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Sean Atkinson

Chief Information Security Officer · Center for Internet Security (CIS)

"Zero Trust Security and Ransomware Defense in the Age of AI"

Sean Atkinson is Chief Information Security Officer of CIS, where he directs strategy, operations, and policy to protect CIS's enterprise of information assets — risk management, communications, applications, and infrastructure. Prior to CIS, Sean served as Global Information Security Compliance Officer for GLOBALFOUNDRIES across Governance, Risk and Compliance worldwide. Earlier, he led the security implementation for the New York State Statewide Financial System (SFS) from 2007 to 2014, finishing as Internal Control, Risk and Information Security Manager. Sean was born in Brooklyn, NY, grew up in England, and graduated from Sheffield Hallam University in 2000.