Ron Buchanan is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the St. Charles Health System in Bend, Oregon. Prior, he was CISO for the state of Washington and Chief Information Risk Officer and Director, Information Security & Privacy Office, for Oregon’s Department of Human Services and the Oregon Health Authority. Before joining the state of Oregon, Mr. Buchanan consulted with Pearson VUE to build their global special investigations and threat analysis program identifying and mitigating technical and physical threats to Pearson VUE’s intellectual property.
As a consultant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division, Mr. Buchanan was a lead author for the CJIS Security Policy resulting in a national risk-based and technology agnostic framework for protecting Criminal Justice Information. Additionally, he served as a civilian Supervisory Special Agent with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations focused on cybercrime and counterintelligence investigations and operations in the US, Europe, and Asia.
Mr. Buchanan is retired from the Air Force Reserve, has an MA in Business and Organizational Security Management from Webster University, and Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US), Certified Protection Professional (CPP), and Project Management Professional (PMP) certifications.