Sean Murphy
CISO, Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield
As the Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer for Premera Blue Cross (Seattle, WA), Sean Murphy is responsible for providing and optimizing an enterprise-wide security program and architecture that minimizes risk, enables business imperatives, and further strengthens the health plan company's security posture. He works closely with Premera's leadership team to establish and maintain a comprehensive program to protect employees, information assets and technologies and mature the corporate culture from security awareness to accountability. Murphy retired from the U.S. Air Force (Medical Service Corps) after achieving the rank of lieutenant colonel. He has served as CIO and CISO in the military service and private sector at all levels of healthcare organizations. He has served at the forefront of building robust security programs while responding and recovering healthcare organizations from major security events. But his proudest professional accomplishment was his service as a senior mentor to the Afghan National Police Surgeon General's Office in 2008-2009 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
