Phyllis Schneck

Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Dr. Phyllis Schneck is the VP and CISO at Northrop Grumman, leading global cybersecurity operations, technology, policy, and strategy. With 20+ years of government and private-sector experience, she previously led cybersecurity at IBM's Promontory and served as Deputy Undersecretary for Cybersecurity and Communications at DHS. She was also CTO for McAfee's global public sector. Dr. Schneck holds multiple information security patents and is a senior IEEE member. She earned her PhD in Computer Science from Georgia Tech, master's and Bachelor's in Computer Science and Mathematics from Johns Hopkins University. She is also a member of Georgia Tech College of Computing Hall of Fame.