Hy Chantz

Global Leader, Transformational Business Assurance, Global Banking and Financial Markets Center of Competency; IBM Master Inventor

Hyman David (Hy) Chantz is Global Leader of Transformational Business Assurance in IBM's Banking and Financial Markets Global Center of Competency, and an IBM Master Inventor. Hy enables, optimizes and transforms the business outcomes of clients via innovative, cost-effective and appropriate use of fintech, cloud, cognitive computing, blockchain, radio-frequency devices and other advanced technologies. The team emphasizes using these techniques and processes both "defensively"- to drive efficiencies and reduce risks; and "offensively" - to deploy solutions which expand clients' own customer market share and mindshare. Hy has over 20 years’ experience engineering, implementing and managing critical infrastructure worldwide. Hy is an Active Member of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, and a member of the IEEE Controls System Committee on Smart Grids. Hy currently holds fourteen individual and two team U.S. patents relating to banking, utilities, health care, transportation and other highly-regulated industries. He is a Registered Professional Engineer (Electrical and Computers) in New York State, and a member of the New York, Florida, Patent and associated Federal bars. Hy is a multi-badged Certified IBM Consultant, a Certified Information Systems Security Professional, and a Certified Bitcoin Professional. Hy is also a U.S. Coast Guard credentialed Merchant Marine Radio Officer and holds Federal Aviation Administration certification as an Advanced Ground Instructor; as well as being licensed as a "Remote Pilot - Unmanned Aerial System" for commercial drone use.

CISO November 9, 2018

How Emerging Technologies Can Unexpectedly Advance — Or Impede — Cybersecurity Gender Inclusion

3 min read - It's up to all of us to implement the waves of emerging security technologies and processes in ways that encourage, not impede, greater gender inclusion.

Banking & Finance September 9, 2016

Insurance, Assurance and Blockchain: Practical Steps for Market Growth

2 min read - Blockchain enables insurance companies to streamline internal processes, enhance security posture and expand into new markets with insurance dynamics.

Banking & Finance August 29, 2016

Banking From Brexit to Blockchain: Enabling Commerce by Expanding the International Privacy Shield

3 min read - Blockchain provides a secure, transparent ledger that serves as an efficient banking solution for companies lacking full access to banking infrastructure.

Mainframe August 25, 2016

Using Blockchain to Address Drone Cybersecurity

4 min read - The vast availability of drones raises many concerns about drone cybersecurity. However, blockchain technology may be able to help.

Banking & Finance June 30, 2016

There’s No Blocking Blockchain

2 min read - Blockchain technology has arrived — and it's not going anywhere. That's good news for organizations across all industries that want to improve security.

Healthcare March 28, 2016

Latent, Patient and Patent: How Cognitive Security — and a $2 Bill — Shapes Biological Insights

3 min read - Cognitive security and biology have a lot more in common than one might think. In fact, many of the lessons from one industry can relate to the other.

Energy & Utility March 23, 2016

‘Watts’ Behind Watson? How Cognitive Security Can Improve Energy Climate Impact

3 min read - IBM Cognitive Security may be able to reshape many issues surrounding the energy industry, infrastructure protection and predictive analysis.

CISO November 12, 2015

Engineer and Ingenue: How Cognitive Engineering May Help Address STEM Gender Disparities

4 min read - There is a gender gap in STEM fields, but recent advances may help the future woman engineer take advantage of all past information.

Energy & Utility November 5, 2015

Bits, Bytes, Bucks and Barrels: The Convergence of Cognitive Energy and Information Security

3 min read - Information security in the energy industry is growing in importance, which means organizations need to embrace new strategies for operating safely.

CISO October 28, 2015

Phones, Drones and Clones: The Path to Cognitive Privacy

3 min read - Enterprises and individuals need to take the lead when it comes to security and privacy in today's complex world — just as they have for decades.

Cloud Security October 22, 2015

Don’t Fly Blind in the Clouds: How Cognitive Security Aids Cloud Computing

4 min read - Cognitive security can make initiatives such as cloud computing safer, scalable and more manageable for enterprises of any size.

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Hy Chantz

How Emerging Technologies Can Unexpectedly Advance — Or Impede — Cybersecurity Gender Inclusion

Insurance, Assurance and Blockchain: Practical Steps for Market Growth

Banking From Brexit to Blockchain: Enabling Commerce by Expanding the International Privacy Shield

Using Blockchain to Address Drone Cybersecurity

There’s No Blocking Blockchain

Latent, Patient and Patent: How Cognitive Security — and a $2 Bill — Shapes Biological Insights

‘Watts’ Behind Watson? How Cognitive Security Can Improve Energy Climate Impact

Engineer and Ingenue: How Cognitive Engineering May Help Address STEM Gender Disparities

Bits, Bytes, Bucks and Barrels: The Convergence of Cognitive Energy and Information Security

Phones, Drones and Clones: The Path to Cognitive Privacy

Don’t Fly Blind in the Clouds: How Cognitive Security Aids Cloud Computing

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