About the IAPP

Adrienne Allen is a global security governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) and privacy leader with 17+ years experience in information security strategy who is passionate about building security and privacy into crypto and financial ecosystems. She leads Coinbase’s security GRC and privacy operations teams, which are responsible for security policy, second line risk and resilience (BCP/DR), third party security, security compliance, and customer security assurance. She also works with industry and academic partnerships to develop and assess emerging standards for cryptocurrency and fintech ecosystems, and is an advisor to BreachRx, a privacy tech startup focused on privacy incident response. Before joining Coinbase, Adrienne spent over a decade advising public and private sector clients on security risk management, stakeholder engagement, incident response planning, and security strategy. Adrienne graduated from the University of Virginia and holds an MA in global security strategy from Johns Hopkins University.