Overview
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The role of the CISO has never been more vital in the corporate boardroom. Bob Zukis is the world’s leading advocate for director cyber expertise in the boardroom and founded DDN in 2017 to strengthen the boardroom as a key control in the cybersecurity system and create the practice and professions of digital and cybersecurity governance. Join us to engage with Bob and to discuss key and developing boardroom policies and practices that will help cybersecurity leaders step up to their boardroom leadership moment effectively, and understand what it takes to become a corporate director.
Moderator
John Johnson – CEO & Founder, Aligned Security; President & Founder, Docent Institute
Dr. Johnson is a cybersecurity executive with over 30 years of experience. He is the CEO and Founder of Aligned Security, providing executive cybersecurity advisory services. He also founded the nonprofit Docent Institute, which promotes career development, cybersecurity education and outreach to professionals, students and underserved communities. John has broad industry experience, starting at Los Alamos National Laboratory and subsequently as a security leader at large and small enterprises, including John Deere, Deloitte, and Campbell Soup Company. He has developed and taught numerous university cybersecurity courses online and in person. Dr. Johnson serves on the ISSA International Board of Directors, ISSA Education Foundation, and is an active leader within ISC2, InfraGard, and IEEE.
See John Johnson‘s full profile.
Kasi Paturi – CEO, Global Cyber Security Initiative (GCSI)
Kasi Paturi is a serial entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in developing and founding software businesses. The founding chairman for ISSA Board of Directors SIG, the CEO of Global Cyber Security Initiative (GCSI) and Founding Principal of Blockchain Advisory Institute (BAI). Member of Board of Directors at Wintrust Community Bank (Barrington Bank & Trust Co), Board Member of DePaul University Arditti Center for Risk Management. Advisory Board Member and Chairman of Productivity committee of Central Asian Productivity Research Center (CAPRC). He previously co-founded the American Institute of Computers and was a Managing Principal of AIC Consulting. In addition, Mr. Paturi helped Dr. Ed Mensah develop the nation’s first completely online Public Health Informatics Program, offering graduate degrees and certificates, at the University of Illinois at Chicago. This Public Health Informatics Program was developed from conceptualization to completion by Mr. Paturi and Dr. Mensah, and has produced alumni worldwide. Furthermore, Mr. Paturi was also a Co-founder of DarkStorage (a cloud-based data storage company), Co-founder and Vice President of MPC Systems, a Member of several Asian American Advisory groups and the Commissioner on Economic Development commission for the Village of Hoffman Estates. Mr. Paturi holds a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Illinois and is a Graduate of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi.
Speaker/s
Bob Zukis – Founder & CEO, Digital Directors Network
Bob is the Founder and CEO of Digital Directors Network. He is the world’s leading advocate and expert on digital and cybersecurity governance and an educator and advisor to corporate directors worldwide. He leads an organization of over 1,600 directors, CEOs CIOs, CISOs, CTOs and other executives working to strengthen the board as a control in the complex digital business system.
Bob is a former Adjunct Professor at the USC Marshall School of Business and is a retired PwC Advisory Senior Partner. He was a member of PwC’s Global and APAC leadership teams and led their IT strategy and operations practice and west coast cybersecurity services practice. He has also held roles as a SaaS CEO and executive director in the U.S and Japan, PE advisor, and advisory board member. He is an emeritus member of the NACD PSW board and is a Senior Fellow for The Conference Board’s ESG Center.
He’s the lead-author of The Great Reboot – Succeeding In A Complex Digital World Under Attack From Systemic Risk (2nd edition), Digital and Cybersecurity Governance Around The World, and The DOMINO Guide: The Definitive Boardroom Guide On Digital, Cybersecurity And Systemic Risk Governance. Bob’s a contributor for Forbes.com and has been published or quoted in Harvard Law Review, Corporate Board, NACD Directorship, Wired, CIO Magazine, Computer News, Info World, DM Review, CIO Update, The Financial Times, WSJ, Risk Professional, Computer World, and the Atlantic’s Quartz
Contact Bob at bob@digitaldirectors.network or 310-528-9945. His corporate website is www.digitaldirectors.network.
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