About the IAPP

J.C. Checco is Resident CISO leading the CISO Advisory Board for Financial Services at Proofpoint. Prior to this role J.C. was Senior Vice President for Bank of America’s Security Research & Innovation team, a key contributor to the Financial Systemic Analysis & Resiliency Center (ARC), and the inaugural participant in the DHS Loaned Executive Program at NCCIC (now CISA). He also served as CISO for BloombergBlack as well as Senior Information Security & Risk Advisor for Bloomberg LLP. 

J.C. supports the information security community as past President of the NY Metro InfraGard Members Alliance (an FBI public/private partnership), president of the NY Metro Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), member of the Strategic Advisory & Content Committee of the Wall Street Technology Association (WSTA) and co-founder of the annual NY Metro Joint Cyber Security Conference.

J.C. is well represented in the field of technology including patents in Unified Messaging and Keystroke Biometrics, as well as numerous pending patent applications in the fields of Gesture Biometrics, Blockchain Security, IoT Security, Zero Trust, and 5G Security. His experience encompasses emerging technology research and development at Bank of America Security Research & Innovation, NYNEX Science & Technology, Pitney Bowes Advanced Concepts & Technology, Advanced Technology Labs and IBM’s T. J. Watson Research Center.

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