Wendy Nather leads the Advisory CISO team at Cisco. She was previously the Research Director at the Retail ISAC, and Research Director of the Information Security Practice at 451 Research. Wendy led IT security for the EMEA region of the investment banking division of Swiss Bank Corporation (now UBS), and served as CISO of the Texas Education Agency. She was listed as one of SC Magazine Women in IT Security Power Players in 2014, and an “Influencer” in the Reboot Leadership Awards in 2018. She serves on the advisory board for Sightline Security.