Drew Williams, a long-time information management and security strategist, pioneered the vendor security research team model with the industry's first such group, AXENT Technologies' "Information Security SWAT Team." Drew was also a founding member of the President's Partnership for Critical Infrastructure Security, a member of the Internet Engineering Task Force on Internet Security, and an initial member of the independently supported CVE development team. He has served as a security policy advisor to major financial institutions, health care manufacturers and state governments.