{"id":10214,"date":"2020-04-13T11:20:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T18:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/?p=10214"},"modified":"2020-04-13T11:21:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T18:21:59","slug":"itsmiths-michael-garner-director-of-information-security-for-community-health-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/itsmiths-michael-garner-director-of-information-security-for-community-health-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"ITsmiths: Michael Garner &#8211; Director of Information Security for Community Health Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/13938179\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ITsmiths-Michael-Garner.jpg\" rel='magnific'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10215 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ITsmiths-Michael-Garner.jpg\" alt=\"ITsmiths - Michael Garner\" width=\"504\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ITsmiths-Michael-Garner.jpg 940w, https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ITsmiths-Michael-Garner-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ITsmiths-Michael-Garner-239x200.jpg 239w, https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ITsmiths-Michael-Garner-477x400.jpg 477w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ever wonder if you should go back to school and get your degree?<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/michael-garner-cissp-a4310320\/\">Michael Garner<\/a>, Director of Information Security at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chs.net\/\">Community Health Systems<\/a> did. 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