FORT LEE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Peter Alterman, Ph.D., who held numerous senior information security positions within the U.S. federal government, has been named Chief Operating Officer of SAFE-BioPharma Association, the strategic, non-profit collaboration responsible for the global SAFE-BioPharma® digital identity and digital signature standard used in the life science and healthcare sectors. The association’s members include the world’s largest biopharmaceutical companies and many life science and healthcare organizations.