Charles Blauner

Operating Partner - CISO in Residence

Charles Blauner is Operating Partner and CISO in Residence at Team8. He is a Venture Advisor at the Cyber Mentor Fund as well as the President of Cyber Aegis, a boutique cyber risk management consultancy. Charles Blauner is an internationally recognized expert independent advisor on Cyber Resiliency, Information Security Risk Management and Data Privacy. Previously, Charles had a distinguished career working on Information Security for over 30 years, 25 years in Financial Services, including being the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank, and most recently the Global Head of Information Security at Citi. During this time, Charles held numerous industry leadership roles including Chair of the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council (FSSCC), founding Director of the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC), and the Chair of the OpenGroup’s Security Program. Charles has worked closely with banking regulators around the world (OCC, FRB, BoE, MAS, and HKMA) to help reduce the risk posed by cyber threats to the financial sector at large.

Charles is a regular conference speaker and has had the honor of appearing in front of US House and Senate committees.
In 2015, Charles was recognized by his peers, winning the Wasserman Award, which recognizes outstanding career achievement and contribution to the Information Systems Audit, Control, Security, Risk Management, and/or Governance professions.

Talks About
#ciso #cyber #venture #cybersecurity #cybersecurityleadership

Preferred Locations
#NorthAmerica