Topic: Financial Justification and Management of Physical Security Risk Spend

Speaker: John V. Philippi, CPP, CSP, PSP

Title: Senior Global Corporate Security Executive

Time: 5:30pm-6:30pm US CT

Webinar Overview

Physical security is highly visible when events are reported on the front page of the Wall Street Journal. Finance treating security as a technical cost center is not proactive. Security is now a portfolio of risk mitigation investments that impact reputation, asset protection, and liability exposure for CFOs to understand. The session will explore why traditional enterprise risk assessments often fall short when justifying high costs, and how to structure specialized security domains such as executive protection, event security, kidnap preparedness, and to some extent travel risk. The discussion will translate security risk into familiar financial concepts including key person risk, business interruption cost, and downside volatility. The webinar will also address vendor governance and contractual structures as critical financial controls. Attendees will leave with a practical framework for evaluating security investments with greater discipline, predictability, and defensibility in front of boards, auditors, and regulators.

John V. Philippi Bio:

John V. Philippi is a senior global corporate security executive with more than three decades of experience leading physical security, risk management, and resilience programs for top-tier multinational organizations. In his latest role as Vice President and Deputy Chief Security Officer at Visa, he oversaw global security strategy across all physical security risk domains, managed large-scale budgets, complex vendor ecosystems, and enterprise-wide risk assessment programs. Previously, John held senior leadership roles at SAP and HSBC, where he built and led global security organizations spanning tens of thousands of sites and hundreds of thousands of employees worldwide. A recognized subject-matter expert, he is a frequent conference speaker, published author, and media commentator, holding advanced degrees in engineering, business, and organizational security management, along with multiple elite security and safety certifications.

John’s LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnphilippi