Michael Garcia - Director of Cyber Security, HID Global - PASS Advisory Council

Michael Garcia currently manages the National K-12 End User Business for HID Global and serves as a contributing Board Member on the Partner Alliance for Safer Schools (http://passk12.org), which develops the National Safety & Security Guidelines endorsed by the Security Industry Association (SIA), National Security Contractors Association (NSCA) and the US Department of Homeland Security.
Since 2005, Michael has assisted hundreds of K-12 districts across the country in implementing Unified Physical Security Command Centers and school district hardening programs while also developing Cyber Security vulnerability testing and district-wide risk mitigation strategies.
​In 2007, Michael served as President of The LearnSafe Initiative and developed the first Unified Safety & Security Platform for school districts which utilized People, Process & Technology - and included Behavioral Intervention programs (SEL), Facial Recognition, Intelligent Video Analytics, Integrated Access, Video & Intrusion, gunshot detection, automated lockdowns, and situational training.
Over the past 20 years, he has worked as an Executive for leading Physical and Logical security companies servicing Homeland Security, Federal Agencies & the Department of Defense such as NextgenID, CNF Technologies, Monitor Dynamics, Coherent Cyber, and Kratos/SecureInfo Corporation.