Mike Silverman is the Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer at FS-ISAC, the member-driven, not-for-profit organization that advances cybersecurity and resilience in the global financial system. In this role, Mike is involved in FS-ISAC’s Post-Quantum Cryptography and Artificial Intelligence Risk working groups and leads content creation for FS-ISAC’s Annual Summits. He is a co-chair of the FSSCC R&D committee, contributing to workstreams on cloud security, open-source security, and more.
Mike began his work with artificial intelligence in 1996 and published papers on the use of AI in GPS satellite re-configuration and detection of shifting winds in 1998 and 2002, respectively. He also contributed to the book, 97 Things Every Cloud Engineer Should Know in 2020.
Mike holds an MBA from New York University and a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Tulane University.
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