Michael Gips, JD, CPP, CSyP, CAE, is a security professional, attorney, writer, and business executive. He is principal of Global Insights in Professional Security, where he consults for multinational corporations, security providers, academic institutions, utilities, law firms, nonprofits, healthcare organizations, and other businesses and agencies. Previously he served as both the Chief Security Officer and Chief Global Knowledge and Learning Officer for ASIS International, where he oversaw Learning, Content, Certification, Standards & Guidelines, Production, Enterprise Security Risk Management, and other departments. He developed the CSO Roundtable, an organization that includes hundreds of the most senior security executives at the biggest corporations around the world, as a membership group within ASIS. He also served as editor and publisher of Security Management, where he authored hundreds of articles.

Mike is also a senior advisor for Cardinal Point Strategies, a senior advisor for the Network Contagion Research Institute, and a Partner in the Knowledgebase of Insider Threats. He also serves on the
advisory boards of several organizations that provide technology and services in government security, executive protection, violence prevention, and emergency geolocation.

Mike has received many commendations, including Outstanding U.S. Security Consultant (OSPAs, 2021), most influential security thought leader (IFSEC, 2022), and one of the most influential people in security (Security magazine, 2019). He has received more than a dozen awards for his writing, most recently for his monthly leadership column in Security magazine.

On the volunteer side, heads the security committee for a large house of worship and serves on Chabad's advisory board. He was on the committees that updated ASIS’s CSO standard and developed ASIS’s ESRM guideline. He also mentors many young professionals.