Michael Fey

Michael Fey leads Island as Co-Founder and CEO, relying on his extensive experience in cybersecurity, enterprise software and cloud technology. Previously, he served as D21Q (formerly Mesosphere), president and COO at Symantec, president and COO of Blue Coat, and has also been executive vice president and general manager for enterprise products at McAfee and chief technology officer of Intel Security. Fey holds a degree in Engineering Physics and Mathematics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He is an author of Security Battleground: An Executive Field Manual, which gives guidance to executives with no formal background in security and technology.

Contractors don’t have to increase your risk profile

How CISOs can extend the enterprise with secure third-party access

Michael Fey

June 27, 2022

Chief information security officers (CISOs) can safely embrace a modern security strategy to govern contractor access.

LIVE: August 19, 2026 at 2 PM EDT We'll examine where AI can deliver meaningful value, where incomplete context or black-box reasoning can introduce risk, and what governance, validation, and evidence-traceability controls organizations should establish.

LIVE: August 25, 2026 at 2 PM EDT Learn why critical infrastructure security has become a national security imperative, and the strategies organizations can adopt to improve visibility, collaboration, and response across their security operations.

Michael Fey

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Contractors don’t have to increase your risk profile

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