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Rachelle Loyear, MBCP, AFBCI, CISM, PMP
Rachelle Loyear, MBCP, AFBCI, CISM, PMP, has spent over a decade managing various projects and programs in corporate security organizations, focusing strongly on business continuit...view moreRachelle Loyear, MBCP, AFBCI, CISM, PMP, has spent over a decade managing various projects and programs in corporate security organizations, focusing strongly on business continuity and organizational resilience. In her work life, she has directed teams responsible for ensuring resilience in the face of many different types of security risks, both physical and logical. Her responsibilities have included: Security/business continuity management program design and development; crisis management and emergency response planning; functional and location-based recovery and continuity planning; training personnel in crisis management and continuity; operational continuity exercises; logistical programs, such as public/private partnership relationship management; and crisis recovery resource programs.
She began her career in information technology (IT), working in programming and training design at an online training company, before moving into the telecommunications industry. She has worked in various IT roles – including Web design, user experience, business analysis, and project management – before moving into the security/business continuity arena. This diverse background enables her to approach security, risk, business continuity, and disaster recovery with a broad methodology that melds many aspects into a cohesive whole.
Rachelle holds a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Phoenix. She is certified as a Master Business Continuity Professional (MBCP) through DRI International, as an Associate Fellow of Business Continuity International (AFBCI), as a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) through ISACA, and as a Project Management Professional (PMP) through the Project Management Institute (PMI). She is active in multiple business continuity management industry groups, and is vice-chair of the Crisis Management and Business Continuity Council of ASIS International as well as serving on the IT Security Council. With Brian Allen, she co-authored The Manager’s Guide to Enterprise Security Risk Management: Essentials of Risk-Based Security(Rothstein Publishing, 2016).view less