Jamil Farshchi receives Compass Award

April 11, 2011—Chief Information Security Officer Jamil Farshchi received the 2011 Compass Award from CSO Magazine for his achievements in change leadership and for creating a strategic planning framework that aligns security with organizational goals. Farshchi accepted the award at the CSO Perspectives Conference last week in Naples, Florida.

The award nomination highlights Farshchi’s achievements, which include

• leading the transformation and maturation of the Laboratory’s cyber security program
• developing new and innovative security strategies
• implementing novel methods and processes to support LANL’s strategic vision
• adding discipline and rigor in the areas of compliance, budget management, and operational security
• building a best-in-class cyber security team and talent pipeline.

Farshchi is responsible for the protection of the Laboratory’s classified and unclassified information assets. Prior to joining Los Alamos, he served in a variety of technical, operational, and management roles supporting industries, including health care, financial services, telecommunications, business-process outsourcing, aeronautics, defense, and energy.

The theme of the 2011 Compass Awards is “security that drives business.” Winners are chosen by CSO’s editorial staff, and decisions are based on nominees’ career-long achievements in creating state-of-the-art security programs.

CSO Magazine provides news, analysis, and research on a broad range of security and risk-management topics. Areas of focus include information security, physical security, business continuity, identity and access management, loss prevention, and more.