The Security Poverty Line, Part 1 – Wendy Nather – SCW #60

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Director of Strategic Engagements at Cisco

Wendy Nather is Director of Strategic Engagements at Cisco. She was previously Research Director at the Retail ISAC, where she was responsible for advancing the state of resources and knowledge to help organizations defend their infrastructure from attackers. Wendy was also Research Director of the Information Security Practice at independent analyst firm 451 Research, covering the security industry in areas such as application security, threat intelligence, security services, and other emerging technologies.

Wendy has served as a CISO in both the private and public sectors. She led IT security for the EMEA region of the investment banking division of Swiss Bank Corporation (now UBS), as well as for the Texas Education Agency. Wendy is co-author of The Cloud Security Rules, and was listed as one of SC Magazine’s Women in IT Security “Power Players” in 2014, as well as an “Influencer” in the Reboot Leadership Awards in 2018; she was inducted into the Infosecurity Europe Hall of Fame in 2021. She serves on the board of directors for Sightline Security, an organization that helps provide free security assessment services to nonprofit groups. Wendy is a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative, and a steering committee member for the IST Ransomware Task Force. She is based in Fort Collins, Colorado.

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Sr. InfoSec Consultant at Online Business Sytems
Executive Director at Guardedrisk
Compliance Free Agent (Consultant) at Osmosis Security

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