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Cindy Green-Ortiz

Cindy Green-Ortiz is a Cisco senior security architect, cybersecurity strategist, architect, and entrepreneur. She works in the Customer Experience, Global Enterprise Segment for Cisco. She holds the CISSP, CISM, CSSLP, CRISC, PMP, and CSM Certifications, along with two degrees—a BS-CIS Magna Cum Laude and AS-CIS with Honors. She has been with Cisco for 6+ years. Cindy has been in the cybersecurity field for 40 years, where she has held D-CIO, D-CISO, and Corporate Security Architecture Leadership roles, founding two technology businesses as CEO. Cindy is a Cisco Chairman's Club winner (Club Cisco). She is an active blogger for Cisco and has published whitepapers for Cisco and the US Department of Homeland Security. She has spoken to many groups, including PMI International Information Systems & Technology Symposium-Cybersecurity Keynote; Cisco SecCon, and Cisco Live. Cindy is President Emeritus and serves now as the treasurer of Charlotte InfraGard and cofounder of the InfraGard CyberCamp. Cindy lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with her amazing husband, Erick, and their two wonderful daughters. Cindy and her family love to travel and see the world.