About the Speaker
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    Devon Bryan
    Executive Vice President and System CISO, Federal Reserve System

    Devon Bryan is Executive Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the Federal Reserve System. As CISO, Devon oversees information security, including incident response, for the enterprise, ensuring information security architecture, standards, policies, and programs remain effective and efficient. Devon was appointed System CISO in February 2016.

    Devon came to the Federal Reserve from Fortune 500 payroll and human resources provider ADP, where he served as Global CISO. Devon led ADP’s information security strategy, collaborating across the company’s geographically dispersed business operations to ensure coordination, consensus, and effective execution across global operations. Prior to joining ADP in 2011, he served as the Deputy CISO for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) after directing the IRS’s FISMA-compliant information security program and leading the IRS’s incident response team.

    His information security career began in the U.S. Air Force, where he served as a Captain and lead engineer working on systems and programs to protect the critical network and communications tools of the Air Force’s Air Combat Command.

    Devon is Co-Founder and immediate past president of ICMCP (International Consortium of Minority Cybersecurity Professionals), which he launched in an attempt to bridge the "great minority cyber divide" by providing academic scholarships, innovative outreach, mentoring, and networking programs targeting minority cybersecurity professionals worldwide and by promoting academic and technical excellence in our tradecraft.

    Devon received a Bachelor of Science, Applied Mathematics from South Dakota Technological University and a Master of Science, Computer Science from Colorado Technological University, graduating Summa Cum Laude. He holds multiple certifications: CISSP, CIPP/US, CIPP/EU, and CISA. He participates in several industry forums, and is a sought after speaker and writer on emerging cybersecurity trends and issues.