Philip Beyer Email Address

Senior Director, Head of Security

The Advisory Board Company is a research, technology, and consulting firm serving a global network of 165,000+ leaders in 4,100+ organizations across health care and higher education. Through our Research and Insights, Performance Technologies, Consulting and Management, and Talent Development divisions, we partner with executives and their teams to help solve their most complex challenges. Since our founding in 1979, we have grown from a small think tank in a single apartment into a global firm headquartered in Washington, D.C. We now have more than 3,000 employees spanning 11 offices on three continents. Specialties: Research and Insights, Performance Technologies, Consulting and Management, Talent Development

Philip Beyer is the Head of Security for Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY), the global marketplace for unique and creative goods. He leads the teams protecting buyers and sellers in support of the mission to Keep Commerce Human. Philip is mission-driven to guide security leaders to higher effectiveness. His company Getting Security Done supports professionals with business communication and value creation training like Effective Security Leader, an 8-hour course with practical guidance. He co-founded the Texas CISO Council, a regional committee that develops free strategic resources for security leaders and published the Information Security Program Essentials Guide. As the Vice President of Security Engineering for Global Payments, Philip led teams building solutions to protect customer and cardholder data for a Fortune 500 payments technology company. As the Senior Director of Information Security for The Advisory Board Company, he led the prevention, detection, and response programs for a firm improving the performance of 5,500+ health care organizations and educational institutions around the world. As the Information Security Officer for the Texas Education Agency, he protected data for 1200 school districts, 5 million active students, and 1 million employees. As a Lead Consultant for Denim Group, he led security assessments, improved risk management practices, developed detection and response capabilities, and strengthened information security programs for a variety of businesses and Fortune 100 clients. Philip has been actively involved in the professional community as a leader in the Austin chapters of ISSA and OWASP, and as a core team member of the BSides Austin and LASCON conferences. He holds a BS degree in Physics from Trinity University. Outside the office he is a martial artist and ultra-marathon runner.