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John Jeffries

CISO

the University of Tennessee Medical Center

Knoxville, TN

Mr. Jeffries leads cybersecurity strategy and risk management for the University of Tennessee Medical Center, ensuring confidentiality, integrity and availability of sensitive data across the enterprise. He has deep expertise in regulatory frameworks including HIPAA, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, General Data Protection Regulation, and International Organization for Standardization standards. Mr. Jeffries has strengthened the enterprise’s cyber resilience by developing governance programs, disaster recovery plans and incident response strategies that align with operational priorities. Mr. Jeffries serves in a number of different leadership capacities, including the military veterans employee resource group board.

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