TOP 10

Managing Director & Co-founder

Meta Defence Labs

One of the Top 50 Most Influential Women in Cybersecurity 2019 – as listed by SC Media UK – Chani Simms is a trusted leader in Cyber . She is currently an NCSC Certified Cyber Advisor , Managing Director , and Co-Founder of Meta Defence Labs Ltd , CE & IASME pool assessor for IASME Consortium and Expert Practitioner for The HiveMind Network . In 2018 , she founded She CISO Exec , the sustainable global training and mentoring platform specialising in information security and leadership .

Managing Director & Global Leader of Security Research and Development

Accenture

Lisa O ’ Connor , who began her career at the National Security Agency , is now the Managing Director of Dublin-based technology giant Accenture , a role she has held for a decade , where she leads Global Security Research and Development at Accenture Labs . She is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional ( CISSP ) by ISC2 ; an INFOSEC Analyst ; a Cryptologic Engineer , recognised by the NSA ; and is a member of the Financial Services Sharing and Analysis Center ( FS-ISAC ) as well as the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council .

144 May 2023