Scott Saunders
Information Security Officer, Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Information Security Officer, Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Scott Saunders joined the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, a community owned electric utility company in Sacramento, California, in 2007 as the Information Security Officer. Saunders manages the Information Security Office which is responsible for securing SMUD’s enterprise, including implementation of the Critical Infrastructure Protection cyber standards and cyber risk management. He helped develop the Department of Energy (DOE) Risk Management Process (RMP) and Electricity Subsector Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Model (ES-C2M2) and is a frequent panelist on electricity cyber issues. He is a CISSP and CISM, and holds both a Bachelors and Masters of Science in Information Security Assurance.