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Candy has 30 years of information security experience working for various high-tech companies. She has held several Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) positions, in which she developed and managed corporate security programs. She now works as a virtual or fractional CISO and executive cybersecurity consultant helping companies of all sizes improve their security programs through effective security initiatives.

Candy is very active in the security profession. Her contributions include serving as the International President for the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), the chief architect for the Cyber Security Career Lifecycle, and a long-standing Director on the International Board. She is also the inaugural President and a past Board Member of the ISSA Education and Research Foundation. She remains a loyal member at the local level with the New England Chapter and the ISSA New Hampshire Chapter.

Candy has received numerous awards, including global recognition as IFSEC’s #1 2020 Global Influencer of Security Execs and a Cyber Veteran in SC Media’s 2020 Women in IT Security. She is an ISSA Distinguished Fellow — an elite designation given to the top 1% of members — and an inductee of the ISSA’s Hall of Fame. And as a leader in the cybersecurity profession, she is a featured speaker at many events, the most memorable of which include speaking at the United Nations’ IT Security Symposium in New York and appearing before the Offices of the President of the United States.