Chris Young
About Chris Young
Chris Young is the Senior Director at NYU Langone Health, with extensive experience in cybersecurity and risk management across various organizations.
Current Position at NYU Langone Health
Chris Young currently holds the position of Senior Director at NYU Langone Health. He has been in this role since 2023 and is based in New York, United States. His responsibilities include working closely with executive leadership to define risk metrics and tolerance, enhancing the organization's understanding of modern cybersecurity threats.
Previous Roles at FIS and SunGard
Before joining NYU Langone Health, Chris Young worked at FIS as SVP, Segment Risk Officer from 2016 to 2022 in the Greater New York City Area. Prior to his time at FIS, he served in various roles at SunGard. From 2014 to 2016, he was the VP, Head of Security Engineering & Operations, and from 2010 to 2013, he was Director, Head of Information Risk, Security Engineering, and BCP.
Experience at Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital
Chris Young held significant roles at Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital. At Lehman Brothers, he served as VP - Head of Security Engineering from 2003 to 2008, based in Jersey City, NJ. He was the Associate Director - Information Risk Management at Barclays Capital from 2001 to 2003, working in the Greater New York City Area.
Education and Early Career
Chris Young holds a Bachelor's degree in Computing from an unspecified UK University. He began his career working at Relational Security Corporation from 2008 to 2010 in Secaucus, New Jersey, United States, where he was the Director of Information Assurance and Audit Services.
Expertise in IT Security and Cybersecurity
Chris Young has been involved in multiple multi-billion dollar mergers to provide due diligence and ensure IT Security team involvement in key risk assessments and security posture validations. He designs and delivers enterprise-wide frameworks to manage global cybersecurity vulnerabilities and risk remediation processes and specializes in large-scale endpoint vulnerability management and global regulatory compliance.