Candidate Name

John Donovan

Nominated For

Director

Candidate Biography

John Donovan is an active member of the cyber-security community in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. He is past president and director-at-large for the Silicon Valley chapter of ISSA (https://sv-issa.org/). John has been active with ISSA International and was previously a key organizer for the Cyber-Executive Forum. In August of 2023, he was awarded the honor of ISSA Distinguished Fellow at the ISSA International Awards Gala at Black Hat. The status of ISSA Distinguished Fellow is reserved for less than 1% of ISSA membership.

In his day job, John builds and runs security, risk, and information technology programs. Currently, John is helping to bring proactive and preventative controls to the cloud as CISO and Co-founder of InstaSecure(https://instasecure.io/), an early-stage cloud security startup. Past professional positions include engineering, IT, risk, and security leadership positions at Malwarebytes, Illumio, Veracode, NetApp, Xilinx, iBuilding, and other security and technology companies.

John is passionate about developing the next generation of cyber-security professionals and leaders. He has partnered with businesses, non-profits, and educational institutions to bring security content and opportunities to students and people looking to make a career change to cyber-security. John is a founding board member of ISLF (https://islf.foundation), a founding member of member of SVCI (https://svci.io/), and is a Shepherd for the Wall of Sheep (https://www.wallofsheep.com/) and PHV at defcon.

Candidate Goals

One of our greatest strengths as ISSA International is our network of chapters throughout the world, with membership comprised of industry luminaries, seasoned professionals, as well as students and those moving into a career in cyber-security for the first time.

As a director for ISSA International, I will work tirelessly to support our chapters and members in connecting, teaching and learning from each other, and progressing in their careers. I will partner with my fellow ISSA International board members and our chapter leaders to further these goals. 

I am honored to have been nominated by my local Silicon Valley chapter to run for this position, and I look forward to your support 

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