Kirsten Davies

Chief Information Security Officer
Estée Lauder Companies

Kirsten Davies is the newly appointed SVP & Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for The Estee Lauder Companies.

Kirsten brings to her role a unique blend of leadership, business acumen, and information security and technology experience from working and living on four continents. She is a proven leader in guiding largescale global transformations focused on cyber and information security, technology, business process, and organizational transformation.

Previous to her role with ELC, Davies was the Group Chief Security Officer (CSO) for Barclays Africa/ ABSA, where she was tapped to build and run the unique, end to end security function which included cybersecurity, information security, fraud, analytics, and physical security for operations across the continent. It was there she led the establishing of the first-ever Africa Converged Security Academy, an immersion-based, 14-week program that is now creating a pipeline of entry-level, cybersecurity talent for the continent.

Prior to her role with Barclays, Davies served in two capacities at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), both as Vice President and Deputy CISO, and as Vice President for Enterprise Security Strategy, heading up one of four worldwide, strategic customer-facing areas for HPE.

In her tenure with HPE, she achieved the first-ever Cyber Security Master Agreement with the German Workers Council, now replicated across HPE’s 20+ Works Councils in EMEA. She also led the strategic overhaul and reorganization of the Cyber Security Program, and broadened the capability of “Next Generation Security”, including Insider Risk and the IT/OT convergence.

Prior to HPE, Kirsten served as the CISO for Global InfoSec Strategy and Governance at Siemens, while based in Munich, Germany. There she managed the three-year, global InfoSec Transformation Program to refine the policies, processes and technical portfolio of the global Information Security capability. Prior to that, she held senior leadership positions at Booz Allen Hamilton and Deloitte Australia.

Davies holds a bachelor’s degree in International Politics & Government from University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA, has studied International Law at Johns Hopkins University and has an advanced certificate in Change Management from the PROSCI Institute. She speaks fluent German, and has a long history of rescuing adorable dogs.

Day Two: Thursday, August 22, 2019

Thursday, August 22nd, 2019

2:15 PM Planning for the Future- The Next-Gen CISO

It’s no secret that we need more cybersecurity professionals to keep our organizations safe and secure. What’s even more challenging? Finding the next generation of cybersecurity leadership. Join Kirsten Davies as she shares her strategies for developing effective and successful teams for the future. In this session you will:

Discover how you can tap into energy and ideas that millennials bring to the table
Learn how to uncover hidden talent in your team and your enterprise
Find out how to create a powerful pipeline that can deal with the expanding threat landscape and your expanding enterprise-wide role

Assess your team’s skill sets to enhance skills multiplication, skills transfer, and talent mobility.

Day Three: Friday, August 23, 2019

Friday, August 23rd, 2019

8:30 AM Women In IT

When it comes to the lack of women in technology fields, the focus often turns to what about technology fields keeps women from participating and what can be done to encourage women to join the cyber security and other information technology professions. With the ongoing digital transformation within society, the number of unfilled cybersecurity positions is only going to increase. What can be done to encourage, attract, mentor and train, as well advance future leaders in the technology landscape?

In this session:

Addressing the gender gap in C-suite technology roles
A look at data surrounding women’s representation in IT
Effective ways to support workforce diversity and inclusion