Rick Davis, Principal Advisor, DigitalRisk Advisors
Rick Davis is Principal Advisor for DigitalRisk Advisor and the creator
of the DigitalRisk ScoreCard. He is a recognized pioneer in the
e-business risk management industry, and is publicly acknowledged for
creating the world's first insurability standard for assessing and
underwriting e-business privacy, security and operational risk (Best's
Review, December 1998, January 1999; Black Enterprise, October 1999).
Since graduating from Stanford University in 1991, Rick has developed
asset protection strategies for mission-critical e-business environments
around the world. He has been an executive manager in the Electronic
Commerce / Internet / Information Security industry his entire career
and has specialized in creating inter-disciplinary e-business risk
management, privacy and corporate governance solutions (combining
information security, physical security, traditional risk management and
insurance) for nearly five years.
As a former founder of an Atlanta-based risk management firm, Rick was
responsible for creating the insurance industry's first risk assessment,
loss control, privacy and information security consulting practice
focused exclusively on protecting against Internet and electronic risks.
He participated in creating the world's first insurance suite of
coverages for PKI, ASPs, VPNs and electronic commerce web sites. As
well, Rick managed the firm's strategic marketing, corporate development
and training initiatives.
Since leaving the Atlanta firm in January 2000, Rick has consistently
demonstrated his expertise by serving as strategic advisor to leaders in
the insurance, financial services and information security industries.
Rick's strategic advisor and consulting capacity has lead him to
participate in several world-class digital risk initiatives involving a
wide range of firms including Insurance Carriers & Reinsurers, Fortune
1000 Enterprises, Financial Institutions, Information Security Vendors,
Application Service Providers, and Telecommunications Providers.
Rick is a noted public speaker and an effective e-business risk
management evangelist. Among other venues, he has been a featured
speaker at CERIAS / Purdue University, EC World, AM Best Information
Technology Conference. In addition to being the inaugural E-Business
Risk Management Expert on the world's #1 e-business support portal, Rick
has been frequently quoted in the media and published as an industry
expert on e-business risk management and hacker insurance issues.
Rick has a BA in Organizational Behavior from Stanford University. He is
a member of the Computer Security Institute (CSI), a certified
International Computer Security Association (ICSA) professional as well
as a formerly licensed excess & surplus insurance professional. Rick is
member of the World Future Society and an active member of Georgia
Electronic Commerce Association (GECA) working groups for eHealth and
Information Security. In 1999, Best's Review named Rick as one of 25
"People to Watch" in the insurance industry. |
