Brad Sanford currently serves as the Chief Information Security Officer for Emory where he has overarching information security responsibilities for both Emory University and Emory Healthcare. Brad has over 20 years of IT experience working for organizations such as Humana, Vanderbilt University, HCA, and Emory. 

For the past 14 years Brad has focused on creating, implementing, and managing Information Security solutions and programs within these organizations.  Brad created and managed the first Network Security program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.  At HCA, Brad created and directed the Information Security Assurance department where he had enterprise wide responsibility for intrusion detection, vulnerability management, and security incident response.  Brad currently serves as a board member for Technology Association of Georgia Information Security Society and is also a member of the SANS Educational Advisory Board.