2016 AFCEA TechNet Asia-Pacific Conference & Expo

Mr. Bryan Tepper
Chief Information Security Officer
Hawaiian Electric Company


Bryan is the Information Assurance Manager for Hawaiian Electric. He is responsible for the cybersecurity team that designs all layered security, and information risk management including data privacy for the companies. He is an attorney, CISSP, CISM, and CIPP/US. Bryan retired from the FBI after a 26 year career. He has held a number of supervisory and leadership positions at the FBI in Los Angles, Washington D.C., Ottawa, and Honolulu. He was the Supervisory Special Agent, Unit Chief, for the 16 Regional Computer Forensic Laboratories (RCFL) at the Operational Technology Division in Quantico Virginia. As a technically trained agent supervisor Bryan managed the Los Angeles FBI diverse resources with direct authority over all electronic interception activities, computer interception, computer forensics, cellular telephone triangulation, vehicle tracking, video and microphone installations, and covert entries. He has investigated numerous domestic and international kidnappings. He has investigated several high profile computer hacker cases involving the compromise of phone company systems and switches, and is a recipient of the National Intelligence Medal of Achievement. Bryan was the Chief Security Officer for the FBI Los Angeles Division, and supervised all physical, personnel and informational security requirements, including several counterintelligence investigations. Hawaiian Electric works extensively with the Hawaiian State Fusion Center (HSFC) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detect deter and defend critical infrastructures from cyber-attack and disseminate the information to other critical infrastructure partners.

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