Wendi Whitmore

Wendi Whitmore serves as Senior Vice President for Unit 42 at Palo Alto Networks. She is a globally recognized cybersecurity leader, with two decades of experience building incident response and threat intelligence teams that have helped clients solve some of the world’s largest and most complex breaches. Wendi leads the new and expanded Unit 42, which includes security consultants, the original Unit 42 threat research group, and the managed threat hunting team. The combined team helps organizations tackle the most complex cyberthreats — from ransomware to state-sponsored espionage. Wendi regularly meets with executive leadership teams and boards to advise them on strengthening their security programs. She is a frequent speaker at high-profile technical conferences.