Mike Pflieger

Mike Pflieger is the vice president of enterprise information management and chief information security officer for CDW.

CSO and Enterprise Information Management Vice President

Cybersecurity Lessons Learned in 2017: Proper Planning Is Key

Organizations that don’t prioritize patch management and immediate incident response expose themselves to undue risk.

By Mike Pflieger

October 26, 2017

Security, Services

Big-name data breaches have earned headlines throughout the past 12 months, bringing issues of security and privacy to the forefront of public discourse once again. In May, hackers used malware stolen from the National Security Agency to unleash the global WannaCry ransomware attack. Around the same time, attackers exploited a vulnerability in an Equifax web…

People are an organization’s weakest security link — and its greatest asset.

By Mike Pflieger

November 30, 2016

Security

At CDW, we focus on managing risk by protecting the confidentiality, availability and integrity of our information assets. We accomplish that with a three-pronged approach: People: Information Security is more than a department. Process: Our foundation is the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) cyber security framework. Technology: We have strong partnerships with best-of-breed…

CDW’s Evolving Approach to Information Security

By Mike Pflieger

September 16, 2016

Security

At CDW, we take a holistic approach to information security. As the company’s CISO, my philosophy is that information security is not a department; it’s a capability and a mindset that we need to have throughout the company. All of our coworkers need to be a part of it. Any company’s information security program is…