Eric Nielsen, Director of Health IT Security, Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital, is an information security leadership professional with successful development and implementation of information security programs in dynamic business environments. Eric is an expert advisor in the development, implementation and maintenance of information security infrastructure, ensuring best practice control objectives are achieved for system integrity, confidentiality, accountability and assurance.

In his current and previous roles in IT and information security, Eric’s experience encompasses establishing and maintaining the information security and risk management enterprise vision and strategy. He has implemented enterprise-wide security programs facilitating the assessment and management of risk from the technical, organizational and IT project risk levels. Eric has also developed and implemented effective policies and practices to secure data and ensure security and compliance with contracts, regulatory requirements, and industry standards.

Eric has a passion for elevating organizations to excellence in their information security programs and enjoys educating and providing people with the tools they need to be successful in the industry.