Wendy J. Betts ✔ CISSP, CCSP
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2022 : Present
United Airlines
Director — Cybersecurity Strategy
Drove efforts to monitor and ensure application of financial security standards and internal policies by Global Information Security (GIS) Cyber Systems Defense (CSD) Network. Took charge of recently reorganized team and rapidly expanded number of team members. Wrote recommendations for Deputy CISO and SVP Cybersecurity.
2019 : 2022
Bank of America
Vice President, Sr. Risk Officer, GIS Risk Management
Took charge of 12-member team from multiple groups to manage 6 high-profile Business Information Security Office (BISO) Modernization projects impacting 200 employees across Global Information Security. Developed strategy and led efforts to automate vulnerability consequence, remediation, and reporting.
2019 : 2021
Bank of America
VP & Sr. Security Engineer, BISO Modernization
Drove strategy and detailed planning to deliver full vulnerability management program. Created business cases and convinced CIO to actively support new security and tech programs and initiatives.
2015 : 2019
Northern Trust Corporation
Vice President & Division Manager, Vulnerability Management
Took charge of 11-member Enterprise Storage Engineering team supporting 5 petabytes of data worldwide. Controlled $6M team budget and managed $125M Capex Infrastructure budget. Increased stability 80%, reducing downtime from 2-3 outages daily to 1 outage monthly.
2010 : 2015
Northern Trust
Vice President & Division Manager, Technology Infrastructure
About
SENIOR INFORMATION SECURITY EXECUTIVE ➞ I am an established technology leader with proven experience solving complex security challenges, with a core focus on vulnerability management, information architecture, and technology adoption.
In each role in my career, I have integrated technology and business solutions to meet near-term and long-range objectives. As an executive, I have served as a strategic partner to senior executive leadership, playing a key role in program development, goal definition, and technology vision for both mid-sized and large enterprise organizations.
My most recent success can be seen as Vice President and Division Manager for Northern Trust, where I oversee vulnerability management operations across the enterprise.
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SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS
✔ Built a new process for risk rating of vulnerability severity, decreasing overall remediation time by 40%.
✔ Captured a $7M annual recurring cost savings by introducing a new RFP process for hardware refreshes, as well as an additional $3M savings by developing a tiered storage strategy.
✔ Increased stability 80% by developing and implementing 200+ new procedures; selected by the CTO to lead the cross-functional team through the major project.
✔ Improved operating efficiency 15% by streamlining the Novus product line within the IBM product process.
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KEY AREAS OF EXPERTISE
☑ Technology Leadership
☑ Vulnerability Management
☑ Secure SDLC Methods
☑ Process Improvement
☑ ITSM Change Management
☑ Onshore & Offshore Teams
☑ Complex Issue Resolution
☑ P&L Management
☑ Executive Collaborator
☑ Vendor Negotiations
☑ Information Architecture Security
☑ New Technology Deployment
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