Job Title
Chief Security and Trust Officer

Company/Organization
Cylance Inc.

Bio
Malcolm Harkins is the Chief Security and Trust Officer at Cylance. Malcolm reports to the CEO and is responsible for enabling business growth through trusted infrastructure, systems, and business processes. He has direct organizational responsibility for information risk, security, and privacy policy. Malcolm is also responsible for peer outreach activities to drive the world’s understanding of cyber risks and best practices to manage and mitigate those risks.

Experience

Previously, Malcolm was Vice President and Chief Security and Privacy Officer (CSPO) at Intel. In that role, he was responsible for managing risk, controls, privacy, security, and other compliance activities for Intel’s information assets, products, and services. Before becoming Intel’s first CSPO, Malcolm was the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) reporting into the Chief Information Officer. He also held roles in finance, procurement, and other business operations. He has managed IT benchmarking and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance initiatives. Malcolm acted as the profit and loss manager for the Flash Product Group, was responsible for the delivery and support of Intel’s finance and HR systems as the general manager of Enterprise Capabilities, and worked on an e-commerce hosting venture.

Notable Achievements

Malcolm taught at the CIO institute at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and was an adjunct faculty member at Susquehanna University in 2009. In 2010, he received the RSA Conference Excellence in the Field of Security Practices Award. He was recognized by Computerworld as one of the Premier 100 Information Technology Leaders for 2012. (ISC)2 recognized Malcolm in 2012 with the Information Security Leadership Award. In September 2013, Malcolm was recognized as one of the Top 10 Breakaway Leaders at the Global CISO Executive Summit. In November 2015, he received the Security Advisor Alliance Excellence in Innovation Award. He is a Fellow with the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology, a non-partisan cybersecurity think-tank that works with the House, Senate, and federal agencies. Malcolm speaks at industry events and has authored many white papers. In December 2012, his book, Managing Risk and Information Security: Protect to Enable® was published. He also was a contributing author to Introduction to IT Privacy, published in 2014.

Education, Certifications, and Training

Malcolm received his bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of California at Irvine and an MBA in finance and accounting from the University of California at Davis.

1. Trust And The Economics Of Insecurity - 03 Oct, 2018