Deborah Watson is a Resident CISO at Proofpoint with more than 20 years of experience as a cybersecurity leader focused on corporate information security strategy, compliance, security architecture, and data privacy and protection. Deborah has worked with both public and private sector organizations across the Fortune 1000 as an employee or consultant. Deborah has a Master’s degree in Information Technology Management from Harvard University and is a Doctoral Candidate in Psychology (PsyD) at California Southern University. Ms. Watson has published papers and presented on a variety of topics including GDPR, IoT, BEC and Phishing, Third-Party Risk Management, and Open Source Security.