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Technology Executive | Compliance and Cybersecurity | Author
“Take pride in the success of a great solution, and shift your focus to areas that could use some improvement. They will always exist.”
— From the afterword of Healthcare Information Privacy and Security
Bernard Peter Robichau — known professionally as Peter Robichau — is a technology executive and cybersecurity leader with over twenty-five years of experience spanning healthcare IT, enterprise security, regulatory compliance, and organizational transformation. He currently serves as Director of IT & Cybersecurity at Digital Diagnostics, an AI-driven healthcare software company.
His career has been defined by a deep commitment to building resilient technology programs, and translating complex regulatory requirements into organizational programs characterized by digital modernization. In 2023, he was inducted into EC-Council’s CISO Hall of Fame, recognizing him among the top 50 CISOs globally.
EC-Council — Recognized among the Top 50 CISOs globally for outstanding leadership and contributions to the cybersecurity profession.
C|CISO
Chief Information Security Officer
> EC-Council's elite credential for security executives. Validates mastery across governance, risk, compliance, and strategic program leadership.
CISSP
Information Systems Security Professional
> The gold standard in cybersecurity. Covers eight domains from security architecture to software development security. Issued by (ISC)².
PMP
Project Management Professional
> PMI's globally recognized credential for leading complex projects. Proven expertise in predictive, agile, and hybrid delivery methodologies.
Regulatory Compliance and Data Security in the Age of Electronic Health Records
Currently adopted as a university textbook in health law and clinical informatics programs.
View on Amazon View all publications →Valuable relationships matter. I’d have benefitted from a few more beers and a few less A’s.
The calendar doesn’t lie, but your mouth does.
I’ve hired brilliant jerks and watched them destroy teams, and I’ve hired humble learners and watched them become indispensable.
Whenever someone told me failure wasn’t an option, it meant we weren’t allowed to talk about the risks. That’s not confidence; that’s theater.
My gut response to hard feedback is instinctively defensive nonsense. The best response usually arrives 24 hours later, after my ego has left the room. Always keep that in mind.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.”
— Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad
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