Graeme Payne
QTE, CISSP, CISM, CISA, CCSP, CA​​
Former CIO, Cybersecurity Leader and Practitioner​​
Location: Atlanta, GA
Graeme Payne has more than 35 years of IT audit, technology risk, and security experience working in the consumer products, manufacturing, financial services, healthcare, and insurance industries. He has held leadership positions and led teams in the design and implementation information security programs for Fortune 500 companies. He is a founding partner of TBDCyber.​
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Graeme has developed and presented business cases for investment in security and risk programs. He has regularly presented to Senior Leadership Teams and Board of Directors on risk and security. ​
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Graeme has extensive experience of managing through a major data breach, including the initial response, public notification and remediation. He has testified to Congress and regulators on the breach.​
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Graeme holds numerous information security certifications. He is a regular speaker on cybersecurity topics. He is the author of the book “The New Era of Cybersecurity Breaches: A Case Study and Lessons Learned” and writes articles on cybersecurity topics. ​
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Graeme serves on the Executive Committee and Board for the Atlanta Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America and on the Advisory Board of Abluva – a data security company..