Chris Leach,
Chief Information Security Officer, ACS

Christopher Leach is a senior vice president and chief information security officer at ACS. In this position, he is responsible for overseeing the development and execution of policies that protect the private and personal information of the company's clients, employees and business partners.

Prior to joining ACS, Leach served as senior vice president and chief information security officer for First Horizon National Corporation in Memphis, Tennessee. There, he implemented a security strategy for that company's 500 branch banks in more than 43 states. He also developed a risk-based approach to security assessment and remediation and worked interdepartmentally to balance the overall risk of the enterprise.

The author of several articles for both accounting and information security-related publications, Leach has conducted seminars and served as a keynote speaker at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference. He was also recognized twice by Accounting Today as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in the accounting profession. Leach has a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Brigham Young University, where he also undertook postgraduate studies in information technology.

Mr. Leach will be presenting the session: Improving Data Security Standards in a Rapidly Changing Business Environment, at the IDC Security Summit, September 18th in New York, NY. Please visit www.idc.com/securitysummit08 for event details and to register.