Yashin Ahmed is an Associate Partner in Cyber security supporting IBM Security’s mission in the Financial Services Market in North America. He brings 15+ years in cyber security and 22 years overall in the IT industry delivering cyber security and cyber risk intelligence solutions to banking and insurance clients, via cyber program development and technology implementations. As a trusted C-level consultant, Yashin helps CIO’s, CISO and senior security leaders gain a true picture of cyber risk in their technical environment and helps implement strategies to accelerate value realization and risk reduction from their existing investments. Yashin has also delivered cyber assessment and threat intel briefings to client Board of Directors at major corporations. Yashin brings specific thought leadership in the area of cyber security operations, specifically SIEM technologies, Security Operations Centers (SOC) and fusion centers. Yashin holds CISSP, PMP, ITIL professional certifications.