{"id":225,"date":"2023-03-29T14:11:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T14:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cybersecurity.csulaw.org\/conference\/?page_id=225"},"modified":"2026-04-06T11:04:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:04:03","slug":"kirk-herath","status":"publish","type":"speakers","link":"https:\/\/cybersecurity.csulaw.org\/conference\/speakers\/kirk-herath\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirk Herath"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-a5331a9e wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><figure style=\"aspect-ratio:1;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/cybersecurity.csulaw.org\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Kirk_Herath_flags-1-edited.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cybersecurity.csulaw.org\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Kirk_Herath_flags-1-edited.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cybersecurity.csulaw.org\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Kirk_Herath_flags-1-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cybersecurity.csulaw.org\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Kirk_Herath_flags-1-edited-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adjunct Professor, CSU College of Law<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Kirk Herath was recently appointed as the State of Ohio\u2019s first Cybersecurity Strategic Advisor by Governor Mike DeWine. Prior to his appointment, he was a Principal with Pillars Consulting Group. He recently retired as Vice-President, Associate General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer for Nationwide Insurance Companies and affiliates based in Columbus, Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For over two decades, Herath was responsible for all legal issues at a Fortune 100 financial services company impacting various cybersecurity matters. He was responsible for corporate privacy policy, data and security incident management and implementing privacy across all lines of business. Herath has represented clients on many industry privacy and Cybersecurity policy groups and before legislative and regulatory bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, Herath is Chairman of CyberOhio, Ohio\u2019s Cybersecurity Advisory Board, and a member of the InnovateOhio Advisory Board under the direction of Governor Mike DeWine. He is Past President and past board member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals and is still active within the association. He also served on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security\u2019s Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee from 2005 to 2011. Herath edited the privacy practitioners\u2019 bible, \u201cHow to Build a Privacy Program\u201d, published by the IAPP Press.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":660,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-225","speakers","type-speakers","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"first_name":"Kirk","last_name":"Herath","job_title":"Adjunct Professor, CSU College of Law"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/cybersecurity.csulaw.org\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Kirk_Herath_flags-1-edited.jpg",640,640,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/cybersecurity.csulaw.org\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Kirk_Herath_flags-1-edited-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/cybersecurity.csulaw.org\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Kirk_Herath_flags-1-edited-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/cybersecurity.csulaw.org\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Kirk_Herath_flags-1-edited.jpg",640,640,false],"large":["https:\/\/cybersecurity.csulaw.org\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Kirk_Herath_flags-1-edited.jpg",640,640,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/cybersecurity.csulaw.org\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Kirk_Herath_flags-1-edited.jpg",640,640,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/cybersecurity.csulaw.org\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Kirk_Herath_flags-1-edited.jpg",640,640,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/cybersecurity.csulaw.org\/conference\/author\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Kirk Herath was recently appointed as the State of Ohio\u2019s first Cybersecurity Strategic Advisor by Governor Mike DeWine. 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