Mel is the Vice President and Group CISO of Meralco, the largest Power Distribution Conglomerate in the Philippines and former Cyber Security Leader of a Big 4 auditing firm and the largest fintech in the Philippines. Concurrently, the Chairman and President of the Women in Security Alliance Philippines (WiSAP) which focuses on empowering and inspiring women in Security.
She was awarded as IFSEC Global Influencer for Security and Fire Top 5 under the Security Executives category on August 2021 . She ranked #2 in the 2021 CISO ASEAN Awards by IDG and CSO Online and was recognized as the 2021 CISO of the Year by Women in Governance, Risk and Compliance Awards and is cited as 2022 Influencer by International Security Journal (ISJ).
She has more than 15 years of combined experience in Cyber and IT Governance, Business Process Review and Automation, Application and Infrastructure Security, Operational Technology (OT) Security, Business Continuity, Privacy, IT Audit, Project Management across multiple industries.
The essential part of any third-party risk management is having a holistic framework and a comprehensive due diligence process that covers all third-party in an organization. It is important to define the frameworks by segments and criticality by policies in place by the company as well as government compliance. To analyze all these data, you will need intelligent platforms to give you insights into the risk you are dealing with. With this in mind, Mel will share his insights on: