Board of Advisers

Meet Our Board of Advisers

Our exclusive board of advisers guides this site’s coverage of security, fraud, privacy, risk management and other key issues. These experts provide input about the latest hot topics and contribute insight for news coverage, podcast interviews and guest blogs. They regularly offer expert advice about regulatory compliance and the current threat landscape, as well as provide insights about risk management strategies and security technologies.

  • Karen Evans

    National Director, U.S. Cyber Challenge and Partner, KE&T Partners

    Karen Evans, national director of the U.S. Cyber Challenge and partner at KE&T Partners, who served as administrator for information technology and e-government in the White House Office of Management and Budget as well as chief information officer at the Department of Energy.

  • Deborah Frincke

    Deputy Director of Research, National Security Agency

    Deborah Frincke, deputy director of research at the National Security Agency, previously served as chief scientist/cybersecurity at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

  • John Gilligan

    President, Gilligan Group

    John Gilligan, president of Gilligan Group and chairman of the not-for-profit Center for Internet Security, is a major proponent of the Consensus Audit Guidelines, critical controls aimed at securing IT systems. He served as chief information officer at the departments of Air Force and Energy.

  • Melissa E. Hathaway

    President, Hathaway Global Strategies

    Melissa E. Hathaway, who led President Obama's Cyberspace Policy Review and helped develop cybersecurity policy for President George W. Bush, is a senior adviser at the Belfer Center of Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.

  • Patrick D. Howard

    Chief Information Security Officer, Nuclear Regulatory Commission

    Patrick D. Howard serves as the Chief Information Security Officer of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. He provides vision, leadership and oversight in developing, promulgating and implementing an agency IT security strategy. This organizational change meets the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) requirements as they relate to IT security.

  • Christopher Ipsen

    CISO, State of Nevada

    Christopher Ipsen, chief information security officer for the state of Nevada and chairman of the Nevada State IT Security Committee, previously served as Nevada's chief enterprise architect.

  • David Matthews

    Deputy Chief Information Security Officer for the City of Seattle

    Matthews, deputy chief information security officer for the city of Seattle, co-chairs the U.S.-CERT-sponsored Northwest Alliance for Cybersecurity, which promotes regional cybersecurity programs.

  • James Lewis

    Director and Senior Fellow, Technology and Public Policy Program Center for Strategic and International Studies

    James Lewis is a senior fellow at Center for Strategic and International Studies and directs its technology and public policy program, which includes the Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency.

  • Tomas Soderstrom

    IT/CTO, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Soderstrom serves as the IT chief technology officer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where his mission is to identify and infuse new IT technologies into JPL's environment.

  • Chris Buse

    CISO, State of Minnesota

    Christopher Buse, chief information security officer for the state of Minnesota, previously served as the manager of information technology audits for the Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor. He serves on the board and is past president of the Minnesota chapter of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association.