Patrick Ford, with over 25 years in cybersecurity, has served as Americas Cybersecurity VP and CISO at Schneider Electric since 2015. He leads efforts to strengthen the company’s cyber resilience across the region, focusing on brand protection, ecosystem partnerships, and acquisitions. Before Schneider Electric, Patrick held senior security roles at Aetna and Pfizer, both Fortune 50 companies. Earlier in his career, he was a Supervisory Special Agent at the FBI, where he developed cyber investigative capabilities, created training programs, and was a founding member of IC3.gov and the Terrorism Screening Center.
On this panel our experts will discuss how industry and government can work together to identify and mitigate exposures across critical infrastructure sectors.
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Head of Secure by Design
UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Treasurer
The CVE Foundation
Senior Manager for Cybersecurity Policy
Microsoft
Retired
Central Intelligence Agency
Chief Operating Officer
Cyber Threat Alliance
