Mr. Peter Gouldmann is the first Enterprise Risk Officer for Cyber at the U. S. Department of State. In this role he advises executive leadership on risk decisions while developing and directing the implementation of risk management strategies. In previous roles he directed staff responsible for IT security compliance and regulatory reporting, and managed a global, multi-agency IT and IT support consolidation project. He also worked at Thomson Prometric, as Director of Quality and Security, and as Director of Candidate Care..

Pete's 30+ years of IT and information security experience includes positions in public, private, domestic and global organizations and the United States Air Force. In addition to industry certifications, he holds a Masters Degree in Information Management, a Bachelor of Science in Management, and is a distinguished graduate of the National Defense University's Advanced Management Program.

Pete is an expert in, and often speaks and writes about information risk management. He has co-chaired the Committee on National Security Systems Permanent Subcommittee and the (ISC)2 Government Advisory Council. He was a member of the NIST Joint Taskforce Transformation Initiative Interagency Working Group producing several 800 series Special Publications for information security and risk management and is an Assistant Adjunct Professor teaching cybersecurity policy for the University of Maryland University College