Full Name
Tom Scott
Job Title
Executive Director
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CyberSC
Speaker Bio
Thomas Scott (Tom) is the Chief Information Security Officer for Synergi Partners, the largest privately owned tax credit, incentive consulting, processing company in the United States. He has been a key leader in the cyber education, cyber workforce development, and cyber protection efforts in both South Carolina and across the nation.
Tom recently led the cybersecurity team at South Carolina’s Medicaid agency protecting the data and privacy of the State’s most vulnerable citizens. In this role, he led a team in managing a $5.2M security and compliance budget for a $8.8B enterprise. Prior to that he completed a two-year grant-funded project at the University of South Carolina developing a cyber ecosystem within the Palmetto State. These efforts have led to the development of the CyberSC initiative supporting both a cyber education-oriented Foundation and corresponding Professional Trade Association.
With over 30 years of State Government experience in both Florida and South Carolina, Tom has developed a wealth of knowledge and experience in protecting State critical infrastructure and cyber assets.
He currently holds certifications in information security, information auditing, security leadership, critical infrastructure protection and project management – And is also recognized as a FEMA Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP) Practitioner. He is a former member of the Governor's Critical Infrastructure Cyber Security (CICS) task force, the Maritime Association of South Carolina’s cybersecurity committee and also works closely with the SC Army National Guard and SC State Guard cyber units.
Tom is an active member of the FBI’s InfraGard program having led the IMA (Infragard Members Alliance) formation efforts of the Tallahassee chapter and having served as its initial President. He recently served the SC Infragard Chapter in the role of Executive Vice President.
He has actively participated in the federal information security community by serving as an elected member of the MS-ISAC’s Executive Committee as well as participating on the NIST/NICE Competitions Workgroup and the NICE K12 Conference Committee. Tom serves as the Past President of the SC ISACA (Information Systems Audit and Control Association) chapter.
In South Carolina, he participates as a member on industry advisory boards for the USC Integrated IT program, ECPI University-Charleston, ECPI-Columbia, Charleston Southern, and LexRich5 Center for Advanced Technical Studies and the Dutch Fork High School Cyber program. He is committed to helping the legal community address cybersecurity by participating as a member of the USC School of Law Cyber Task Force.
In his community, Tom is working actively as a volunteer and soccer referee for various youth groups.
Tom recently led the cybersecurity team at South Carolina’s Medicaid agency protecting the data and privacy of the State’s most vulnerable citizens. In this role, he led a team in managing a $5.2M security and compliance budget for a $8.8B enterprise. Prior to that he completed a two-year grant-funded project at the University of South Carolina developing a cyber ecosystem within the Palmetto State. These efforts have led to the development of the CyberSC initiative supporting both a cyber education-oriented Foundation and corresponding Professional Trade Association.
With over 30 years of State Government experience in both Florida and South Carolina, Tom has developed a wealth of knowledge and experience in protecting State critical infrastructure and cyber assets.
He currently holds certifications in information security, information auditing, security leadership, critical infrastructure protection and project management – And is also recognized as a FEMA Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP) Practitioner. He is a former member of the Governor's Critical Infrastructure Cyber Security (CICS) task force, the Maritime Association of South Carolina’s cybersecurity committee and also works closely with the SC Army National Guard and SC State Guard cyber units.
Tom is an active member of the FBI’s InfraGard program having led the IMA (Infragard Members Alliance) formation efforts of the Tallahassee chapter and having served as its initial President. He recently served the SC Infragard Chapter in the role of Executive Vice President.
He has actively participated in the federal information security community by serving as an elected member of the MS-ISAC’s Executive Committee as well as participating on the NIST/NICE Competitions Workgroup and the NICE K12 Conference Committee. Tom serves as the Past President of the SC ISACA (Information Systems Audit and Control Association) chapter.
In South Carolina, he participates as a member on industry advisory boards for the USC Integrated IT program, ECPI University-Charleston, ECPI-Columbia, Charleston Southern, and LexRich5 Center for Advanced Technical Studies and the Dutch Fork High School Cyber program. He is committed to helping the legal community address cybersecurity by participating as a member of the USC School of Law Cyber Task Force.
In his community, Tom is working actively as a volunteer and soccer referee for various youth groups.
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