This is an interview with Wendy Nather (Head of CISO Advisory - Cisco) - as a part of Aphinia (https://www.aphinia.com) CISO Interview Series - where Wendy is sharing her advice for junior cybersecurity professionals, her actionable insights and views on the current and future cybersecurity landscape.
Wendy Nather leads the Advisory CISO team at Cisco. She was previously the Research Director at the Retail ISAC, and Research Director of the Information Security Practice at 451 Research. Wendy led IT security for the EMEA region of the investment banking division of Swiss Bank Corporation (now UBS), and served as CISO of the Texas Education Agency. She was inducted into the Infosecurity Europe Hall of Fame in 2021. Wendy serves on the advisory board for Sightline Security. She is a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Cyber Statecraft Initiative, as well as a Senior Cybersecurity Fellow at the Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas at Austin.
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