Boosting Cyber Resiliency in the Financial Sector

Dr. Tiina K.O. Rodrigue is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB), her third, major, federal agency in her career – serving previously at USCIS/TSA and FSA.  Before federal service, Dr. Rodrigue served in several senior positions at Cisco Systems and other FISMA-based efforts at Treasury, Education, the Pentagon, FAA, and Fortune 500 companies.

Dr. Tiina is a published academic author, a contributor to NIST standards, as well as a regular keynote speaker, lecturer, and instructor on risk, technology, and cybersecurity subjects.  The workshops she held on institutional risk profiles and cybersecurity maturity assessments were lauded as invaluable for executive awareness, bridging the gap to define growth strategies towards cybersecurity posture maturation for an industry. She has won a CFPB DMAA award, has been cited as a Top CISO by CDO magazine, and won the Ralph Stone Award for Selfless Leadership.

Dr. Rodrigue holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin, a Master’s degree with honors in Management Information Technology from the University of Virginia and is a Doctorate with honors recipient from The George Washington University’s Executive Cyber Corps Doctoral program examining Cybersecurity from a Human and Organizational Development perspective.  Her dissertation quantitatively examined comprehensive cybersecurity within an organizational environment.  Dr. Tiina is a wife and mother of six, enjoying running her farm in her copious spare time.

Travis Rosiek is a highly accomplished cyber security executive with more than 20 years in the industry. He has built and grown cybersecurity companies and led large cybersecurity programs within the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). His experience spans driving innovation as a cybersecurity leader for global organizations and CISOs to corporate executive building products and services. His impact has helped lead to successful IPOs (FireEye) and acquisitions (BluVector by Comcast). As a Cyber Leader in the U.S. DoD, he has been awarded the Annual Individual Award for Defending the DoD’s Networks.

Travis currently serves as the Public Sector CTO at Rubrik helping organizations become more cyber and data resilient. Prior to Rubrik, Travis held several leadership roles including the Chief Technology and Strategy Officer at BluVector, CTO at Tychon, Federal CTO at FireEye, a Principal at Intel Security/McAfee and Leader at the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). He earned a Certificate from GWU in Executive Leadership and graduated from West Virginia University with Honors while earning multiple Engineering Degrees. He also was one of the first of ten students from across the nation to be awarded a scholarship from the DoD/NSA’s in cybersecurity. His pioneering mindset has helped him better secure our nation and commercial critical infrastructure.

Additionally, Travis is an invited speaker, author (blogs, journals, books) and has also served on the NSTAC, ICIT Fellow, and multiple advisory boards.