Dr. Kelley Misata

Kelley Misata’s professional experience has made her an expert in advocacy, policy discussion, and fundraising, but her path to cybersecurity has not been a traditional one. She survived years of cyberstalking, reaching out to non-profits for help and finding little. Though she holds a master's degree in marketing, she earned a Ph.D. in Information Security from Purdue University, focusing her dissertation on cybersecurity preparedness of non-profits working with victims of violence. Today, she is using her 15 years of business leadership and her unique perspective to change how non-profits understand and address cybersecurity. Misata serves as the Executive Director of the Open Information Security Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to building open source security technologies.