Marc Varner

Marc Varner

Global CISO
Lowe's

With almost 25 years of security experience Marc has an excellent ability to balance the necessity to secure data, with the practical demands placed upon a business in today’s highly competitive marketplace. To this end he has teamed with peer groups and business side partners in building numerous programs that placed appropriate controls on assets according to their value and risk to a given organization. Drawing from experience in highly regulated organizations, Marc is familiar with the standards of regulatory areas such as the GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, PCI, and others and is adept at creating solutions which produce clear and demonstrative results. Marc has expertise in technical security architecture, program and budget management, technology and process risk management, audit and compliance, incident management / forensic investigation and staff development. He is able to establish and leverage solid working relationships with key stakeholders to produce effective working relationships that encourage clear, open, and productive communications. Marc is an active member of the IAPP, ISACA and currently holds CISA, CISM, and CIPP certifications.