CISO Council

Paige Adams has been a member of the Zurich executive team since 2014 and served as the Global Head of Cyber Response, Chief Information Security Officer for Zurich North America, and VP for Cyber Security before assuming his current role as Group Chief Information Security Officer in February 2018. Prior to joining Zurich, Paige spent a 26-year career in the United States Navy serving in a variety of intelligence and cyber roles. Paige has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Computer Information Systems) from Hawaii Pacific University and a Masters in Computer Science from the US Naval Postgraduate School..

Partha has over 24 years of cyber security leadership experience in financial services, healthcare & insurance industry. An active speaker and panelist in cyber security conferences around the world. Very much passionate about learning new technologies and writing on recent cyber trends. Currently heading up Cloud Security Transformation, Security Innovation and R&D for Humana, a Fortune 50 Healthcare company. Prior to Humana, Partha held executive leadership roles with Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Guardian Life Insurance Company & Bank of Montreal. A CISSP, CCSP, CEH, CHFI certified security evangelist holding a Bachelor’s degree in engineering from NIT Rourkela ,a Masters in Cyber Security from Western Governors University, another Masters in Technology Management from Columbia University and a cyber-security professional certificate from Stanford University. Currently researching on security challenges in API, Micro services and Server less space. Partha sits in the Rutgers University's Cyber Security Advisory Board, Forbes Technology Council, Pace University’s Security advisory board and in the board of New Jersey Institute of Technology's School of Science & Liberal Arts.

Executive leader who develops partnerships to achieve risk management with a spirit of innovation, commitment to excellence and passion for people. Proven track record of building/re-building programs and teams; inspiring and supporting knowledge workers to achieve their best and ongoing process improvement aligned to company objectives. Ability to manage the high demands of an executive security role and competing priorities to achieve deliverables. Analytical and decision-making skills driven by the ability to identify “big picture” implications while balancing risk and opportunity. Innate ability to inspire, lead and transform concepts into fully functional programs in global organizations. Passion to deliver impeccable delivery to the business as a trusted advisor. • Built Security organizations from infancy to fully functional, building programs from the ground up to achieve regulatory compliance and business risk management. • Converged cyber security and fraud functions for multiple domains in operational risk achieving key synergies to combat adversaries. • Led and delivered on various merger and divestiture scenarios from the due diligence phase to implementation of the deal type. • Led the Technology Risk Management functional integration for the merger of BNY and Mellon. Specialties: Teambuilding, Superb Relationship Management, Situational Leadership, IT Risk Assessments / Management, IT-GRC, Information Security Management, Information Security Operations Center, Merger and Integration IT due diligence and integration, Secure Application Development, Program Management, Organizational Development Process Improvement