Mary N. Chaney, Esq., CISSP, CIPP/US has over 30 years of progressive experience within the fields of Information Security, Privacy and Risk Management. She graduated from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio with a B.S.B.A with a S.T.E.M. related focus in Information Systems, graduated Salutatorian and Summa Cum Ladue from Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law and became a licensed attorney in the State of Texas in 1999.

Ms. Chaney began her career journey by serving as a Special Agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Los Angeles. Mary’s global experience includes executive level information security and privacy roles with GE Capital (NYSE: GE), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), Comcast Corporation (NYSE: CMCSA) and Esperion Therapeutics (NASDAQ: ESPR). At GE Capital, she was the Director of Incident Response where she led a team responsible for supporting over 14,000 GE Capital Americas end-users. At Johnson & Johnson, she was the Director of the Security Operations Center, where she led the 24×7 Global Security Operations Center that monitored over 130,000 employees across 250 businesses. At Comcast Corporation, Mary was a Senior Director of Information Security, in the Global CISO’s office, which had oversight responsibilities for both Comcast Cable and NBC Universal for cyber risk management. At Esperion, Mary was the Director of Information Security and Privacy, having direct responsibility for creating and addressing risk in both information security and privacy.

Mary’s entrepreneur endeavors include starting and running MBS Information Security Consulting, LLC (MBS) and most recently Mary opened the Law Offices of Mary N. Chaney, P.L.L.C, The Cyber Security Law Firm Of Texas, with the specific mission of helping translate and advise, Boards of Directors, CIO’s, CISO’s and General Counsel’s on how to legally protect their company from cyber related risk.

Mary serves the overall cybersecurity community in multiple ways. She has served on several advisory boards including Post University; ChickTech; CompTIA© Cybersecurity Advisory Board; The Cyber Law Consortium; and The Cyber Future Foundation. Mary also taught as an adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati for over a decade. She taught in person and online courses in cybersecurity, assisting with the development of the next generation of cybersecurity professionals. Mary is also a member of NxtWork which is a non-profit dedicated to diversifying the C-suite and the boardroom.

Currently Mary owns the nonprofit, Minorities in Cybersecurity, Inc. (MiC) and its subsidiary, MiC Talent Solutions, Inc. Both organizations are working together to develop a path to entry for underrepresented groups into the cybersecurity profession and support their growth and advancement throughout their career.