIL.