MICS CyberConnect: Fall 2024

Special Guests

Kristy Westphal is a versatile information technology professional with specific experience in providing advisory and management services in the areas of information security and risk. She is currently employed as global security director for a telecommunications company. Prior to that, she held several senior-level roles in security operations.  Kristy specializes in leadership and program development and has specific expertise in security areas including process analysis, risk assessments, security awareness programs, operating system security, network security, incident handling, vulnerability analysis, and policy development.

Ryan Liu currently works at Google focusing on YouTube in the engineering product space and is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. In his previous role, he was a principal at Booz Allen Hamilton. As a leader in Booz Allen's commercial consulting practice, Ryan has over a decade of security and privacy experience consulting for Fortune Global 500 clients across multiple industry sectors. Having led numerous globally complex, large-scale cybersecurity transformation programs and initiatives, he also engages senior leaders to craft effective communications strategies and compelling stories for C-suite and board-level briefings to successfully manage the multidimensional challenges of security and privacy.