Social SafeGuard is transforming the way organizations can protect themselves from the mounting risk posed by digital channels across the enterprise, and within small to mid-sized business globally.
As part of our mission to help companies, we are fortunate to have talented and innovative people helping our business succeed. That’s why I’m excited to welcome a new group of experienced security, risk and privacy leaders who are joining our board of advisors.
Today we welcome a group of true business and technology titans as members. Much thought and discussion went into how we structure this unique group. Many thanks to Raj Samani who envisioned a unique community perspective and a set of skills for the board that will help us achieve our goals in 2018 and beyond.
We share the understanding of the impact that digital transformation has on our society, and that at the same time someone needs to step up to protect it! It’s hard work, yet we are all committed, and that’s the very essence of Social SafeGuard. Our board consists of:
Raj Samani, Chief Scientist, McAfee -Raj Samani is spearheading the Social SafeGuard Board of Advisors. As a renowned technology leader, he currently serves as Chief Scientist for McAfee, and formerly the Chief Technology Officer with McAfee. He drives the innovation strategy for McAfee globally and is a well-known expert in the global cybersecurity community. He holds board seats with the Cloud Security Alliance and the ISSA, has authored multiple articles and is a regular blogger on cybersecurity issues and trends. Find him on LinkedIn.
Mikko Hypponen, Chief Research Officer, F-Secure – Mikko Hypponen is one of world’s foremost authorities on cybersecurity and privacy issues and a visionary for pushing the boundaries of cybersecurity. He’s served as the Chief Research Officer for F-Secure for over 25 years, and has a wealth of experience in public speaking, strategic briefings and keynotes, including TEDTalks. Mikko serves on numerous boards. Find him on LinkedIn.
Evelyn de Souza, Privacy and Compliance Executive – Evelyn de Souza is a well-known and well-established privacy and security professional, and is currently a Data Privacy and GDPR consultant to leading global technology firms. She has held positions with Cisco Systems, where she was the Cloud Security and Data Privacy leader, McAfee, BigFix, and Trend Micro. Evelyn was the Co-Chair of the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and founded OpenSource Privacy. Evelyn leverages her deep privacy and compliance expertise to advise early stage firms. Find her on LinkedIn.
Kris Lovejoy, CEO, BlueVector – Kris Lovejoy is the CEO of BlueVector, a dynamic cybersecurity company, and is a former CISO of IBM and General Manager IBM’s security services division. Kris leverages her breadth of experience to advise early stage companies to success and consistently contributes to the cybersecurity industry through major keynotes, articles and blogs. Find her on LinkedIn.
Brian Honan, CEO, BH Consulting - Brian Honan is a highly experienced information security professional, and one of Ireland’s foremost experts in cybersecurity. He has spearheaded large, global cybersecurity initiatives with commercial and government teams, and is a regular speaker at conferences like RSA, and an authority on cybersecurity. Find him on LinkedIn.
David Evans, PhD Founder of the University of Virginia's Security Research Group David Evans is the founder and leader of the University of Virginia's Security Research Group. Current research projects focus on security multi-party computation, web security, and adversarial machine learning. David Evans holds SB, SM, and PhD degrees in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He has led and co-led research projects funded by the National Science Foundation, DARPA, NASA, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and Google