SC Media Editorial Intelligence, reviewed by Joi Frederick

Joi Frederick is a cybersecurity, privacy, compliance, and enterprise risk leader with expertise in helping organizations navigate complex security challenges, regulatory requirements, and emerging technology risks. As Security, Privacy & Compliance Sr. Manager at Spectro Cloud, she helps shape and scale programs that strengthen organizational resilience, protect sensitive information, and integrate security and privacy into business operations.

Joi holds the CISSP and Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US) credentials and earned her Master of Science in Cybersecurity Policy and Risk Management from the University of New Hampshire. Her multidisciplinary background spans cybersecurity and GRC leadership, privacy, enterprise risk, the legal field, and corporate communications, giving her a distinctive perspective on the intersection of technology, regulation, people, and business.

Her experience includes leading and supporting initiatives across highly regulated environments and frameworks such as ISO 27001, SOC 2, and FedRAMP, as well as addressing the security and compliance challenges of cloud-native technologies. She is particularly skilled at translating complex technical and regulatory risks into practical strategies that executives, technical teams, and employees can understand and act upon.

Joi is passionate about moving organizations beyond checkbox compliance toward a risk-informed security and privacy culture. By bringing cybersecurity, privacy, compliance, and enterprise risk together, she helps organizations protect what matters while enabling responsible innovation and growth.