About the Speaker
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    JD Rogers
    CISO, American Financial Group

    JD Rogers is the Chief Information Security Officer for American Financial Group, where he leads the IT security vision, strategy and function for the insurance holding company. JD has more than 20 years of information security experience working in the energy, manufacturing, finance and insurance industries. He joined American Financial Group in 2008 as the Director of Information Security for Great American’s Annuity Group, and assumed leadership of this function enterprise-wide in 2013. In this role, he created a cross-company information security group—the first of its kind for the organization. Previously, he held information security positions at Toyota, Duke Energy and Cinergy. Placing a strong focus on security integration into business process and culture, JD serves as a security evangelist to the 36 different business units within American Financial Group, regularly conducting department-wide presentations and one-on-one conversations, as well as presenting at industry conferences such as Black Hat, SecureWorld and the Dayton Defense Conference. JD Rogers holds a Bachelor of Science in computer science from Northern Kentucky University and a Master of Science in information systems from the University of Denver. He also holds numerous designations, including Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), and GIAC Certified ISO-27000 Specialist (G2700).