Helen Patton

With more years working in the Security, Risk, Privacy and Resiliency professions than she cares to say, Helen Patton is now an Advisory CISO at Cisco. Previously she was the CISO at The Ohio State University, and did security and risk time in the financial sector. Patton has a Master’s degree in Public Policy. She serves on the State of Ohio InnovateOhio Cybersecurity Advisory Board, the MxDUSA.org Cybersecurity Advisory Committee, and The Ohio State University College of Electrical and Computer Engineering Industry Advisory Board. Patton was awarded the 2018 ISE North American Academic/Public Sector Executive of the Year, advocates for napping on demand, and is allergic to bagpipes.