Donald Codling currently serves as CISO and CPO for Rego Payments Architecture and previously held these roles for Urban FT, Double Check Solutions and Swift Exchange.  Don has extensive formal training in a variety of cyber security, data privacy protections, and Industrial Control Systems Cyber Security best practices (with certifications from U.S. DHS and U.S. DoE).  Global experience in blending Physical Security, Technical Surveillance Counter Measures, Data Loss Prevention and cyber security metrics to create a holistic view of BRR- Business Risk Reduction and threat mitigation.

During Dons 23 years of service with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, he served as Unit Chief charged with leading global Criminal and National Security Cyber operations and gained extensive operational experience regarding maintaining data integrity, network resilience and data integrity and privacy within multiple global sectors.

Don currently holds several professional certifications to include  Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) and Certified Information Privacy Professional CIPP/US  and CIPP/E (GDPR focused) following two years as co-chair of the Washington DC International Association of Privacy Professionals committee from 2016-2018.

Don served as a Fellow (2018-2019) with Hu-manity.org to advocate for expanded digital privacy rights and the responsible corporate and governmental use of data in a transparent fashion.  

Prior to providing CISO/CPO and cyber security/Data Privacy consulting support to multiple Government and commercial projects around the world, Don worked with the FBI for 23 + years and retired as Unit Chief, FBI Cyber Division and was chief liaison officer to US-CERT, ICS-Cert and the U.S. Intelligence community.  While at the FBI, Don supervised a variety of investigative programs with a primary focus on international cyber crime and cyber national security operations, and with a particular emphasis on the cyber security challenges that have significant impacts on global financial services, Cryptocurrency markets and various global anti money laundering networks.   His experience also includes the cyber vulnerability aspects of Industrial Control Systems (ICS), digital currency tracking, theft of intellectual property, foreign counter-intelligence, technical operations, and undercover operations. Don has held US Government TS/SCI clearances with CI Polygraph for several decades.

Don served as chairman for the Global Strategic Alliance Cyber Crime Working Group for 5 years, Co-Chairman Cyber Security for Energy and Utilities Sector in UAE conference in 2014, 2015, 2017 and conceived and hosted three International Cyber Security forums held in Washington D.C. in 2012 , 2013 and 2017.