Michele is a senior information security professional with over 30 years in technology and information security. She has held several security leadership positions, including being the founder and CEO of the cybersecurity company Samaritas in 2015, and currently acts as a Virtual CISO for several companies.
She specializes in Cybersecurity program development and leadership, incident response, business continuity and disaster recovery, and compliance.
She holds the following certifications; CISSP, CISM, CRISC, PMP, and has a Master’s Degree in Cybersecurity.
An accomplished information technology and cybersecurity professional with 34 years of industry experience in technology and cybersecurity.
Virtual CISO; Acted as the Interim CISO for 8 months and developed the security roadmap.
Subject Matter Expert on Security and Compliance. Implementation of Data Classification and supporting processes and technologies.
Led the Security & Risk Consulting practice of Governance, Risk, and Compliance. Our Security Consulting Team led over 800 Security Assessments and 150 Third Party Risk Assessments
Developed the Information Security Program and achieved ISO 27001/2 and PCI Certification.
Program Management of Identity and Access Management Implementation efforts.
Annual Sales Meeting, Dell, Atlanta GA 2012 - "PCI 3.0 Requirements"
Executive Security Summit, Atlanta GA 2013 - "Security vs. Compliance"
Executive Security Summit, Atlanta GA 2014 - "It’s Just Compliance?"
Texas Small Bankers Association, Dallas, TX 2014 – "Third Party Risk Management"
Current Certifications: CISSP, CRISC, CISM, PMP
MS Cybersecurity, Utica College, New York, NY
BA, e-Business, DePaul University, Chicago, IL