ADVISORY BOARD

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Bill Varhol (Chair)

VP, Security Assessment Team Lead Alix Partners

Mr. Varhol has a well diversified background with many years of experience within information technology and information security. He has earned a variety of industry recognized certifications and contributes to the information security community by volunteering in different capacities. He has consulted on and performed many technical security assessments for large retailers, technology companies, manufacturers, banks, universities, and others across the United States. He is currently Security Assessment Team Lead with AlixPartners, a global management consulting firm.

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Joseph Juchniewicz (Vice Chair)

Senior Consultant Accudata Systems

Joseph A. Juchniewicz has over 23 years of experience in the Information Technology field. Mr. Juchniewicz holds a BA /MA in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Texas at Arlington. Mr. Juchniewicz was one for the founding members of the EC Council’s Scheme Committee and currently holds several certifications including the EC Councils; CEH, CHFI, ECSA, LPT, Digital Forensics Certified Practitioner, Level IV Certification in Homeland Security and American College of Forensic Examiners certification in Sensitive Security Information, and Registered Investigator. Mr. Juchniewicz is currently employed as a Senior Consultant at Accudata Systems as a member of the Assessment and Compliance Practice. He provides high-level consulting services to Accudata customers primarily in the area of information security, including the design and implementation of security solutions, conducting security assessments, and assisting with the alignment of operational procedures with information security best practices. He has extensive experience in vulnerability and penetration testing, social engineering, physical security assessments, investigations, and computer forensics within the Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Homeland Security, and several of the top Fortune 100 companies.

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Nisha Washington

VP, Security Assessment Team Lead Alix Partners

Mr. Varhol has a well diversified background with many years of experience within information technology and information security. He has earned a variety of industry recognized certifications and contributes to the information security community by volunteering in different capacities. He has consulted on and performed many technical security assessments for large retailers, technology companies, manufacturers, banks, universities, and others across the United States. He is currently Security Assessment Team Lead with AlixPartners, a global management consulting firm.

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Selvakumar Palanivel

Senior Consultant Accudata Systems

Selva has over 18 years of experience in Information Security & IT Infrastructure Management services. He has extensive experience in Technical Presale solution, Transition & Transformation, Onshore / offshore delivery setup for various sector enterprise customers across geographies in Security arena. He accumulated both hands on operational and management experience at a global level, led the strategic program & Projects at organization level, played a vital role in the large transformation program of 144 Data center to 5 strategic Data Center migration, security tools architecture design & implementation projects, policy & Process setup based on the regulatory standards, defined the compliance framework as well standardize the BCP/DR process across geographies.
He is playing program management and technical leadership role in Ericson Global services and served various senior management & technical leadership roles in IBM India, Germany, Italy & ASEAN region, consulting & delivery lead role in HP India & Singapore. He has proven leadership skills in management of large teams, complex programs, and customer portfolio across various sector clients’ in three different continents. He holds M.Tech (IT) degree and security Certifications viz C|CISO, CRISC, ISO 27001 LA, ITIL, MCSE. His efforts were recognized and awarded by EC-Council on year 2015 as Certified CISO of the year.

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Sujit Christy

CISSP, CISA, CRISC, CITDRP, Diploma in Cyber Law, ISO 27001:2013 Lead Auditor Director – Layers-7 Seguro Consultoria Private Limited Secretary – (ISC) 2 Chennai Chapter, India

Sujit is an information security adoption evangelist, a security & compliance professional and a regular speaker in conferences, seminars and workshops on various information security topics in the region.

Sujit is a founding member and past president of the (ISC) 2 Chennai Chapter, the first chapter to be formed in India. He is also a Board Member of the (ISC) 2 Colombo Chapter. Sujit is a Volunteer with (ISC) 2 Foundation, USA for the Safe and Secure Online Program (SSOP) and was responsible for delivering the 1st program in India and Sri Lanka. He is also the founder of iSPA (Information Security Professional Associates). He has also been an (ISC) 2 Exams Supervisor for India and Sri Lanka and a past visiting lecturer at the Department of Criminology, University of Madras.

Sujit is a recipient of the (ISC) 2 President’s Award 2013 for Asia Pacific Region and an (ISC) 2 Honoree of the Information Security Leadership Awards 2013 in the Information Security Practitioner Category for Asia Pacific Region.

The specific duties and responsibilities of the SC members include:
  • Review and approve Research papers, White papers submitted by EC-Council members.
  • Assuring consistency of decision making as well as the criteria used therein.
  • Promote and provide guidance to promote EC-Council certifications.
  • Provide guidance regarding international initiatives supporting EC-Council certifications.
  • Provide guidance to support educational initiatives related to EC-Council certifications.

Disclaimer:

None of the EC-Council | Advisory Board members are part of the management team of the International Council of E-Commerce Consultants (EC-Council) and as such, they should not be construed to be part of the Board of Directors of EC-Council.