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Edna Conway

Vice President, Security and Risk Officer
Azure Hardware Systems & Infrastructure, Microsoft

Member, Cyber Fellows Advisory Council
NYU Tandon School of Engineering

Former Chief Security Officer, Global Value Chain
Cisco

Edna Conway currently serves as VP, Security & Risk Officer, Azure Hardware Systems & Infrastructure at Microsoft. She is responsible for the security, resiliency and governance of the cloud infrastructure upon which Microsoft’s Intelligent Cloud business operates. She has built new organizations delivering trust, transparency, cybersecurity, compliance, risk management, sustainability and supply chain transformation.

Prior to joining Microsoft, Conway served as Cisco’s Chief Security Officer, Global Value Chain, driving a comprehensive security architecture across Cisco’s third-party ecosystem.

Conway is recognized domestically (U.S. Presidential Commissions) and globally (NATO) as the developer of architectures delivering value chain security, sustainability and resiliency. She was appointed to the Executive Committee of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Task Force on ICT Supply Chain Risk Management. Her insight is featured in a range of publications, analyst reports, and case studies, including Forbes, Fortune, Bloomberg, CIO Magazine and the Wall Street Journal.

Recognition of her industry leadership includes membership in the Fortune Most Powerful Women community and the CNBC Technology Executive Council, and awards including: 2021 Executive Women’s Forum Executive of the Year, 2021 Information Systems Security Association Hall of Fame, 2021 Top Cybersecurity Leaders (Security Magazine), named #5 in The Top 50 Women Leaders in SaaS (The Software Report, 2020), Who’s Who in Cybersecurity (Onalytica, 2020), Fed 100 Award, Stevie Maverick of the Year Award, CSO of the Year Award at RSA, Machine to Machine and IoT Trailblazer Award (Connected World Magazine), Reboot Leadership Award (SC Media), and Columbia University’s Barnard College Distinguished Alumna Award 2019.

Conway is on the Board of Directors of Drawbridge Partners, LLC, a portfolio company of capital market enterprise Long-Ridge Equity Partners, and Active Cypher, Inc. She also serves or has served on the Boards or Executive Advisory Boards of ProcessUnity Holdings, LLC, YL Ventures, Openview Partners, ADP, LLC (ADP-Nasdaq), SecurityScorecard, Black Duck Software (acquired by SNPS-Nasdaq), Edge Velocity, Axonius, InfoSec Global,  Logik Systems, Inc., and Dust Identity, Inc. She also serves on the NYU Tandon School of Engineering Cyber Fellows Advisory Council and MassTLC.

An influential speaker and author, Conway has contributed to a number of industry-related books and presented at events/forums spanning industry, government and academia, including:

Contributing Author

“Decisively Digital” - Protecting the Modern Workplace from Cyber Threats and Compliance Risks | “The Perfect Scorecard: Getting An 'A' in Cybersecurity from Your Board of Directors” - Operating in a Complex Regulatory Landscape: Navigation Guidance | “Women Securing the Future with TIPPSS for IoT” - IoT: Is It a Digital Highway to Security Attacks? | “Cybersecurity & Third Party Risk” - Foreword

Industry Events

Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit | Consumer Electronics Show (CES) | The RSA Conference | MIT Technology Review | SCM World | Microsoft Developer Conference | International Crypto-Module Conference | Boeing’s CIO Summit | US Bank Security Conference | SC Magazine’s SC Congress | TEDx | ADP Supplier Summit | WEBIT Europe | CyberSec Forum Europe | Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology - CyberConnect Conference | Newsweek’s Structure Security Conference | Wall Street Journal Pro – Cybersecurity Forum | Atlantic Council International Conference on Cyber Engagement 

Government Forums

NATO | US Patent & Trademark Office | Federal Reserve | US Dept. of Energy | US National Institute of Standards and Technology | US Environmental Protection Agency | US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission | US Dept. of Defense | US Dept. of Homeland Security | US National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee | US Dept. of Commerce | Global Departments of Defense (Australia, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Sweden, UK, US)

Academic/NGO Institutions

Harvard University | Stanford University | MIT | Utilities Technology Council | The Brookings Institution | American Electronics Association | Security Innovation Network | American National Standards Institute | Mass Technology Leadership Council | Institute of Supply Management | The Open Group | Carnegie Mellon University | University of Connecticut | University of New Hampshire | New York University | University of Florida Institute of Cybersecurity | Dartmouth University

Her work has been featured in a range of publications, analyst reports, and case studies some of which are referenced in her LinkedIn profile. Twitter: @Edna_Conway.

Prior to Microsoft and Cisco, Conway was a partner in an international private legal practice and served as Assistant Attorney General for the State of New Hampshire. She holds an AB from Columbia University, a law degree from the University of Virginia and additional credentials from MIT, Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, and New York University.

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