CISO Leaders Roundtable

Ron Green is Chief Information Security Officer for Mastercard. In this role, he leads a global team that ensures the safety and security of the Mastercard network, as well as internal and external products and services. Prior to this role, he served as Deputy Chief Information Security Officer at Fidelity Information Services (FIS) and was director, Investigation and Protections Operations at Blackberry. He has extensive experience working with international and federal law enforcement agencies both as an officer in the US Army and as a special agent in the USSS, where he worked protection and fraud investigations. He was one of the first agents to receive formal training on seizing and analyzing electronic evidence, and worked on a number of international cybercrime investigations.

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Erika Brown Lee is a Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel at Mastercard.  Ms. Brown Lee leads the team that develops policies, provides guidance, and ensures compliance with privacy and data protection laws across the company’s products and services, including payment processing, data analytics, and fraud-related activities for North America, Latin America and the Caribbean. Ms. Brown Lee also works closely with the company’s cybersecurity teams to develop policies and manage regulatory interactions. Ms. Brown Lee is the former Chief Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer of the U.S. Department of Justice, where she served as the principal advisor to the Attorney General on privacy and civil liberties matters.  Ms. Brown Lee co-chaired the DOJ breach response team, played a leadership role among agencies working to develop privacy-related legislation, and provided regular briefings to Capitol Hill.  She received an Attorney General Award for Exceptional Contributions in Negotiating a Data Protection and Privacy Agreement with the E.U.  Ms. Brown Lee also served in the Division of Privacy & Identity Protection at the Federal Trade Commission, and chaired the ABA’s Privacy & Information Security Committee.  Ms. Brown Lee is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) for Europe and the U.S.

With almost 20 years of experience in the information security industry, Ryan Kalember currently leads cybersecurity strategy for Proofpoint and is a sought-out expert for leadership and commentary on breaches and best practices. Mr. Kalember joined Proofpoint from WatchDox where he served as both chief product officer and CMO, leading the development of pioneering data-centric security solutions through to the company’s acquisition. Previously, Ryan ran solutions across HP’s portfolio of security products, was director of product strategy at ArcSight, and held a variety of positions at VeriSign, including EMEA regional manager and senior product manager. Early in his career, Ryan was a security practitioner, helping build many leading security organizations and security operations centers around the world.