Ariel Saldin Weintraub

Ariel Weintraub recently joined MassMutual as the Head of Security Operations & Engineering. Prior to joining MassMutual, Ariel served as the Senior Director of Data & Access Security within Cybersecurity Operations. In this role, she was responsible for the Data Protection and Identity & Access Management (IAM) programs, and led a three year business transformation program to position IAM as a digital business enabler. Ariel first joined TIAA in 2015 as a Senior Manager within IT Risk & Information Security. In that role, she managed the Treatment & Vulnerability Remediation teams under Cyber Risk.

Prior to TIAA, Ariel held the position of Global Head of Vulnerability Management at BNY Mellon where she developed and led the Vulnerability Management function and designed a cross-department Information Security Metrics program. Ariel joined BNY Mellon during the inception of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) organization and played a critical role in laying the foundation for many of the security compliance functions including Mobile Device Security, Endpoint & Host Compliance, and Secure Configuration Management. Prior to her role at BNY Mellon, Ariel was part of the Threat & Vulnerability Management practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) where she was responsible for performing Penetration Tests, Security Risk Assessments, and Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance assessments for a variety of Financial Services clients.

Ariel holds a Masters of Science in Cybersecurity from New York University (NYU) Tandon School of Engineering and a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration from the University of Southern California (USC) Marshall School of Business. Ariel has a passion for empowering women, especially the next generation of female cybersecurity leaders.