Pamela Fusco

Former Executive Vice President, CitiGroup

Pamela Fusco has accumulated over 20 years of substantial experience as an Information Security and Risk Management Professional. Her extensive background and expertise expand globally encompassing numerous facets of enterprise security inclusive of logical, physical, personal, facilities, systems, networks, wireless, compliance and auditing, risk management and forensic investigations.

Ms. Fusco has held prestigious positions as the Chief Security Officer, for Merck & Co., Inc., Digex Inc and MCI Security Solutions and Executive Vice President, CTI CG, Global Information Security. Ms. Fusco developed company security platforms with key methodologies and technologies and further designed, implemented and executed the Systems Security Operations, Architecture, Policy and Compliance departments and security strategies. Technically astute, she developed robust and cost effective intrusion detection devices, real-time analysis tools; automated systems and application security patch configuration processes and launched the security collaboration inspection engine. This combined with the responsibility of authoring policy and ensuring the vast business requirements of her customers in the healthcare, finance, retail, government, education and manufacturing arenas are met 24-7-365 have moved Ms. Fusco to top levels within the industry.

Prior, Ms. Fusco was the Security lead for EDS where she initiated firewall operations for a DoD network operations center. Previous to EDS, she was a Cryptologist where her focus was supporting security events for government intelligence operations and SPECOPS (special operations).

Ms. Fusco is certified and accredited as a CISSP, CISM, CHS Level III, National Security Agency INFOSEC Assessment Methodology Auditor (AIM Auditor), National Cryptologic School Adjunct Faculty Certified Instructor (NSA/CSS/NCS), and has a MS in Information Management. She is an active member of the Council of Advisors, American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS), American College of Forensic Examiners Institute, Global, Chief Information Security Officers Executive Forum (CISO Executive), Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), Women in Technology International (WITI), member and consultant for Computer Security Institute (CSI), Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), was awarded via CISO Magazine and EWF’s Executive Women in Influence award for 2005, served on the Board of Directors for SAFE, resides on the advisory board for the Executive Women’s Forum (EWF), Presidential Advisor for ISSA, Chairman of the Executive Advisory Council for Mirage Networks, Instructor for CMU and InfoWorld’s Monthly Technology Panel as well as several security consortiums, which include major technology vendors. Ms. Fusco is well known within the speaking circuit -- her technical and immense security experience identifies her as an internationally known speaker at industry symposiums and conferences.