Kathy Wang

CEO

Washington, DC, United States22 yrs 9 mos experience

Key Highlights

Internationally recognized malware expert.
Extensive experience in CISO roles across various industries.
Proven track record in security research and innovation.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a cybersecurity executive with extensive experience in security architecture and innovation.

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Skills

Other Skills

SecurityInformation SecurityComputer SecurityNetwork SecurityMalware AnalysisInformation AssuranceVulnerability AssessmentInformation Security ManagementPenetration TestingVulnerability ManagementIntrusion DetectionComputer ForensicsSystems EngineeringUnixCISSP

About

Security executive and leader with a strong background in project management, research, and business development. I have worked in government, commercial, and technology startup environments, and currently advise security services/products startup companies. In addition, I am also an internationally-recognized malware expert, who has researched, developed, evaluated, and operationalized various solutions for detecting and preventing client-side attacks used by advanced persistent threats (APT), as they target common platforms (e.g., browser, email, mobile phones). I have spoken internationally at many conferences and on many panels, including RSA, DEFCON, AusCERT, and REcon.

Experience

22 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs

Average Tenure

2 mos

Current Experience

Micro1

Chief Information Security Officer

Mar 2026 – Present · 2 mos · Remote

Otelier

Chief Information Security Officer

Feb 2025 – Mar 2026 · 1 yr 1 mo · Virginia, United States · Remote

Knw group

Chief Information Security Officer (Fractional)

Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 4 mos · Remote · Hybrid

Provide fractional CISO services to tech and security startup companies.

Discord

Chief Security Officer (CSO)

May 2022 – Nov 2022 · 6 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

Very good security

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Jun 2020 – Apr 2022 · 1 yr 10 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

Gitlab inc.

Head of Security

Oct 2017 – Sep 2019 · 1 yr 11 mos · Washington D.C. Metro Area

Splunk

Security Researcher and Strategist

Jul 2015 – Sep 2017 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Washington DC-Baltimore Area

In this role, I combine my passion for security research and innovation with my extensive Federal customer-facing and past CISO experience to influence Public Sector and Commercial customer decisions on key products. This role also allows me to speak at many conferences, on panels and talks, where I evangelize Splunk products and security innovation.

Microstrategy

CISO / Vice President of Security Programs

Feb 2014 – Jul 2015 · 1 yr 5 mos · McLean, VA

Responsible for providing executive leadership to both global information security operations and product and corporate compliance teams. This role was CISO-equivalent at MicroStrategy, and also provided product management leadership for security-related components of MicroStrategy’s mobile identity management and access capabilities.

Mantech

Director of Research and Development

Jun 2012 – Feb 2014 · 1 yr 8 mos · N. VA

Managed a portfolio of internal security research and development programs. I was also a principal investigator overseeing several of the research initiatives. A secondary function of this role was to take on a Federal CTO type role for customer programs, and work to infuse innovation between multiple customer programs.