Peter Dewar

Peter leads the cybersecurity practice for the Linea group of companies that provide services across the United States and Canada. Under his leadership Linea has developed a Pension Cyber Security Framework (PCSF) to complement the generalized standards for protecting information systems. The PCSF focuses on the business process employed, services provided, and technology utilized by pension and benefits organizations, and devises controls to minimize and mitigate the inherent cybersecurity risk experienced by the industry.

During his over 25 years of experience providing information technology and cybersecurity services to a variety of industries, Peter has spent the last 10 years focused on securing and advancing the use of technology in the pension industry.

Peter has a Master’s degree in Information Systems from the George Washington University, a Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems from the University of the District of Columbia, is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Data Privacy Security Engineer (CDPSE), and has received certificates of achievements from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Gartner CIO Academy, and International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans.