TOP 10 – SECURITY LEADERS IN EUROPE

COMPANY: HSBC EMPLOYEES: 211,000 JOB TITLE: GLOBAL CISO FOUNDED: 1865

Rebecca Cox ranks as the foremost cybersecurity leader in Europe, serving as Group CISO for HSBC. With more than two decades of premier security expertise, including leading counter-terrorism research at the Royal United Services Institute and managing critical crisis responses at Lloyds, Rebecca commands a trillion-dollar network’ s defence. Her elite trajectory within HSBC spans strategic governance, risk compliance and large-scale digital transformations. Today, she anchors HSBC’ s absolute systemic resilience, deploying advanced zero-trust controls to shield vital financial infrastructure against persistent global threat actors.

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50 August 2026