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Al Tarasiuk

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Al Tarasiuk

Title: Chief Information Security Officer and Head of Foundational Services
Company: Citi Industry: Financial Services
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Al Tarasiuk serves as CISO at Citibank. Acutely aware of the threats AI poses in the cybersecurity space, Al committed the bank as a founding member of Project Akrites, a Linux Foundation initiative built to defend critical open-source software against AI-assisted vulnerability discovery. With Citi now integrated into this shared security incident response framework, Al helps protect financial infrastructure from emerging threats. Previously, Al managed widespread intelligence operations as CIO for the Central Intelligence Agency. cybermagazine. com 63