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Diana Kelley

Diana Kelley is the Chief Information Security Officer (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. Diana 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.

Her extensive volunteer work has included serving on the ACM Ethics & Plagiarism Committee, Cybersecurity Committee Advisor at CompTIA, CTO and Board Member at Sightline Security, Advisory Board Chair at WOPLLI Technologies, Advisory Council member Bartlett College of Science and Mathematics, Bridgewater State University, and RSAC US Program Committee.

She is a sought-after keynote speaker, the host of BrightTALK’s The (Security) Balancing Act, co-author of the books Practical Cybersecurity Architecture and Cryptographic Libraries for Developers, instructor for the LinkedIn Learning class on Security in AI and ML, has been a lecturer at Boston College’s Masters program in cybersecurity, a 2023 Global Cyber Security Hall of Fame Inductee, the EWF 2020 Executive of the Year and EWF Conference Chair 2021-Present, an SCMedia Power Player, and one of Cybersecurity Ventures 100 Fascinating Females Fighting Cybercrime.

Lisa Lee

Lisa Lee leads the Strategy, Signal, Industry, and Research (S2IR) team for one of the largest technology companies in the world, driving decisions to build, buy, or partner.  Her team develops strategies around emerging tech such as security for AI and quantum safe computing, supports the offices of the CISO, Security CTO, and Microsoft Research (security), and also works closely with venture capital/private equity firms. Lisa supports engagements with global regulators, advises C-level executives, and is a cybersecurity thought leader.

Prior to Microsoft, Lisa served as a Federal IT Bank Examiner, leading the teams that developed the first cybersecurity assessment tool and first guidelines for cloud computing. She founded/co-founded mentoring, networking, and student education programs for the Executive Women’s Forum and serves on the EWF Board of Advisors. Lisa was selected as a Woman of Influence by CSO Magazine and as one of 100 Empowering Women by Sigma Delta Tau.

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