Donald Mills Virtual CISO Donald Mills is a Cybersecurity Practitioner with Compass IT Compliance. Donald is an information technology & cybersecurity professional with over 15 years of experience in the field. He maintained security programs at the base level for the USAF and managed numerous system and network accreditations for USSTRATCOM and the Air Force Weather Agency. Donald holds multiple industry level certifications and has a background in security consulting and enabling businesses to align security controls effectively into their organization. He has extensive experience in PCI assessments and has performed audits for multiple Fortune 500 companies.
Alexander Magid Virtual CISO
Alexander Magid, one of our Virtual CISOs, brings extensive expertise in higher education. Before joining Compass, he served as Information Privacy and Compliance Analyst and Data Protection Officer at Clark University. He collaborates with EDUCAUSE, where he chairs the Chief Privacy Officer group, serves on the Cybersecurity and Privacy Advisory Committee, and participates in the HECVAT and NIST 800-171 Working Groups, while also chairing the Cybersecurity and Privacy Professionals Conference Program Committee. He has published work with EDUCAUSE and KnowBe4, and played a key role in contributing to the NIST SP 800-171 Toolkit specifically tailored for higher education. EDUCAUSE also recently highlighted his work in the 2024 Cybersecurity and Privacy Horizon Report. A nationally recognized speaker, Alexander is known for his expertise in negotiating privacy terms in contracts and conducting third-party security and privacy reviews. |