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Erik Heidt
Practice Vice President
Erik Heidt is co-leader of Gartner Security and Risk Management group, and leader of the Secure Business & Infrastructure practice. He brings a lifelong passion for technology, security and risk management and deep IT industry experience across a broad set of technology roles and industries. Mr. Heidt's current coverage areas include security programs and risk assessment. He also presents these topics at various IT industry events, as well as advising and collaborating with customers to solve their issues.
Previous experience
In his 11 years with Fifth Third Bank, Mr. Heidt progressed through a number of technology, information security and risk management roles. These included managing the Information Security Architecture team, developing the information security and risk management programs at a major subsidiary, and leading the IT Risk Management organization.
Professional background
Fifth Third Bank
VP IT Risk Management
Fifth Third Bank
Information Security and Risk Transition Leader, Vantiv Spinoff
Fifth Third Bank
AVP Information Security Architecture
Areas of coverage
Security Operations for Technical Professionals
Education
B.S., Computer Science, University of Cincinnati
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
1Developing and maturing security and risk management programs
2Understanding and assessing risk