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Title: Global Chief Information Security Officer SVP Company: The Walt Disney Company Industry: Media & Entertainment

Throughout his journey to becoming Disney’ s Global CISO, Andy has consistently maintained that effective cybersecurity must work in lockstep with the business, not in opposition to it. Before joining The Walt Disney Company, he was CISO and VP of Global Cybersecurity Services at Starbucks, where he led operations, engineering, architecture, identity and access management, risk and compliance. His earlier work covered technical programming, engineering, architecture and security product development across retail, travel, manufacturing and regulated environments. At Disney, Andy has spoken about the CISO’ s evolution from reactive gatekeeper to enterprise contributor, arguing that security leaders need to understand business priorities and communicate risk in clear, useful terms. That emphasis on context matters at a company built around global entertainment, technology and consumer experiences, where security must protect a complex operation without becoming an obstacle to it.

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