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Perspectives
Andrea Watson is a trusted adviser, focusing on information risk management for her oil and gas, energy, and utility clients. Her broad spectrum of experience addressing the needs of information risk management within these sectors makes her ideally suited to advise HP's largest and most prominent clients on how to apply best practices for IT security, regulatory compliance, security governance, and risk management. As an alumna of The Ashcroft Group, she has a unique perspective on cyber threat intelligence and how companies should buttress their digital defenses to thwart cyber attacks. Andrea's understanding of the security objectives sought by energy sector clients provides her with a pragmatic point of view for recommending the right layers of defense in-depth solutions. Protecting clients' critical infrastructure, assets, and information from cyber attacks is the IT assurance practice's prime directive. Andrea fulfills this imperative by guiding CIOs toward a robust model that addresses security at all levels of the organization.
HP can deliver solutions that help clients defend proactively against the threat landscape that impacts clients' ability to do business in a hostile geopolitical world. Our understanding and solutions around security can help our customers achieve and accomplish that.
Consultative Solutions
Andrea believes in helping her clients maximize their investments in security by minimizing the potential for damage from threats and vulnerabilities. She strives to understand her clients' businesses and the challenges they face, taking a consultative approach to their security needs.
Best Practices
Andrea's advice is tempered with authoritatively sourced and industry acknowledged security standards and models consisting of ISO security series, NIST security publications, as well as HP's own Information Technology Assurance Model (ITAM).
Profile
Professional Summary
- Ten years of security advisory experience
- Diverse experience across an army of security technologies and solutions
- Director of Consulting, The Ashcroft Group Consulting Services
Industry/Business Focus
- Oil and gas
- Federal government
- Healthcare
Areas of Expertise
- Information risk management
- Security and compliance
Career Highlights
- Led U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to CoE for security and compliance status among U.S. federal agencies
- Developed HP IT Assurance CoE for the energy sector, bringing focused industry-specific security solutions for risk management, cyber threat intelligence, and GRC solutions
- Led HP Security Task Force for the energy sector
