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ISACA 2025 Virtual Conference

The voices behind the vision

Experience the insights and inspirations of three visionary IT leaders.

Jason Lau
Tuesday, 18 February | Asia Pacific

Director Jason Lau’s career spans more than 25 years of cybersecurity leadership. He serves as Chief Information Security Officer at Crypto.com, overseeing a global platform with more than 100 million users, and former Cybersecurity Advisor at Microsoft. Jason has helped shape some of the world’s most consequential cybersecurity, data privacy and AI policies, and has advised numerous Fortune 200 companies, governments and contributed to Think Tanks from the World Economic Forum to Center for Information Policy Leadership to name a few. Jason has worked closely with international leaders and regulators to develop ethical frameworks for artificial intelligence and methods for managing the associated risks and recognized by CSO30 and other bodies as one of the top global CISO’s.

Board of Directors, ISACA
Vice Chair, Innovation and Technology Committee, ISACA
Forbes Technology Council and CSO Security Council
Adjunct Professor for Cybersecurity and Privacy
Advisory Board for BlackHat MEA
Former Regional Lead and Advisory Board for the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
IAPP Westin Emeritus Fellow
Senior Accredited Board Director, Singapore Institute of Directors
Fellow of the HK Institute of Directors
CGEIT, CRISC, CISA, CISM, CDPSE, CISSP, HCISPP, FIP, CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT, CEH

Rebecca Herold
Wednesday, 19 February | Americas

Rebecca Herold has spent more than 30 years shaping the parameters of information security, privacy and compliance. She is the founder and CEO of The Privacy Professor^® Consultancy and the Privacy & Security Brainiacs™, an SaaS business she launched with her son in 2021. Rebecca has authored 22 books, written hundreds of articles and chapters, won numerous national and international awards and has keynoted on five continents. She hosts a podcast called Data Security and Privacy with the Privacy Professor on Voice America, and currently serves as a subject matter expert in the NIST Cybersecurity for IoT Program.

Former Adjunct Professor at the Norwich University MSISA program
Bachelor’s and Master’s in Computer Science, Mathematics and Education
FIP, CDPSE, CISSP, CIPP/US, CIPT, CIPM, CISM, CISA, FLMI, Ponemon Institute Fellow

Dr. Valerie Lyons
Thursday, 20 February | Europe/Middle East/Africa

Valerie Lyons’ career spans more than 30 years of global leadership in cybersecurity and privacy. She is Director and Chief Operations Officer at BH Consulting, specializing in European data protection law. Valerie has worked for IBM, KPMG, and ABB, and served as Head of Information Security Risk at KBC Bank. In 2022, she was awarded a PhD for her research into privacy as a CSR. Valerie is the author of the best-selling The Privacy Leader Compass, one of the Top 100 Women in Cybersecurity in Europe, and a frequent lecturer at some of the world’s leading conferences and universities.