Diana Candela is the Manager of Information Security GRC for Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (Children’s) — one of the largest pediatric systems in the country.  The Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) department at Children’s delivers information, communication and insights through the use of advanced technology.  We utilize a reliable and robust infrastructure, integrated systems and a team of top technology professionals to serve our patients, physicians, people and partners. IS&T provides innovative solutions to help Children’s meet tomorrow's demands.  

Diana has proven expert-level knowledge in industry standards compliance, security compliance, audits, local and regulatory compliance including but not limited to international standards, with extensive experience in Information Security contract negotiation, virtualization and cloud computing.  She has experience in the Healthcare, Energy and Federal/Local sectors.  She has leveraged her expertise to successfully lead both Internal and External Audit Programs for multiple organizations.  As the Cyber Security Compliance Manager for Smart Grid Solutions as a Service, she led the adoption, implementation and certification of U.S. and U.K. Data Centers against the ISO 27001:2005 standard. In addition, she led a successful 27001:2005 to 27001:2013 migration and re-certification of multiple Data Centers.  She has worked across global teams including: U.K., China, Australia, France, India, Mexico and Spain.  Her secure software development project portfolio includes over 15 enterprise-wide critical customer-facing applications.  

Diana holds multiple industry certifications and has served in TRAC (Transparency, Reliability and Accountability Committee) as a technical advisor on Standards Compliance, Information Security and Methodologies.  She has been an Item Writer for multiple Information Security certification exams.  She also has multiple affiliations with various Information Security organizations.  She is fluent in English and Spanish and has working knowledge of French.

EDUCATION: 

BS – Cum Laude

MS – IT – Information Assurance & Security