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How CISOs Can Better Connect with their Boards and Make the Case for Cybersecurity

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How CISOs Can Better Connect with their Boards and Make the Case for Cybersecurity (PDF, 1.36MB)Last updated: 25 May, 2023
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Lucia Lucia Milică Stacy, JD/MBA/MICS
Lucia Lucia Milică Stacy, JD/MBA/MICS
  • SANS Cybersecurity Leadership Summit 2023
SANS Cybersecurity Leadership Summit 2023

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Lucia Milică Stacy
Lucia Milică Stacy

Lucia Lucia Milică Stacy, JD/MBA/MICS

Lucia Milică Stacy serves as Global Resident CISO at Proofpoint, a leading cybersecurity company. She’s a senior technology leader with over 20 years of extensive technical and business experience.

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