Wendy Nather leads the Advisory CISO team at Cisco. She was previously the Research Director at the Retail ISAC, and Research Director of the Information Security Practice at 451 Research. Wendy led IT security for the EMEA region of the investment banking division of Swiss Bank Corporation (now UBS), and served as CISO of the Texas Education Agency. Wendy led the security practice at independent analyst firm 451 Research, and was Research Director at the Retail and Hospitality ISAC. Inducted into the Infosecurity Europe Hall of Fame in 2021, Wendy is also a Senior Cybersecurity Fellow at the Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas at Austin. She serves on the advisory board for Sightline Security, a nonprofit organization that helps other nonprofits secure themselves.