David Sawin

Background

About David Sawin

Twenty seven years of combined private sector/federal government cyber security experience spanning, risk management, IT audit, project management, computer operations, contingency planning, and emergency response where strong management, leadership, communications, analytical and administrative abilities have been required. Proven experience leading Information Assurance programs across all surface transportation modes. David Sawin is an Information Assurance Program Manager – Control Systems, for Security and Emergency Management at the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center in Cambridge, MA. The Volpe Center is a multi-modal center of excellence within the U.S. Department of Transportation that seeks to improve the nation’s transportation system. For the past 27 years, David has focused on information systems security, including risk management, information systems auditing, project management, computer operations and contingency planning. Prior to joining the Volpe Center, David worked at Stone and Webster Engineering, Putnam Investments, Fidelity Investments and Fleet Bank where he helped manage information risk by providing consulting services to strategic e-commerce business systems and development initiatives. He has performed several vulnerability assessments and provided information security and audit consulting to a number of private sector, educational and government agencies. David is a graduate of Northeastern University, Boston, MA and a veteran of the United States Army Reserve, where he supervised information security for the 324th Data Processing Unit at Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, MA. He is a Past President of the New England Chapter of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) as well as a 40-year veteran of the Boy Scout Scouts of America. David and Diane, his wife of twenty six years, have four children and one grandchild.