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Women Know Cyber: 150 Fascinating Females Fighting Cybercrime

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Cybersecurity Ventures published a book in 2019 — “Women Know Cyber: 100 Fascinating Females Fighting Cybercrime” — which is available on Amazon. The book was so popular that we produced a documentary by the same name. Over the past four years, we’ve received countless requests for a new edition. We are excited to provide you with our 2024 edition of Women Know Cyber, in a new online directory format, featuring cybersecurity experts from across the globe, with varying backgrounds, who stand out for protecting governments, businesses, and people from cybercrime — and for their contributions to the community.


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Alissa (Dr Jay) Abdullah, PhD, Waldorf, Md.

Alissa “Dr. Jay” Abdullah, Mastercard’s deputy chief security officer, heads the emerging corporate security solutions team, safeguarding Mastercard’s information assets and shaping the future of security. Formerly, she served as the deputy chief information officer of the White House where she helped modernize the Executive Office of the President’s IT systems.

Lillian Ablon, Los Angeles, Calif.

Lillian Ablon has nearly two decades of experience creating and working with cutting-edge technology and developing solutions for technology companies and policymakers. She is the senior security manager, vulnerability management, for Ring and previously served as senior manager, security engineering, for Amazon Devices. Her research for RAND Corporation has been cited by hundreds of publications and presented at BlackHat and other global conferences.

Morgan Adamski, Ellicott City, Md.

Morgan Adamski became the executive director of U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) in June 2024.  Her previous roles within the National Security Agency (NSA) include serving as the director of the Cybersecurity Collaboration Center (CCC), deputy for strategic mission management in NSA’s Cybersecurity Directorate and directing NSA’s offensive cyber mission. Her career in cybersecurity spans more than 15 years.

Heather Adkins, Mountain View, Calif.

Heather Adkins is a 21-year Google veteran and founding member of the Google Security Team. As the vice president of security engineering, she has built a global team responsible for maintaining the safety and security of Google’s networks, systems, and applications. She has an extensive background in systems and network administration, with an emphasis on practical security, and has worked to build and secure some of the world’s largest infrastructure.

Dr. Mary Aiken, Washington, D.C.

Dr. Mary Aiken inspired the CBS series, “CSI: Cyber.” She is a professor of cyberpsychology and chair of the cyberpsychology department at Capitol Technology University (Washington, D.C.), a professor of forensic cyberpsychology at the University of East London, an advisor to Europol, and a member of the INTERPOL Global Cybercrime Expert group. She is currently co-lead on one of the largest European cybercrime research projects to date.

Baan Alsinawi, Washington, D.C.

Baan Alsinawi is the managing director of strategy and risk for CISO Global, and the founder of Cerberus Sentinel, now a CISO Global company. She has more than two decades of experience in information technology and has served in various capacities from managing networks and software sales to directing security operations. Previously, she served as security director of IntelliDyne and a sales engineer at McAfee and Nortel.

Meg Anderson, Des Moines, Iowa

Meg Anderson leads the vision and execution of the information security and risk team for Principal Financial Group in the role of VP-chief information security officer. She is responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy to mitigate risks, strengthen the company’s security posture and foster a culture of security awareness.

Katy Anton, Greater Bristol Area, United Kingdom

Katy Anton is the vice president of security architecture at JPMorgan Chase & Co. A seasoned security professional, she has extensive experience in secure software development lifecycles, application security, cloud security, PCI compliant architectures, and enterprise architectures. Prior to taking on her current role, she worked for some of the world’s largest global financial institutions. An international speaker, she presents at both developer and security conferences across the globe.

Christina Ayiotis, Washington, D.C.

Christina Ayiotis serves as associate general counsel, Cyber Security and Privacy, at Lumen Technologies. Before Lumen, she held leadership positions at OCC, WiseLaw, CSC, Booz Allen, Deloitte, and EYI. She created and volunteer co-chaired the Georgetown Cybersecurity Law Institute for five years and has taught a master’s level course in Information Policy for the George Washington University Department of Computer Science.

Debra Baker, Raleigh Durham / Chapel Hill, N.C.

Debra Baker, CISSP and CCSP, is a vCISO pundit with three decades of cybersecurity expertise, formerly CISO at RedSeal and founder of TrustedCISO. She provides strategic advice on cybersecurity, risk management, and compliance, specializing in SOC2, ISO27001, FedRAMP, StateRAMP, and NIST. Debra also developed CompliBot AI, an innovative AI-driven vendor assessment tool, holding a provisional patent for it.

Jaya Baloo, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Jaya Baloo is Rapid7’s CISO. Before joining Rapid7, she was CISO at Avast and at KPN, the largest telecommunications carrier in the Netherlands. She has been a faculty member of Singularity University since 2017, where she regularly lectures. She sits on the advisory boards of the NL’s National Cyber Security Centre, PQCrypto, and the EU Quantum Flagship’s Strategic Advisory Board.

Heather Mahalik Barnhart, Philadelphia, Penn.

Heather Mahalik Barnhart is currently senior director of community engagement at Cellebrite and previously served as senior director of digital intelligence. She has two decades of experience in digital forensics, 10 years of which were focused on mobile forensics. She serves as a SANS senior instructor, author, and curriculum lead for FOR585 at the SANS Institute and is the co-author of “Practical Mobile Forensics,” first and second editions.

Nicole Beckwith, Cincinnati, Ohio

Nicole Beckwith is a former state police officer and federally sworn U.S. marshal. She worked as a financial fraud investigator and digital forensic examiner for the State of Ohio and a task force officer for the United States Secret Service in their Financial and Electronic Crimes division as the lead incident responder and digital forensic examiner. She now manages the threat operations team within Kroger Corporate Information Security.

Adv. Puneet Bhasin, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Advocate Puneet Bhasin is a pioneer in technology laws in India and a cyber law expert practicing in Mumbai in matters involving cybercrimes, e-commerce, and intellectual property disputes in cyberspace. The founder of Cyberjure Legal Consulting, she works with numerous high-profile clients, including nationalized banks and multinational corporations, among others. She is also an advisor to the Rajya Sabha Committee on formulation of internet and technology laws in India.

Justine Bone, United States

Justine Bone is an experienced operational and executive leader, board director, advisor, and technology and cybersecurity expert. She currently serves as an advisor to Redjack and as the executive director of Crypto ISAC. She leverages her original training in classical ballet to continuously adapt, analyze, and identify opportunities, and create defensive strategies in an evolving global technology and threat landscape.

Julie Brill, Redmond, Wash.

Julie Brill is the chief privacy officer and corporate VP for global privacy and regulatory affairs at Microsoft. Previously a partner at Hogan Lovells, she was co-director of the firm’s privacy and cybersecurity practice. She has also served as a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission and as assistant attorney general for Consumer Protection and Antitrust for the State of Vermont.

Joanna Burkey, Austin, Texas

Joanna Burkey is currently an independent director at Beyond Inc (formerly Overstock.com) and ReliabilityFirst Corporation. She previously served as CISO at HP Inc. and CISO and global head of cyber defense at Siemens. Her decades of experience encompass a unique blend of business and digital transformation expertise she now uses to serve a portfolio of enterprises.

Dawn Cappelli, Pittsburgh, Penn.

Dawn Cappelli, CISSP, has worked with global industry, government, and intelligence leaders on strategic cybersecurity issues since 2001. She is currently director of OT-CERT at Dragos. She retired from Rockwell Automation in 2022 after serving as director, insider risk, and later becoming VP and CISO. She is also director and founder of the CERT Insider Threat Center at Carnegie Mellon’s Software Engineering Institute (SEI).

Stephanie “Snow” Carruthers, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Stephanie “Snow” Carruthers is a member of the IBM Security X-Force team, performing two roles as chief people hacker of the X-Force Red team and global head of innovation and delivery. She has distinguished herself in the information security field by winning the Social Engineering Capture the Flag at DEF CON, which granted her a coveted black badge.

Cindi Carter, Kansas City, Mo.

Cindi Carter is the CISO at Check Point Software Technologies. Her previous roles include chief security officer at MedeAnalytics and deputy CISO at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City. An advisor to several security organizations and mentor to students and professionals, she is the founding president of Women in Security – Kansas City, a non-profit organization with the mission of supporting women in information security at all career levels.

Eva Chen, Irving, Texas

Eva Chen is the co-founder and CEO of Trend Micro, one of the world’s largest software security firms. Before becoming CEO, she served as executive VP from 1988-1996 and CTO from 1996-2004. Under her direction, Trend Micro has produced a chronology of industry firsts, from unique products to security management approaches.

Joy Chik, Redmond, Wash.

Joy Chik is president of the Identity and Network Access division within the Microsoft Security group. She leads the organization responsible for Microsoft Entra Identity Access Management solutions and End-User Network Access services for the Microsoft Cloud. After joining Microsoft in 1998, she steadily rose from a software engineer contributing to Terminal Services in Windows 2000 to an established leader of some of the industry’s most impactful engineering teams.

Anna Collard, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Anna Collard has 18 years of experience in the cybersecurity industry. She presently serves as the SVP of content strategy and evangelist for KnowBe4 Africa, where she raises brand and general security awareness across the African continent, alongside being responsible for market research and content strategy. Prior to her current role, Anna was the managing director for KnowBe4 Africa, and before that, a security architect and consultant.

Edna Conway is CEO of EMC Advisors, providing board and advisory services to enterprises and governments globally on technology, security, risk management and supply chain resilience. Previously, she served as chief security & risk officer for Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure. Prior to Microsoft, Edna was chief security officer of Cisco’s Global Value Chain, creating clear strategies to deliver secure operating models for the digital economy.

Mary Ann Davidson, San Francisco, Calif.

Mary Ann Davidson, chief security officer at Oracle Corporation, is responsible for Oracle Software Security Assurance, Oracle’s secure development lifecycle for all products and services. She represents Oracle on the board of the Information Technology Information Sharing and Analysis Center and serves on the international board of the Information Systems Security Association, where she has been named to their Hall of Fame.

Laura Deaner, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Laura Deaner is the CISO at Northwestern Mutual. In this role, she works closely with executive leadership and the board of trustees, matching effective controls to an appropriate level of risk tolerance. Leading the enterprise’s second line of defense, she is responsible for prioritizing and sequencing the treatment of information security risks, aligned with industry-standard risk management frameworks. Previously, she served as CISO for S&P Global and PRNewswire.

Deneen DeFiore, Cincinatti, Ohio

Deneen DeFiore is an accomplished technology and risk management executive with experience across multiple critical infrastructure sectors. She currently serves as VP and CISO at United Airlines. She is also the chair of the board of the Aviation Information Sharing Analysis Center and the chairperson of the Airlines for America (A4A) Cybersecurity Committee. In 2022, she was appointed to serve on the President’s National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC).

Sherrod DeGrippo, Atlanta, Ga.

Sherrod DeGrippo is director of threat intelligence strategy at Microsoft. Previously, she was VP of Threat Research and Detection at Proofpoint, where she led a global team of threat researchers, malware reverse engineers and threat intelligence analysts. Prior roles include manager of Security Business Services at Nexum, senior solutions engineer for Symantec, a senior security consultant for Secureworks, and senior network security analyst for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).

Michelle Finneran Dennedy, Los Altos, Calif.

Michelle Finneran Dennedy is CEO of PrivacyCode and a partner with Privatus Consulting. Previously, she was VP and chief privacy officer at Cisco. She has led security and privacy initiatives at companies including McAfee / Intel Security, Oracle, and Sun Microsystems. She co-authored, “The Privacy Engineer’s Manifesto: Getting from Policy to Code to QA to Value.”

Marcela Denniston, San Francisco, Calif.

Marcela Denniston is the senior director of threat management at Salesforce. She served in the Navy for seven years as a cyber operations analyst, primarily working in cyber intelligence and threat operations for the National Security Agency. She then helped domestic and international governments build streamlined cyber operations and teams, providing groundbreaking aid in national security initiatives against critical war-grade cyberattacks, before focusing on the start-up world as a technical sales executive.

Ashley Devoto, Scottsdale, Ariz.

Ashley Devoto is currently Discount Tire’s CISO. Before taking that position in 2024, she served as president and CISO of CISO Global, CISO of Booz Allen Hamilton, senior VP of Bank of America, and a senior manager of EY. She was also involved in the cyberspace operations of the U.S. Air Force from 2005-2010 and Air Force Reserve from 2010-2022.

Dorit Dor, Tel Aviv, Israel

Dr. Dorit Dor has been with Check Point Software Technologies since 1995. She transitioned in 2023 from chief product officer to chief technology officer. Beyond her work at Check Point, she is involved in various deep tech initiatives outside of cyber, focusing on transformative technologies that have the potential to make a positive impact.

Jen Easterly, Arlington, Va.

Jen Easterly is the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). She leads CISA’s efforts to understand, manage, and reduce risk to the cyber and physical infrastructure Americans rely on every hour of every day. Before taking on her current role, she was the global head of Firm Resilience and the Fusion Resilience Center at Morgan Stanley. She has also held multiple positions at the National Security Agency.

Keren Elazari, Israel

Keren Elazari is an internationally recognized security analyst, researcher, author, and speaker. She has worked with leading Israeli security firms, government organizations, Big 4 and Fortune 500 companies. she is an expert on emerging security technologies and trends and works as an independent strategic advisor for tech giants and innovative startups. In 2014, she became the first Israeli woman to speak at the prestigious TED Conference.

Elena Elkina, San Francisco, Calif.

Elena Elkina is a partner and privacy and data protection management executive at Aleada Consulting. She advises clients on privacy, data protection, and information security issues. During her 20-year legal career, she has worked with financial and healthcare institutions, software and internet companies, major law firms, and the government sector on both international and domestic levels.

Ibukun Emmanuel, London, United Kingdom

Ibukun Emmanuel is a senior cyber and IT risk management VP at Crown Agents Bank. She is the founder of The Ladder Back Down, a social enterprise that works to provide mentorship, skills, and knowledge transfer to Black, Asian, and minority ethnic individuals seeking an IT, cyber, operational risk, or leadership career in ethical firms. She previously served as the VP and deputy/acting CISO at Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking (SGCIB).

Heather Engel, Newport News, Va. 

Heather Engel, managing partner at Strategic Cyber Partners, specializes in cyber risk management, business continuity, incident response planning, and government regulatory compliance. She is a recognized expert in risk analysis, incident management, and security frameworks including FedRAMP and NIST 800-53, DFARS and CMMC, and Department of Defense instructions and guidelines. She is an author, public speaker, and frequent media and podcast guest.

Dr. Amelia Estwick, Atlanta, Ga.

Dr. Amelia Estwick has more than 20 years of experience in the infosec/cybersecurity field. She previously held several positions within the National Security Agency (NSA) and served as director of the National Cybersecurity Institute. Her most recent role was director of threat research at VMware, where she was responsible for leading a global multidisciplinary team focused on large-scale malware and telemetry analysis, malware reversal, threat hunting, and applied threat intelligence.

Dr. Nicole Fellouris, Irvine, Calif.

Dr. Nicole Fellouris is a clinical neuroscientist who developed a methodology to help the C-Suite increase mental and physical wellness. She is also an information security and counterintelligence professional with expertise in threat intelligence/mitigation, asymmetric warfare, compliance, OSINT, vulnerability assessments/penetration testing and OSINT. She is the CISO and a founding member of Flipside Security and recently became the executive director at Halcyon Research.

Amanda Finch, United Kingdom

Amanda Finch is CEO of the Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec), where she works with industry, government and academia, assisting all sectors in raising levels of competency and education. She is also an IT security consultant for Amatimo and a deputy UK chapter agent for the Information Security Forum in London. She has specialized in information security management since 1991.

Jane Frankland, United Kingdom

Jane Frankland built her own global penetration testing firm in the late ’90s and has also worked in leadership roles at Accenture and the NCC Group. Through her IN Security Movement and company she’s performed ground-breaking research, led initiatives to keep women safe at events, and awarded more than 400 scholarships to women.

Suzanne Frey, San Francisco, Calif.

Suzanne Frey is the VP of product at Google. She leads the global product vision and strategy for trust and growth, ensuring the security, privacy, user safety, and business growth of over 3 billion users of Android and Google Play. She has over 25 years of experience in advanced technology product design and engineering.

Renana Friedlich-Barsky, Los Angeles, Calif.

Renana Friedlich-Barsky is the deputy CISO and senior director of cyber threat management at PayPal. She is also on the advisory board of the Google Cloud Security Technical Advisory Council. She served in an elite intelligence unit with the Israeli Defense Forces, where she gained invaluable experience, honed her cybersecurity skills, and contributed to national security efforts.

Col. Candice Frost, Washington, D.C.

Col. Candice Frost is a recipient of the Bronze Star and the Legion of Merit. She retired in 2023 from the U.S. Army after more than 25 years of service in intelligence and cyber operations, including deployments to Bosnia and Afghanistan. She was also instrumental in the integration of women into combat arms. She is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University.

Shafi Goldwasser, Cambridge, Mass.

Shafi Goldwasser is director of the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing at UC Berkeley. She is also the RSA professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MIT, a co-leader of the cryptography and information security group, and a member of the complexity theory group within the Theory of Computation Group and the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.

Siobhan Gorman, Washington, D.C.

Siobhan Gorman is a partner in Brunswick’s Washington, D.C. office, where she concentrates on crisis, cybersecurity, public affairs, and media relations. As a co-chair of the global Cybersecurity and Privacy practice, she has also led a range of cybersecurity, public affairs, litigation, and corporate reputation projects in the financial, retail, airline, and technology sectors. She has advised a range of companies on cyber preparedness and response issues.

Julie Inman Grant, Sydney, Australia

Julie Inman Grant promotes online safety in her role as the Australian eSafety commissioner. As Adobe’s director of government relations, APAC, she managed government relations, public policy, and public sector support functions across the Asia Pacific region. She was with Microsoft for 17 years, ultimately in the role of global safety director. She also piloted Position of Strength, Twitter’s global female safety and empowerment program.

Victoria Guillot, United Kingdom

Victoria Guillot is the director of cybersecurity for Capgemini. A trusted advisor to CISOs and data protection officers, she is known for her ability to drive collaboration and behavior change by connecting and empowering people within organizations to do it for themselves. She has focused primarily on behavior, awareness, education, and training since 2014, with clients including the John Lewis Partnership, Unilever, the Bank of England, and Schroders.

Aanchal Gupta, San Francisco, Calif.

Aanchal Gupta is corporate vice president, Office Product Group, at Microsoft. She previously served as deputy CISO at Microsoft, CISO for Novi (formerly Calibra) at Meta, CISO at Microsoft for Skype and Skype for Business, and director of Engineering, Identity Team/User Management for Yahoo!

Kyla Guru, Chicago, Ill.

Kyla Guru discovered her passion for human-centered security when she was 14 years old and realized that 90 percent of cyberattacks were due to human error. To combat this, she founded Bits N’ Bytes Cybersecurity Education Corp (BNBCE), an international 501(c)(3) that distributes curriculum to schools and sustains partnerships with corporations like Facebook and IBM, and educational platforms to increase training/awareness in cybersecurity and privacy.

Renee Guttmann, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

Renee Guttmann is the CEO and founder of Cisohive. She has extensive information security and privacy expertise spanning a 25-year career. She was the first CISO at Royal Caribbean, Coca-Cola and Time Warner Inc. She was the architect of the first Capital One online customer website and the supporting infrastructure services. Most recently, she led the transformation of the Information Security Program for Campbell’s and established the IT Risk Management Program.

Kim Hakim, St. Louis, Mo.

Kim Hakim, a former U.S. Navy veteran, is the founder of FutureCon Events. Since 2018, she has organized more than 25 cybersecurity conferences annually. The conferences bring together industry experts to share their knowledge and enthusiasm and educate cybersecurity practitioners. Before FutureCon, she founded and served as the CEO of Data Connectors for two decades.

Lakshmi Hanspal, San Francisco, Calif.

Lakshmi Hanspal is a University of California Board of Advisors member and a strategic advisor for Silicon Valley CISO Investments and Stripes. She was Amazon’s global CISO, devices and services, and Box’s global chief security officer. Before Box, she was the CISO for SAP Ariba. She also held senior positions at PayPal and Bank of America.

Moriah Hara, New York, N.Y.

Moriah Hara is the founder of Vigilance Cyber Security, which helps highly regulated businesses challenged with complex cybersecurity regulation, escalating threats and heightened client expectations avoid regulatory fines and penalties, pass audits and enable further business growth. For more than 23 years, she’s helped Visa, Cigna, Credit Suisse and dozens of other businesses secure critical transitions, avoid $1M+ fines, grow revenue and reduce incidents.

Meredith R. Harper, Suwanee, Ga.

Meredith Harper is senior VP and CISO of Synchrony Financial. She is also a CISO advisor for SYN Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on investing in disruptive and innovative security companies in the cybersecurity, industrial security, national defense, privacy, regulatory compliance, and data governance industries. She previously served as VP and CISO of Eli Lilly and Company and VP and chief information privacy and security officer of Henry Ford Health System.

Melissa Hathaway, Va.

Melissa Hathaway is a former National Security Council cybersecurity chief who served in two administrations, leading the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative for President George W. Bush, and launching President Barack Obama’s Cyberspace Policy Review. She provides consulting services as president of Hathaway Global Strategies. She recently became chair of Commvault’s Cyber Resilience Council.

Tammy Hawkins, Mountain View, Calif.

Tammy Hawkins is VP of Cybersecurity & Fraud Prevention, Small Business and Self-Employed Group at Intuit. In this role, she builds on her 20+ years of experience delivering innovative solutions for Fortune 500 companies across multiple industries. Previously, she served as VP of Software Engineering, Cyber and Intelligence at Mastercard, where she spearheaded the design and development of a world-class B2B commercial virtual card payments system.

Maria Kristina Hayden, Dallas, Texas

Maria Kristina Hayden is CEO and founder of OUTFOXM, a boutique consulting firm focused on immersive cyberattack simulations and human-cyber risk awareness. She previously served as director of Cyber Wargames and Awareness at BNY Mellon. Before that, she was a Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) cyber intelligence officer. An internationally recognized expert in cyber hygiene and resiliency, she has delivered security awareness presentations to more than 15,000 people worldwide.

Mary Haynes, Lenexa, Kansas

Mary Haynes is an advisory board member of Fusion Cyber and a founding board member of Women in Security — Denver, dedicated to advancing the leadership, solidarity, and professional development of women in the field of cybersecurity. She previously was the group vice president of Network Security at Spectrum. She has also held security leadership positions at Westar Energy, CenturyLink, Sprint Nextel, Birch Telecom, and AT&T.\

Emily Heath, San Francisco, Calif.

Emily Heath is a seasoned technology and cybersecurity executive with experience leading complex global F100 organizations through technology, security, and cultural transformations. Currently general partner at Cyberstarts, she serves on the board of directors for several public and private technology companies. She served as SVP, chief trust and security officer at DocuSign, and CISO at United Airlines.

Rebecca Herold, Des Moines, Iowa

Rebecca Herold has more than 30 years of IT, infosec, and privacy experience. She is the CEO and co-founder of the Privacy and Security Brainiacs and owner and CEO of Rebecca Herold & Associates, aka The Privacy Professor. She is also the host of Data Security and Privacy with the Privacy Professor, a radio program/podcast on VoiceAmerica.

Amy Herzog, Hartford, Conn.

Amy Herzog is Amazon’s CISO for devices and advertising products and services. She joined Amazon in 2023 after holding IT management positions at Travelers and at Pivotal, which was acquired by VMware. She was a security engineer for Akamai Technologies and The MITRE Corporation, for over 15 years.

Marcia Hofmann, Denver, Colo.

Marcia Hofmann, founder and principal at Zeitgeist Law, specializes in digital law. Her areas of expertise include computer crime, information security, electronic privacy, free expression, open government, and intellectual property. She spent 14 years with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, with roles ranging from staff attorney to special counsel, and was Twitter’s legal counsel director (product).

Amy Hogan-Burney, Seattle, Wash.

Amy Hogan-Burney has been with Microsoft since 2013. She began her career there as an attorney, progressing to assistant general counsel and then to director and general manager/associate general counsel of the Digital Crimes Unit. She took on the role of Cybersecurity Policy & Prevention general manager in 2022. Before entering the private sector, she was an attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice.

Jane Horvath, Alexandria, Va.

Jane Horvath is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of international law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She draws from more than two decades of privacy and legal experience, offering unique in-house counsel and regulatory perspectives to counsel clients as they manage complex technical issues on a global regulatory scale. She previously served as Apple’s chief privacy officer and global privacy counsel at Google.

Lilita Infante, Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Lilita Infante is the founder and CEO of CAT Labs, which is building digital asset recovery platforms and cyber defense tools to fight cryptocurrency-enabled crime. As a U.S. Department of Justice special agent, she pioneered the first official Cyber Investigations Task Force focusing on the use of cryptocurrencies in violation of the U.S. Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Controlled Substances Act.

Sarah Isaacs, Chicago, Ill.

Sarah Isaacs is co-founder and COO of NorthStar, a vulnerability and risk management platform. She is also an advisory board member of Cyversity, whose mission is to achieve the consistent representation of women, underrepresented communities, and veterans in the cybersecurity industry through programs designed to diversity, educate and empower. Before NorthStar, she built a security consulting practice that leveraged her experience as a consulting services technical manager at Symantec.

Yurie Ito, New York, N.Y.

Yurie Ito is the founder and executive director of CyberGreen, whose mission is to establish a science of cyber public health dedicated to making the internet safer. She co-leads The Ostrom Workshop’s Cyber Public Health Working Group. She is also a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on the Future of Cybersecurity and an advisory board member of the RUSI Global Partnership for Responsible Cyber Behaviour.

Vasu Jakkal, San Francisco, Calif.

Vasu Jakkal is Microsoft’s corporate VP, security, compliance, identity, management and privacy. She has spent more than 20 years in tech across business, product/engineering, marketing, strategy and general management in security, cloud, cybersecurity, IoT & mobility. Prior to Microsoft, she was EVP and CMO at FireEye. She is also an Aptiv board member.

Diane M. Janosek, Washington, D.C.

Diane M. Janosek is a cybersecurity leader, attorney, author, and sought-after speaker focusing on the intersection of law, policy, and technology. She is the CEO of Janos LLC and a board member of the Military Cyber Professionals Association Board of Advisors. She was with the National Security Agency for 12 years; her most recent role with the NSA was deputy director of Compliance SES.

Lisa Jiggetts, Los Angeles, Calif.

Lisa Jiggetts is the founder of the Women’s Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC), which provides women with the resources and support required to enter and advance as a cybersecurity professional. She is also the director of Enterprise IT and Cybersecurity Solutions at NucoreVision. A service-disabled veteran, she began her cyber career in the military where she was an IT security specialist.

Ann Johnson, Seattle, Wash.

Ann Johnson is the corporate vice president and deputy CISO of Microsoft. She hosts Afternoon Cyber Tea with Ann Johnson, where she and her guests explore the risk and promise of tools and systems powered by AI, IoT, machine learning, and other emerging technology, as well as the impact on how humans work, communicate, consume information, and live in this era of digital transformation.

Neira Jones, London, England

Neira Jones has been involved in financial services and technology for more than 25 years. She is an independent advisor and international speaker who advises organizations on payments, fintech, regtech, cybercrime, information security, fraud, and regulations. She is a panel member for the UK Payment Systems Regulator, a member of the advisory committee for PCI-Pal, and she chairs the advisory board for mobile innovator Ensygnia.

Vijaya Kaza, Austin, Texas

Vijaya Kaza is Airbnb’s chief security officer and head of Engineering for Trust and Safety. She is also a certified board member of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). She previously served as Lookout’s chief development officer and senior VP, Cloud Products and Engineering at FireEye. Before Before FireEye, she held multiple executive roles at Cisco.

Diana Kelley, Rye, N.H.

Diana Kelley is the CISO for Protect AI. She also serves on the boards of WiCyS, The Executive Women’s Forum (EWF), InfoSec World, CyberFuture Foundation, TechTarget Security Editorial, and DevNet AI/ML. She was cybersecurity field CTO for Microsoft, global executive security advisor at IBM Security, GM at Symantec, VP at Burton Group (now Gartner), a manager at KPMG, CTO and co-founder of SecurityCurve, and chief vCISO at SaltCybersecurity.

Sam King, Boston, Mass.

Sam King was the CEO of Veracode from January 2021 to April 2024. A founding member of Veracode, she joined the company in 2006 and has played a significant role in its growth trajectory. She served as general manager following Veracode’s acquisition by CA Technologies in 2017. She is a recognized expert in application security and DevSecOps.

Jill Knesek, Bullhead City, Ariz.

Jill Knesek has more than 25 years of experience in cybersecurity. Today, she serves as the CISO at BlackLine, where she is responsible for defining and leading the security strategy for a public company that operates in more than 150 countries. Her previous roles include CSO for Cheetah Digital, VP of information security and CISO at Mattel, and head of global security practice at BT Global Services.

Alissa Knight, Las Vegas, Nev.

Alissa Knight is an author, screenwriter, film director, and producer. After she was arrested at the age of 17 for hacking a government network, the U.S. intelligence community recruited her to support counterinsurgency operations as a defense contractor. She started and sold two cybersecurity companies and is the managing partner of Knight Studios, which is part of the Knight Group and owns a family of companies under the same brand.

Susan Koski, Pittsburgh, Penn.

Susan Koski is the CISO for The PNC Financial Services Group, where she has previously held several other titles. With more than 25 years of experience in IT, cybersecurity, business continuity, third-party risk management and IT risk management, she has also served in executive leadership roles with BNY Mellon (managing director of Technology Risk Management), Synovus (CISO) and Aetna (chief data protection officer).

Sandy Lambert, Los Angeles, Calif.

Sandy Lambert is the CEO of Lambert & Associates, which offers services including security incident response development, business continuity/disaster recovery planning, privacy legislation compliance audit, security review, network security analysis, security architecture design, policy/procedure development, and cryptographic design. She previously served as CISO of Security Pacific Bank and Citibank.

Dr. Meg Layton Nokesville, Virginia

Dr. Meg Layton is director of security architecture and engineering at Children’s National Hospital in Washington D.C. She held various roles with Symantec, ending her 18-year career as director of engineering for Symantec’s Cyber Security Services unit. She volunteers as a technical mentor for local CyberPatriot organizations, Women’s Society of Cyberjutsu, and several infosec cons. She is also an adjunct professor for Albertus Magnus College.

Shannon Lietz, San Diego, Calif.

Shannon Lietz is a 30+ year award-winning technology and security industry veteran with a track record of success. She specializes in emerging security concepts and has led multiple global DevSecOps practices for Fortune 500 companies. She is currently co-founder and CEO of ThirdScore, a trust intelligence community. She is also the founder of the DevSecOps Foundation.

Mary Mack, Portland, Ore.

Mary Mack is the CEO and chief legal technologist of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM). The eDiscovery pioneer has more than two decades of strong credibility and global leadership within the e-discovery community. Her clients have included DOJ, FTC, Fortune 100, and most of the AmLaw 100. She previously served as enterprise technology counsel for ZyLAB and corporate technology counsel for Fios.

Eve Maler, Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas

Eve Maler is a globally recognized pioneer in identity and access management and standards, with roots in semi-structured data modeling and the API economy and a passion for fostering successful ecosystems and individual empowerment. As president and founder of Venn Factory, she drives identity, security, and privacy success in the connected world by helping companies develop irresistible identity strategies. Previously, she was CTO of ForgeRock.

Jeanette Manfra, Arlington, Va.

Jeanette Manfra is Google’s global director of risk and compliance. Before Google, she was counselor to the secretary and then assistant secretary for cybersecurity and communications, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. She served as deputy director of enterprise performance management, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, before becoming director for critical infrastructure cybersecurity, National Security Council Staff, The White House.

Mary Rose Martinez, United States

Mary Rose Martinez is CISO and VP of IT infrastructure for Marathon Petroleum Corporation. With 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, she has held various leadership and strategic roles across IT, software research and development, and marketing, including serving as Halliburton’s CISO, VP and senior director. She is also a board member and treasurer for the Oil and Natural Gas Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ONG-ISAC).

Mihoko Matsubara, Japan

Mihoko Matsubara is chief cybersecurity strategist at NTT Corporation. Based in Tokyo, she is responsible for leading global education, advisory and thought leadership efforts around effective cybersecurity strategy and execution for both the public and private sectors. Prior to joining NTT, she served as vice president and public sector chief security officer for the Asia-Pacific region at Palo Alto Networks.

Jenna McAuley, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Jenna McAuley is the managing director at JPMorgan Chase. Previously, she was the managing director and head of enterprise technology and cyber risk at Citi; VP of information security and information technology oversight at American Express; CISO at Mercer; senior manager of cyber threat management at EY; and an enterprise business specialist at Accenture before becoming a security manager.

Hila Meller, Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Hila Meller is president and chief revenue officer at Fingerprint Cards AB, a leader in biometric technology. She co-founded Leading Cyber Ladies, a global movement aimed at promoting diversity within the cybersecurity industry. She’s had leadership roles at BT Security and HPE/DXC. She is a member of the Israel-Britain Chamber of Commerce, where she is chair of the Cyber Security Committee.

Allison Miller, United States

Allison Miller is the founder of Cartomancy Labs, an advisory firm that guides teams in innovating and solving problems anywhere that people, money, and technology mingle. In addition to her independent consulting, research, and advisory work, she is a consultant/faculty member at IANS and a venture advisor at YL Ventures. She has held technical and leadership roles at Reddit, Bank of America, Google, Electronic Arts, Tagged / MeetMe, PayPal / eBay, and Visa International.

Alyssa Miller, West Bend, Wis.

Alyssa Miller, a lifelong hacker, is the CISO at New York-based Epiq Global. Her past roles in cybersecurity include business information security officer at S&P Global Ratings, 15 years as IT security manager at FIS (formerly Metavante), consulting that included Fishnet and Aspect, and an application security advocate position at Snyk. She is also an international speaker and the author of “Cyber Security Career Guide.”

Jen Miller-Osborn, Baltimore, Md.

Jen Miller-Osborn has worked in cyber threat intelligence for more than 25 years. She’s served as a subject matter expert advising multiple U.S. federal agencies and has extensive experience working with international governments and law enforcement agencies. She is a special projects technical liaison at NetWitness and previously held various positions with Palo Alto Networks.

Jennifer (JJ) Minella, Cary, N.C.

Jennifer (JJ) Minella, the founder of Viszen Security, is an author, international speaker, and 20-year tech veteran. She has served as a trusted advisor to some of the world’s largest companies, creating technical and leadership strategies to accelerate digital transformation while enhancing security. She is also the co-host of Techstrong TV’s CISO Talk podcast and serves as faculty with IANS.

Tammy Moskites, Charlotte, N.C.

Tammy Moskites is the CEO and Founder of CyAlliance. A strategic advisor, seed investor and “Alliance” builder for companies, vendors and startups, she previously served as a managing director and senior security executive at Accenture, CISO of Home Depot and Time Warner Cable, and global CIO and CISO of Venafi.

Monique Jeanne Morrow, Zurich, Switzerland

Monique Morrow is a global technology leader with over 25 years of experience. She holds several industry advisory positions, most recently as the venture partner for Sparklabs Accelerator for Cybersecurity and Blockchain. She is a contributor to the World Economic Forum, the independent board director for Hedera, and the president and co-founder of Humanized Internet.

Emily Mossburg, Washington, D.C.

Emily Mossburg is the leader of Deloitte’s Global Cyber practice and serves as the leader for the Cyber Strategic Growth Offering in the U.S. In these roles, she leads Deloitte’s global cyber strategy, focusing on innovative solutions for clients, as well as expanding the practice’s global reach. Under her leadership, Deloitte’s cyber practice has seen significant growth.

Katie Moussouris, Kirkland, Wash.

Katie Moussouris is the founder and CEO of Luta Security, which specializes in helping businesses and governments work with hackers to better defend themselves from digital attacks, building sustainable bug bounty programs and vulnerability disclosure programs. She has more than 20 years of professional cybersecurity experience and helped the Department of Defense start the government’s first bug bounty program.

Isabel Muench, Cologne Bonn Region, Germany

Isabel Muench is an information security expert with a wide range of experience in advising, evaluating, and auditing information security related issues both in the private and public sectors. She works for the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI – Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik) as head of Branch IT Security Situational Awareness.

Lysa Myers, Portland, Ore.

Lysa Myers is a senior technical editor at Palo Alto Networks. She has more than 20 years of experience in the information security industry, educating people at all levels of experience in how to improve security, and more than a decade of experience leading and mentoring global security teams. She began her security career with McAfee Security.

Wendy Nather, Fort Collins, Colo.

Wendy Nather has more than 40 years of technical experience in IT operations and security, including twelve years in the financial services industry, five years as an industry analyst, and five years in state government. She previously led the advisory CISO team at Cisco and is currently director of strategic engagements.

Allison Nixon, Providence County, Rhode Island

Allison Nixon is Unit 221B’s chief research officer. She has spent much of her career studying domestic cybercrime since 2011. Since 2018, her research has focused heavily on SIM swapping, and significant events arising from the sudden enrichment of the domestic cybercrime world. Before Unit 221B, she was Flashpoint’s director of security research, and a threat researcher for Deloitte.

Pearl Noble-Mallock, Shepton Mallet, England

Pearl Noble-Mallock has been with BAE Systems for more than 15 years, where she has held various roles; she is currently head of product security and EEE. Her accomplishments within the areas of cybersecurity, technology, and engineering management have earned her many awards including the Royal Academy of Engineering Rising Star award for her contribution to UK Engineering.

Mary O’Brien, Ireland

Mary O’Brien is IBM Security’s general manager. She leads a global team of 8,000+ focused on delivering IBM’s security products and services portfolio to protect industries, businesses, and consumers from today’s emerging risks and vulnerabilities. She has been with IBM since 2009, first as development director and then as VP, R&D, IBM Security.

Angela Orebaugh, PhD, Washington, D.C.

Angela Orebaugh is a technologist, educator, and author with a broad spectrum of expertise across cyber, data analytics, and sustainability. She is an assistant professor of computer science and lead faculty for cybersecurity, IT and sustainability at the University of Virginia. Her teaching and research are focused on safety and security in the cyber world.

Yogita Parulekar, San Francisco, Calif.

Yogita Parulekar is the founder and CEO of Invi Grid Inc., the developer of a no-code, secure cloud infrastructure orchestration platform. Her prior experience includes Suki head of security and IT, Pear Therapeutics head of information security, ThreatMetrix senior director of security, Oracle director of security and head of IT audit, and EY manager of technology risk and security services.

Theresa Payton, Charlotte, N.C.

Theresa Payton, the first female White House chief information officer, is a visionary, industry disruptor, author, and an intrepid veteran cybercrime fighter at the helm as CEO of Fortalice Solutions. She advises Fortune 500 boards, CEOs, and tech executives on securing digital transformations and combating emerging cyber threats and has helped countless organizations and individuals understand the complexities of digital crimes.

Nicole Perlroth, San Francisco, Calif.

Nicole Perlroth is the managing partner of Silver Buckshot Ventures, a cybersecurity impact fund, and is an advisor at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, as well as to several cybersecurity companies. She spent a decade as the lead cybersecurity reporter at The New York Times and is the author of “This Is How They Tell Me The World Ends.”

Quiessence Phillips, New York, N.Y.

Quiessence Phillips is SVP, global cyber operations, for ARETE. Previously, she was an adjunct professor for New York University and served as the security technical program manager for Amazon Web Services, deputy CISO and head of threat management for the City of New York, and vice president of cybersecurity operations – incident response for Barclays.

Becky Pinkard, London, England

Becky Pinkard is the managing director for global cyber operations at Barclays Bank. She has been working in information technology and security since 1996. She was a SANS certified instructor for over a decade and served as a GIAC certified intrusion analyst advisory board member and on the Strategic Advisory Council for the Center of Internet Security.

Sakshi Porwal, Irvine, Calif.

Sakshi Porwal global CISO and cybersecurity consulting practice leader at Compunnel, has over 15 years of experience managing diverse cybersecurity domains. In her previous role at Deloitte Global, she played a pivotal leadership role in overseeing the security of organizational assets for a workforce comprising approximately 457,000 professionals across more than 150 countries and territories. Contact

Kymberlee Price, Redmond, Wash.

Kymberlee Price is the founder and CEO of Zatik Security, a collective of cybersecurity industry experts that provide top-tier security guidance for small to medium businesses. She has more than 15 years of experience in the information security industry and has held various positions with New Relic, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Bugcrowd, Synack and BlackBerry.

Kalinda Raina, San Francisco, Calif.

Kalinda Raina is LinkedIn’s VP and chief privacy officer. She is also the founder of Raising the Digital Future, a YouTube channel for parents raising the first generation of humans in a digital world. Previously, she served as Apple’s head of privacy and policy, Americas, and Nintendo of America’s chief privacy officer.

Nasrin Rezai, New York, N.Y.

Nasrin Rezai is senior VP and CISO for Verizon. Before Verizon, she was GE’s global chief information security and product security officer, GE Capital’s CISO, and State Street Bank’s chief technology risk officer. She held several roles at Cisco Systems over 12 years, from chief architect to CTO of security. She is currently a member of the Aspen Institute Security Group.

Sherry Ryan, San Francisco, Calif.

Sherry Ryan serves as a limited partner at Fortium Partners, as well as a member of the board of directors for Secberus, and an advisor for both YL Ventures and SafeBreach. She has 25 years of experience in information security and risk management and previously held CISO roles with HP, Blue Shield of California, and Juniper Networks.

Roselle Safran, Washington, D.C.

Roselle Safranis the founder and CEO of KeyCaliber, whose Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) platform provides business context to cybersecurity programs to enable cyber resilience and resource optimization. Previously, she managed cybersecurity operations at the Executive Office of the President during the Obama Administration. Before that, she managed analysis teams at the Department of Homeland Security’s US-CERT.

Stephanie Scheuermann, Dearborn, Mich.

Stephanie Scheuermann has been with Ford Motor Company for 19 years. Her first position with the company was CIRT and eDiscovery forensic services supervisor followed by computer incident response supervisor and then cyber threat intelligence specialist. She is now technical leader, cyber threat intelligence.

Dr. Phyllis Schneck

Dr. Phyllis Schneck has over 15 years of government and private-sector experience in senior cybersecurity positions. She is currently vice president and chief information security officer (CISO) for Northrop Grumman. Previously, she was managing director and global leader of Promontory Cyber Solutions. She joined Promontory from the Department of Homeland Security.

Amber Schroader, Chattanooga, Tenn.

Amber Schroader is the founder and CEO of Paraben Corporation. She is also the chief architect responsible for the design of Paraben’s extensive line of digital forensic solutions. Throughout the past three decades, she has influenced the field with over two dozen technology innovations and established protocols for processing new data sources such as gaming and IoT data.

Masha Sedova, San Francisco, Calif.

Masha Sedova is an award-winning cybersecurity expert, speaker, and trainer. She is the co-founder of Elevate Security, delivering a first-of-its-kind platform that enables organizations to identify risky employees, reduce the likelihood of future incidents, and proactively defend their workforce while ensuring a productive business. She is also VP, human risk strategy at Mimecast.

Rinki Sethi, San Francisco, Calif.

Rinki Sethi is the vice president and chief information security officer at BILL. Previously, she served as VP and CISO at Twitter and Rubrik Inc. She has been at the forefront of developing cutting-edge online security infrastructure at several Fortune 500 companies such as IBM, Palo Alto Networks, Intuit, eBay, Walmart.com, and PG&E. She also served on the board of ForgeRock.

Beatriz Silveira, Singapore

Beatriz Silveira is the global security regional head APAC at Novartis. She has 18 years of experience in intelligence, strategy, risk, threat and crisis management, digital transformation, team building, and successful investigations related to cyberthreats, cybercrime, cyber-enabled crime, and complex frauds, as well as financial and organized crime.

Gunjeet Singh, San Jose, Calif.

Gunjeet Singh is the executive director of cybersecurity for JPMorgan Chase. Previously, she was a data architect for Cisco Systems, senior data security architect for PayPal, and principal architect for PayPal InfoSec. As a senior technology leader, she specializes in data security, data architecture, data governance, data life cycle management and database operations.

Dr. Ambareen Siraj, Fairfax, Va.

Dr. Ambareen Siraj is a program director at the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the founder of the Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) conference and non-profit organization. She is an emeritus faculty at Tennessee Tech and as professor of computer science, served as the founding director of the Cybersecurity Education, Research, and Outreach Center (CEROC).

Reeny Sondhi, San Francisco, Calif.

Reeny Sondhi is the chief digital officer at Twilio. In this role, she is responsible for information and corporate security as well as the information technology organizations. Before joining Twilio in 2022, she was the chief security officer at Autodesk. Prior to that, she led security engineering for EMC, now part of Dell.

Myrna Soto, Hollywood, Fla.

Myrna Soto is the founder and CEO of Apogee Executive Advisors, an advisory firm specializing in cybersecurity, technology risk, board service and governance. She has over 30 years of information technology and cybersecurity experience; is the former global chief security officer for several high-profile brands; and serves on several publicly traded company boards including Spirit Airlines, TriNet and Popular Inc.

Suzanne Spaulding, McLean, Va.

Suzanne Spaulding is senior advisor for the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). She spent nearly 30 years working national security issues in the private sector, the executive branch, and Congress. She served as undersecretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Confidence Staveley, Atlanta, Ga.

Confidence Staveley is the founder of the CyberSafe Foundation, an organization dedicated to promoting inclusive and secure digital access across Africa. One of the foundation’s most impactful initiatives is the CyberGirls Fellowship, which offers free cybersecurity training. She is also an API security professional, international speaker, inclusion advocate, and the author of “API Security for White Hat Hackers.”

Jennifer Sunshine Steffens, Seattle, Wash.

Jennifer Sunshine Steffens is CEO at IOActive. She spearheads the company’s global business operations and drives its strategic vision. She is also an advisory board member of the Cybersecurity Center of Excellence WA and the London Office for Rapid Cybersecurity Advancement (LORCA) and on the executive advisory board of the United Cybersecurity Alliance.

Dr. Chanel Suggs, United States

Dr. Chanel Suggs — Duchess of Cybersecurity ® — is the CEO and founder of Wyvern Security. She works with clients to uncover and identify emerging threats and defend against attacks. She is a lecturer, author, keynote speaker and subject matter expert in cybersecurity, cryptography, forensics, network security, computing, information assurance, and IT strategy.

Parisa Tabriz, Mountain View, Calif.

Parisa Tabriz is a VP/GM of Google Chrome, responsible for helping users worldwide use the web safely. She is also responsible for Project Zero, a security research team that aims to advance security across the tech industry. She is known as Google’s “Security Princess” (her former job title) and has worked on information security at Google for over a decade.

Kennedy Taylor, Washington, D.C.

Kennedy Taylor is a senior cybersecurity consultant for Ernst and Young, specializing in cyber supply chain risk management for federal clients. She began her career at Accenture Federal Services as a security delivery analyst. She won the title of Miss Maryland 2023, and through CyberSafe Kids spoke nationwide advocating for internet safety education and data privacy legislation to protect children.

Sivan Tehila, New York, N.Y.

Sivan Tehila is the CEO and founder of Onyxia and the cybersecurity program director and a professor at Yeshiva University. During a 10-year career in intelligence and cybersecurity in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), she served as an intelligence officer, CISO of the Research and Analysis Division, and head of the Information Security Department of the Intelligence Corps.

Wendy Thomas, Atlanta, Ga.

Wendy Thomas is the CEO of Secureworks, leading the company to fulfill its purpose of securing human progress via innovative, battle-tested security solutions. She joined Secureworks in 2008 and as strategy lead and chief product officer, she developed the vision for Secureworks’ future, fueling the team that built and launched Secureworks Taegis.

Patricia Titus, Glen Allen, Va.

Patricia Titus is the CISO of Booking Holdings and serves on the board of directors of Black Kite and Girl Scouts for the Commonwealth of Virginia. Previous roles include chief privacy and information security officer at Markel Corporation and VP and CISO at Freddie Mac, Symantec, Unisys and the Transportation Security Administration within the Department of Homeland Security.

Sandra Toms, San Francisco, Calif.

Sandra Toms is the head of experience marketing, Mandiant + mWISE, at Google. She served as VP and architect of the RSA Conference from 1998 until 2019, growing the conference into the world’s largest cybersecurity industry event. She previously served as the VP of corporate and experiential marketing at Dell Technologies and the chief marketing officer at Absolute Software.

Sarah Urbanowicz, Houston, Texas

Sarah Urbanowicz is AECOM’s senior VP and chief information officer. She has been with AECOM for 7 years, beginning with her roles as CISO and VP. Before AECOM, she served as CISO of Hess Corporation; held several positions at Halliburton over 10 years, including senior manager, IT security; and was an IT security analyst for Compaq.

Christine Vanderpool, West Palm Beach, Fla.

Christine Vanderpool is VP and chief technology officer at Florida Crystals. She joined the company in 2018 as VP, IT strategy, architecture and CISO. She served as deputy CISO and executive director of cyber risk for Kaiser Permanente, and held several roles at Molson Coors over 13 years, including CISO.

Vandana Verma, India

Vandana Verma is the security relations leader at Snyk and a chair of the OWASP Global Board of Directors. She leads various diversity initiatives, such as InfosecGirls and WoSEC, and is the founder of InfosecKids. Prior to Snyk, she held leadership roles at IBM, Accenture, and Cloud Security Alliance.

Alison Wakefield, London, United Kingdom

Dr. Alison Wakefield is professor of criminology and security studies at the University of West London. She is a senior associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, an academic adviser to the Chartered Security Professionals Registration Authority, a commissioner on the National Preparedness Commission, and a member of the advisory bodies for Resilience First, the International Security Expo and the International Cyber Expo.

Jennifer Watson, Netherlands 

Jennifer Watson is the U.S. CISO and SVP of information security at Ahold Delhaize. Previously, she was the CISO at Celanese and Raytheon Intelligence & Space, the director of global vulnerability and remediation management at PepsiCo, the director of vulnerability management at Nike, and the manager of the information security perimeter, defense, and response team at Mastercard.

Georgia Weidman, Tutwiler, Mississippi

Georgia Weidman is a serial entrepreneur, penetration tester, security researcher, speaker, trainer, mentor, and angel investor. She is the founder of Bulb Security, a security consulting firm, and Shevirah, an IT services and consulting company. She is also a fractional CISO and the author of Penetration Testing: A Hands-On Introduction to Hacking.

Christy Wheaton, Detroit, Mich.

Christy Wheaton is vice president and chief information privacy and security officer at Henry Ford Health System. She previously served as the senior director and CISO for Meritor, overseeing the enterprise cybersecurity and GRC programs globally. Prior to that, she served as global identity and access management lead for GE Capital, overseeing global IAM programs.

Deborah Wheeler, Atlanta, Ga.

Deborah Wheeler is the CISO for Delta Air Lines and an independent board member for SERC Reliability Corporation. She has applied her experience and skills in information technology risk management and cybersecurity in building security programs for PNC Bank, Fifth Third Bank, JPMorgan Chase, Ally Financial, and Freddie Mac.

Wendy Whitmore, Santa Clara, Calif.

Wendi Whitmore is senior vice president, Unit 42, at Palo Alto Networks. She created the Incident Response & Intelligence Services (IRIS) at IBM and served as IRIS’s global partner and lead, and later, as global partner and director, IBM X-Force She was an inaugural member of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Safety Review Board.

Marnie Wilking, Netherlands

Marnie Wilking is Booking.com’s CISO. She has more than 20 years of experience building and implementing cybersecurity strategies in alignment with regulatory requirements and business objectives to support and accelerate growth across financial services, healthcare technology, and e-commerce companies worldwide. Before Booking.com, she was the global head of security & technology risk management (CISO) at Wayfair.

Candace Williams, Tampa, Fla.

Candace Williams is the associate director of cybersecurity leadership at Raytheon, leading teams across multiple security disciplines. She is the CEO and founder of Cyb(H)er Ally Cybersecurity Solutions, where she partners with women and organizations dedicated to cultivating diversity in the industry. She is also the author of, “No Experience Required: Your Cybersecurity Career Kickstart Guide.”

Laura Whitt-Winyard, Philadelphia, Penn.

Laura Whitt-Winyard is CISO at Veolia North America. Her previous roles include VP of security & IT at Hummingbird, CISO at Malwarebytes, global CISO at DLL, director of information security at Billtrust, and senior manager of information security at Comcast. She is also a fellow at the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT).

Karen Worstell, Lone Tree, Colo.

Karen Worstell is the CEO of W Risk Group LLC, a cybersecurity risk management consultancy, and a best-selling author. She’s held senior and C-level positions in security and IT risk management at Union Carbide, SRI Consulting, Bank of America, AT&T Wireless (CISO), Microsoft (CISO), and Russell Investments (CISO). Her most recent corporate role was as senior cybersecurity strategist for VMware.

Zeina Zakhour, Paris, France

Zeina Zakhour is vice president and global CTO of cybersecurity for Eviden. Before joining Eviden, she was with Atos for more than 19 years. She held several roles there, including her last role as global CTO of big data and cybersecurity. She is a member of the advisory group for the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA).

Kim Zetter, San Francisco, Calif.

Kim Zetter is an award-winning investigative journalist and author who has covered cybersecurity, national security, surveillance, and the hacking underground since 1999, first for PC World magazine and then for WIRED, where she wrote for more than a decade. More recently, she has been writing for NY Times Magazine, Politico, Washington Post, Motherboard/Vice, Yahoo News, and others.


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The Women Know Cyber list was researched, compiled, and curated by Steve Morgan, founder of Cybersecurity Ventures and Editor-in-Chief at Cybercrime Magazine, and Di Freeze, Managing Editor at Cybercrime Magazine.