Megan Samford
Chief Product Security Officer, Schneider Electronics – Energy Management
Megan is responsible for driving the security strategy across products within Schneider Electric’s Energy Management business. In taking her role at Schneider Electric, Megan became the first female CPSO for a major industrial without first being a CISO. Prior to joining Schneider Electric, she lead product safety and security programs at GE and Rockwell Automation. Before joining the private sector, Megan served as Virginia’s Critical Infrastructure Protection Coordinator for Governor’s Tim Kaine and Bob McDonnell. She is the current Chair of the DHS Control Systems Working Group Incident Management Sub-Working Group, RSA Program Chair, “Secure All the Things” and founder of the ICS4ICS public-private partnership.
