Kris Lovejoy is currently IBM’s Global CISO, responsible for managing, monitoring and testing IBM’s corporate security and resiliency functions globally, where she acts as Chairman of IBM’s IT Risk Steering Committee, co-Chair of IBM’s Data Security Steering committee and member of IBM’s Enterprise Risk Steering Committee. Previously, Kris was the General Manager of the IBM Security Services Division, charged with development and delivery of managed and professional security services to IBM clients world-wide. Today Kris is a member of a number of external boards and advisory panels, including SC Magazine’s Editorial Board, and Grotech Ventures. Before joining IBM, she was the CTO, CIO and VP of Support and Services at Consul which was acquired by IBM in 2007 as well as VP of Security Assurance Services for TruSecure Corporation.

Kris is a recognized expert in the field on security, risk, compliance and governance, with appearances in Forbes, Fortune, NPR and USA Today. Within the past five years she has been recognized in SC Magazine’s recent 25 year retrospective as one of the world’s Top 25 Security Managers, 2012 Compass Award Winner by CSO Magazine, one of E-Week’s 2012 “Top Women in Information Security That Everyone Should Know”, Top 25 CTO by InfoWorld, as Top 25 Most Influential Security Executives by Security Magazine. Ms. Lovejoy holds U.S. and EU patents for Object Oriented Risk Management Models and Methods.