About the IAPP

Michael Cox is the chief privacy officer for Pathway Genomics Corporation, an international genetics testing laboratory, he is also the president of SoCal Privacy Consultants, which conducts gap assessments and establishes lean, sustainable and legally defensible privacy and security programs. His clients include private and public customer-centric organizations. For an FTC consent order client, he has established multi-state information security programs and provides ongoing consulting - resulting in three consecutive satisfactory audits certifying compliance to the order.



Cox is passionate about the value of leveraging enterprise risk management to achieve legal defensibility. He is a frequent speaker on privacy and security subjects, including privacy/security-by-design, cloud computing, Internet of Things, and HIPAA. He co-authored the security chapter for the HIMSS Good Informatics (GIP) book. Mr. Cox is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP), member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), and leader of a Lares Institute privacy think-tank. He has a B.S. in Business Administration from Virginia Tech. Cox is also a member of the IAPP faculty and authorized to conduct training to support CIPP/US certification. Located in San Diego, he can be contacted at mcox@socalprivacy.com or (619) 318-1263.