Tribe of Hackers Security Leaders

8Philip Beyer

“As leaders, we must care for team members in the best way possible, which sometimes means transitioning them to another role or even to the next stage of their career with another company.”

Website: gettingsecuritydone.com

Philip Beyer is the vice president of security engineering for Global Payments Inc., a leading pure-play payments technology company delivering innovative software and services globally. He leads the teams that build solutions to protect customer and cardholder data.

Mr. Beyer is mission-driven to guide security leaders to higher effectiveness. His company Getting Security Done supports professionals with business communication and value creation training. He cofounded the Texas CISO Council, a regional committee that develops free strategic resources for security leaders. He holds a BS degree in physics from Trinity University, as well as the CISSP certification. Outside the office he is a martial artist and ultra-marathon runner.

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