Natalia Ciapponi

Natalia Ciapponi is an accomplished security researcher with extensive experience in cybersecurity leadership roles. Currently, Natalia serves as the Threat Emulation Lead and Mitre Readiness Blue Team Lead at BlackBerry since January 2023. Prior to this role, Natalia was the Purple Team Lead at Trellix from July 2016 to October 2022, where responsibilities included security research and leading the Mitre Readiness Blue Team. Additionally, during a tenure at McAfee spanning from July 2016 to January 2022, Natalia held positions as a Threat Researcher and Technical Leader, contributing to various teams, including MVisionEDR and the Efficacy Team. Natalia's early career includes significant software engineering roles at Motorola Mobility, focusing on automation and quality assurance, as well as a development internship at Prominente S.A. Natalia earned a degree in Information Systems Engineering from Universidad Tecnológica Nacional between 2002 and 2007.