Illena Armstrong

President

Illena Armstrong is a global business and media development leader. With help from the talented teams she has managed over the years, she successfully built and maintained a range of award-winning, digitally-driven multimedia, intelligence/research, and educational offerings serving targeted audiences. Along with her current role as President of CSA, she serves as a Fellow with the International Association of Certified ISAOs (IACI) and is Co-Chair of the IACI Global Security Resilience Alliance (GSRA) which serves as the IACI Advisory Board. As well, she is on the Board of Advisors for Cybersecurity Ventures, a top researcher/publisher covering the global cyber economy, and is an Executive Advisory Board Member with the United Cybersecurity Alliance which offers various educational/skills development programs that promote diversity, inclusion and equality in the cybersecurity workforce. She also is a member of Chief, a private network that supports and strengthens women in executive leadership, and a member of the Forte Group, an advocacy and education non-profit organization. Prior to these positions, she was VP, Editorial, at SC Media, a cybersecurity-focused business media brand. There she spearheaded and managed content strategy and played a key leadership role driving the brand’s overall business/commercial growth with help from a team scattered across the US and UK. Leveraging her brand-building, digital media, editorial, design, website, marketing/PR, social media, event, cybersecurity, and overall business development experience, she has established myriad award-winning offerings, such as virtual events, video/podcast series, in-person events, social media channels, and hardcopy/digital magazines/ebooks. Working closely with other brand and sales colleagues, she also launched research-based products, multi-tiered custom solutions, awards programs, and other offerings.

Talks About
#security #communications #management

Preferred Locations
#Northamerica