Mr. Tom Conkle has 17 years of experience as a cybersecurity engineer, Tom has assisted organizations in assessing their cybersecurity effectiveness through formal security assessments using industry standards such as NIST SP 800-53, ISO 27001, HIPAA, SOC2, and the Cybersecurity Framework. Tom has assisted dozens of commercial and governmental organizations in implementing security requirements to address risk within the cybersecurity program. Tom is the co-author of ISACA’s guide for implementing the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, a book which assists organizations in connecting the principles of the Cybersecurity Framework and COBIT 5 to achieve an effective cybersecurity program. Tom remains actively engaged in the Cybersecurity Framework outreach and evolution team at NIST.