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Security leadership: 2021 Women in Security

Get a glimpse into the professional journeys and backgrounds of 13 very talented and skilled enterprise security leaders.

By Maggie Shein
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July 6, 2021

This year, we had an overwhelmingly positive level of interest in our Women in Security program. The women that make up the security industry are an exceptional group, and we wish we could profile every single one. Here, we have chosen 13 enterprise security leaders that have risen the ranks during their careers with their skills, forward-thinking mindsets, and a passion for the jobs they do: providing safety and protection to the people at their organization.

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We hope to give you a glimpse into the backgrounds, challenges, perspectives and accomplishments of a few of the women that continue to change the security industry — one role at a time. Like all security leaders, some of these women came from law enforcement backgrounds, others came from non-security related backgrounds and more or less fell into their roles. Their stories are unique and diverse, and we are honored to profile them here.

Our Security editorial team also chose a number of Women in Security nominees to celebrate throughout the rest of this year in special editions of our “5 Minutes With” articles and The Security Podcasts (which you can find on our site, as well as Apple podcasts and Spotify). We will feature these beginning in July and throughout the coming months. Look for a broad range of roles, responsibilities and positions from these Women in Security, talking about leadership, security metrics, mentoring, diversity and much more.

Select a profile to learn more

Mary FleuryMARY FLEURY
Director, Global Security
Ford Motor Company
Susan Goggin SUSAN GOGGIN
Director, Global Safety & Security
Airbnb
Mary FleuryJAMEEKA GREEN AARON
CISO
Auth0
Susan GogginMONIQUE HART
CISO & Executive Director of Information Security
Piedmont Healthcare
Mary FleuryIVY NGUYEN
Senior Manager, Security Awareness
General Mills
Susan GogginHEATHER O'BRIEN
Global Head of Uniformed Security Services
Dell Technology
Mary FleuryLISA OLIVERI
Director of Global Safety and Security
Education Development Center
Susan GogginLINDA REID
Vice President, Security Operations
The Walt Disney World Resort
Mary FleuryANDI RODDY
Chief of the Nuclear Command and Control Systems Cybersecurity Group
National Security Agency
Susan GogginTRACY SKIBINS
Senior Director of Emergency Management
University of Notre Dame
Mary FleuryAMANDA VUTSINAS
Program Manager, Safety & Security
GuideWell
Susan GogginAERIN WASHINGTON
Director of Campus Security and Compliance
University of Utah
Mary FleuryDANA WRIGHT
Director, Corporate Security, Eastern U.S.
Brookfield Properties Retail
KEYWORDS: business continuity cyber security risk management security career security leaders security mentorship women in cyber security Women in Security

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Maggie shein

Maggie Shein was Editor in Chief at Security magazine. She has been writing, editing and creating content for the security industry since 2004. She has an experienced background in publishing, communications, content creation and management. Within her role at Security, Maggie handled the overall direction of the brand, organized and executed the annual conference, facilitated Solutions by Sector webinars, researched and wrote exclusive cover stories, managed social media, and authored the monthly Security Talk column. She has both an undergraduate degree and master's degree in journalism.

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