Cyber Defense eMagazine August 2019

Illena Armstrong, VP, Editorial, SC Media/Haymarket Media
Illena Armstrong is VP, Editorial, at SC Media, the leading business media brand
for the information security industry. She spearheads and manages all editorial
strategy and content development for SC Media, as well as plays a key leadership
role in driving the brand’s overall business and commercial development. She does
this by working with indefatigable colleagues and managing a dedicated team who
are in offices across NY, Oregon and Michigan.
Her multifaceted media leadership role harnesses her creativity, drive, journalistic
prowess, brand-building experience and business acumen. It encompasses
editorial, design, website/digital, marketing, social media, event, and overall
business/commercial oversight responsibilities for SC.
Learn more about her at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/illenaarmstrong/
Dr. Bhavani, Cyber Security Researcher & Educator, University of
Texas @ Dallas
Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham is the Louis A. Beecherl, Jr. Distinguished Professor
of Computer Science and the Executive Director of the Cyber Security Research
and Education Institute at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). She is an
elected Fellow of several prestigious organizations including ACM, IEEE, the
AAAS, National Academy of Inventors and the the British Computer Society. She
has received prestigious awards in cyber security including the IEEE Computer
Society's 1997 Technical Achievement Award for “outstanding and innovative
contributions to secure data management”, the 2010 ACM SIGSAC Outstanding
Contributions Award for “seminal research contributions and leadership in data
and applications security”, and a 2013 IBM Faculty Award in Cyber Security. She
has unique experience working in the commercial industry (Honeywell), federal
research laboratory (MITRE), US government (NSF) and academia and her 36
year career includes research and product development, technology transfer,
program management, and consulting. Her work has resulted in 100+ journal and
300+ conference papers, 100+ keynote addresses, and 6 US patents. She has
authored 15 books and edited 12 more. She was educated in the United Kingdom
and received the prestigious earned higher doctorate (Doctor of Engineering) from
the University of Bristol, England for her published research in data security since
her PhD. She is a STEM mentor to women and minorities and has given talks at
SWE, WITI, and CRA-W. She serves on multiple advisory boards and has been
a software consultant to the US Dept. of Treasury since 1999. Learn more about
her at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-bhavani-thuraisingham-aka-dr-bhavani-
75305127/
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