Security Risk Solutions, LLC, Owner Steve Katz is widely known in security circles as the very first Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). As Katz puts it, “I got my start in this business way before there was cybersecurity, and way before there was anything.” Katz started his lifelong career in security with an internal consulting…
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Chemical Bank, Vice President, Chief Information Security and Privacy Officer Like the builder of a complex jigsaw puzzle, Chris Mandelaris has masterfully put his career together, piece by piece, to reveal the overall picture. For years he has been steering his education, certifications, and series of roles toward his goal of becoming a Chief Information…
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Paylocity CISO Bradley Schaufenbuel is the kind of guy who is always making the effort to reach another peak, literally and figuratively. The long list of accomplishments listed on his biography (so far) reads more like the work of three men, not just one. Schaufenbuel began his education with a bachelor’s degree in Management Information…
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American Bureau of Shipping CISO Mike Davis has a career that spans several decades – so far – and he still enjoys the challenges and opportunities that his cybersecurity vocation provides each day. Davis began his career with the U.S. Navy. He started out in engineering, specializing in propulsion systems, including nuclear power and gas…
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Executive Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Mastercard As a young boy growing up in Philadelphia, Ron Green listened to his father and his uncles swap stories about their jobs as police officers. Ron knew that he, too, wanted to be a police officer when he grew up. When the time came, his father…
DetailsCISO, United Technologies Daniel Conroy never expected to be a CISO. He never expected to be in America. He was a rugby playing, triathlon-competing lad from Ireland, who came to the United States for a brief stint with a semiconductor company, using his background as an electrical engineer. Seventeen years later, Daniel, his wife and…
DetailsTo Michael Mangold, the CISO of rural lifestyle retailer Tractor Supply Company, located outside Nashville, Tennessee, the most important skills for a CISO are not only technical. While his background includes technical qualifications and certifications, and the ability to evaluate new and emerging technologies and risks, Mangold also relies on his background and training in…
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