Renee Guttmann
CISO Advisory Council at XFactor.io
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Overview
Work Experience
Founder & Principal
2022 - Current
Cisohive LLC delivers cybersecurity consulting services to medium size companies, government agencies, and healthcare. The goal is to improve cybersecurity across our industry and uplift companies from the Cybersecurity Poverty Line. Drive industry adoption of new emerging technology and processes to address the current and future state of cyberrisk. Mentor and coach future practitioners and leaders.
CISO Advisory Council
2022
XFactor is a developer of a corporate decision platform that uses artificial intelligence to assist with planning and strategy.
Raised $26,000,000.00 from Accel, Mike Carpenter and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
VC Advisor
2022
Glasswing Ventures is an early-stage VC firm investing in next gen AI and frontier technology startups enabling the intelligent enterprise.
VC Advisor
2022
GTM Capital is a venture capital investment firm
VC Advisor
2022
NightDragon is an investment and advisory firm focused on growth and late-stage companies in cybersecurity, safety, security and privacy.
VC Advisor
2019
YL Ventures funds and supports seed-stage entrepreneurs in the cybersecurity sector.
VC Advisor
2018
CISO
2018 - 2021
Established IT Risk Management Program aligned to business strategy with executive leadership and Board of Directors. Transformed cybersecurity program, including addressing cyber risk and protection of manufacturing plants. Managed in-house team of 25 cybersecurity plus several external service providers and overseas security operations. Up-leveled talent of operationally focused IT Team with more experienced members to address manufacturing (OT/ICS), Incident Management, and Security Architecture. Improved information security program maturity (CMMI) as evidenced by Board-directed independent assessment and pentesting. Championed adoption of cyber risk as key aspect of company culture by creating information security and awareness program, resulting in increased employee engagement. Improved timely reporting of security events and above-industry-average scores on simulated phishing campaigns.
CISO
2016 - 2017
Advanced information security and privacy program to address protection of PII (personnel data of employees, guests, crew), PCI compliance and operations risk onboard cruise ships. Led information security and privacy initiatives associated with digital transformation, and privacy compliance including GDPR. Established cruise line industry information sharing program, including US Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security and university research centers in US and UK.
Royal Caribbean Group is a cruise vacation company with a global fleet of 63 ships traveling around the world.
Raised $10,950,000,000.00 from RCI Holdings and Celebrity Cruises.
Vice President, Information Risk Management, oCiso
2014 - 2016
Developed Office of CISO (oCISO) professional service organization and strategic direction for North America. Transformed Optiv from value-added technology reseller to a full-service cybersecurity partner. Developed strategic plans for multiple client organizations such as, hospitals, global hotel chains, government municipalities, and an engineering firm. Researched, published, and presented position papers at leading conferences at various venues in North America to CISO’s, CEO’s, CFO’s, Wealth Risk Managers, and Government Agencies. Topics: Role of CISO; How to Present to Board of Directors; Application Security; and Cloud Security; highlighting Optiv as professional services organization.