George Young

George is CBT’s Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Technologist specializing in Intelligent Edge Solutions. George also serves as the Vice-Chairman of the IoT Community’s Center of Excellence (CoE).

As a domain expert in networking and cybersecurity engineered solutions, George has a strong background in data protection and safekeeping, including access control, information security governance and risk management, cryptography, security architecture, and design, operations security, business continuity/disaster recovery planning, developing/enhancing information security programs, regulations/compliance (e.g., HIPAA, CCPA, CMMC, GDPR, ISO 27000, NIST), and audit execution. George has supervised emerging technology initiatives at several start-up companies and Fortune 100 enterprises, across multiple industries – where he held senior-level advisory and management positions. He presently serves as a Security Technical Ambassador for an OEM, where he develops technical certification coursework and subsequent exams. George holds a Master of Science degree from Northwestern University in Communication Systems and numerous technical certifications associated with Data Security, Privacy, and Trust.