(US and Canada) We welcome Nick Ritter to CDO Magazine’s Global Security Board. He is the leader of First Financial Bank’s information security and privacy programs, a member of the Enterprise Risk Management Committee and a key advisor to the executive committee. He brings 20 years of enterprise and industrial cyber security experience to his position.

Before joining the bank, Ritter was Product Security Officer at GE and was responsible for the security of GE’s commercial products, supply chain, manufacturing, internal applications, and third parties. He was additionally responsible for attack simulations (Red Team).

Ritter previously spent time in financial services as a large bank’s head of cyber defense and security operations. He also has experience as one of the three CISOs at a global industrial conglomerate based in Munich, Germany. There, he originated the centralized cyber defense program, built the technical security organization, and helped establish the commercial OT security practice. Ritter has served as an advisor to NATO and the George C. Marshall Center for European Security Studies.

Our new Global Security Board of CISOs and top security executives will share their expert data privacy and cybersecurity opinions and innovations. The board ensures that we champion the best companies, leaders, and insights that accelerate our community’s success in today’s digital world.

The CDO Magazine community welcomes Nick Ritter to our new Global Security Board membership.