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.
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The last two years have seen many examples of ransomware attacks, where privileged access and accounts were exploited to gain the initial foothold that would ultimately lead to disruption, such as the May 2021 Colonial Pipeline breach.
With such threats growing more common, many cyber security leaders are adopting a Zero Trust strategy to eliminate persistent trust, enforce continuous authentication, least privilege, and adaptive access control.
Join this session to hear from industry leaders on the threat landscape and how adopting Zero Trust and associated privileged access solutions can mitigate risks around modern cyber threats.