Katherine Kuehn has been active in the technology risk community for over 25 years. She is a member of the National Technology Security Coalition Board of Directors and serves as the CISO-in-Residence. She brings experience leading and advising cyber security, technology, innovative AI strategies and teams to help shape the industry with better business security and risk decisions.
Kate is passionate about developing new ways to enhance and secure our world through emerging technologies and developing world-class people and companies. Her love for the industry is reflected through her career journey. She has strived for comprehensive understanding of all facets of the cyber ecosystem, purposefully executing multiple roles across her career from CISO, CEO, Board of Director, Advisor, CRO, and CTrO (Chief Trust Officer). Across her career she has worked for companies including WWT, Aon, BT Group plc, Verizon, and several cybersecurity early-stage companies. In addition, she currently serves on the Board of Directors for HYAS, the Cybermaniacs, and is an Limited Partner in Cyber Mentor Fund.
The culmination of her experience ensures Kate always brings expertise and a fresh perspective on emerging trends within technology. Early in her career, she had the opportunity to work with and lead some of the most innovative technologies that have shaped our industries. She led some of the industry’s first projects in DDOS, Ethernet as a network (CPA), SaaS and IaaS, and was on the front line with some of the earliest attacks against the financial services markets. This early exposure to the impact cyber has on our global community shaped her quest for making the world a safer place, which is still at the core of her professional journey. Kate is a trusted advisor, thought leader, speaker, published author, and mentor.
Currently, her main area of expertise focuses on the collaboration of Risk Executives and Boards to achieve a successful and secure integrated cyber risk management program in this new normal of ever-changing regulations in this elevated threat landscape. Kate also has expertise in the correlation between security, traditional IT initiatives and the implications of AI.
Katherine resides in Tucson, Arizona with her husband and five children.
