Michael Tibbs - Vice President of Operations and Senior Managing Consultant of Corporate Risk Solutions

About Us

Michael W. Tibbs

Michael W. Tibbs, CPP, CSPM, CPTED Practitioner, Has Completed Fundamentals of Auditing for NERC Compliance Course
Vice President – Operations
Senior Managing Consultant

Professional Experiences

Michael Tibbs is the Vice President – Operations of Corporate Risk Solutions, Inc. Mike has 36 years of experience in the field of investigations, security management, and consulting, primarily in designated U.S. critical infrastructure industries. He specializes in providing consulting services to our clients pertaining to: regulatory compliance; security master planning; physical and information protection programs (assessments, systems design and policy and procedures); security project management; business continuity planning; security awareness and training programs.

Throughout his career, Mike has developed and managed security programs for hundreds of clients, many of the Fortune 100, including the nation’s leading auto manufacturer, one of the top three telecommunications companies, numerous electric, natural gas, and water treatment utilities, hospitals, high-rise office buildings, college campuses, retail distribution centers, apartment complexes, stores, railroads, trucking companies and manufacturing plants. Mike has testified as an Expert Witness on premises liability matters. He also manages his clients’ most sensitive investigations including Ethics and Compliance, Intellectual Property Protection, Due Diligence for Mergers and Acquisitions, Fraud and Title VII cases.

Education and Certifications

Has Completed Fundamentals of Auditing for NERC Compliance Course
Certified Protection Professional (CPP)
Advanced CPTED Practitioner
Certified Security Project Manager (CSPM)
Certified in Risk Assessment Methodology for the Security of High Voltage Electric Transmission Systems

Professional Associations

ASIS International
Security Industry Association

Selected Publications

Designing Security Systems the Wrong Way, White Paper

Selected Lectures and Seminars

Practical Security Measures for Electric Utilities, Rocky Mountain Electric League
Integrated Security Systems Design, Higher Education Security Conference, Boston, Massachusetts

“CRSI performed an onsite gap analysis of PPL’s CIP compliance program in advance of the required compliance date of 12/31/09. Consultants Mike Tibbs and Phil Sobol provided outstanding consulting service in a highly professional manner. They worked extremely well with the various PPL Subject Matter Experts and Counsel staff, patiently answering many questions and educating the staff on various CIP issues. Their knowledge and understanding of the CIP standards and related industry implementation issues enabled them to guide PPL in improving our CIP implementation strategies and our evidence of compliance to the many CIP requirements.

CRSI provided a detailed report of the gap analysis, providing PPL the opportunity to review the draft report and provide comments, prior to finalizing the report. CRSI also separately provided written responses to numerous written observations documented by Counsel and internal auditing during the course of the gap analysis. This was an unexpected benefit and was very helpful in addressing these internal comments. PPL is highly satisfied with the results of this CIP gap analysis and with the conduct and professionalism of the CRSI staff.”

Robert Hoopes
Senior Director of FERC / NERC Compliance
PPL Corporation