Cynthia Swanson Suarez

Cynthia Swanson Suarez has a strong background in information security and management. Cynthia is currently serving as the SVP CISO and EVP Chief Information Security Officer at First Financial Bank Texas since December 2017. Prior to this, they worked at CoreLogic from 2008 to 2017, holding the position of VP, Corporate Information Security. During their tenure there, they developed and implemented policies, standards, and exception processes, led the Incident Response CERT team, and managed policy compliance during a data center migration.

Before their time at CoreLogic, Cynthia worked at First American Financial Corporation as the VP, Information Security Officer from 2006 to 2008. Their responsibilities included developing the CISO office, completing policy reviews and revisions for the company's spin-off, and managing the Corporate Business Continuity program. Cynthia also hosted client audits during this period.

Prior to joining First American Financial Corporation, Cynthia held the role of VP of Operations, Centralized Services at First American in 2005 and was the Director, Engagement Manager from 2004 to 2005. In their role as a Technology Engagement Manager, they led an implementation and account management team and provided technical sales support.

Before their time with First American, Cynthia worked at The Newtrend Group as a Programmer Analyst from 1984 to 1990 and at Lomas and Nettleton as a Programmer from 1981 to 1984. In these positions, they developed mortgage servicing software and provided conversion support.

Overall, Cynthia Swanson Suarez has extensive experience in information security, policy development and implementation, incident response, and client management.

Cynthia Swanson Suarez holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Grove City College. In addition to their degree, they have obtained several certifications in the field of information security and risk management. Cynthia obtained the certification of C|CISO from EC-Council in September 2016. In July 2010, they obtained the Certified In Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) certification from ISACA. Cynthia also obtained the Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) certification from ISACA in October 2009. Cynthia is also listed as having a certification as a Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer from ISACA, although the specific details of when and where they obtained this certification are not provided. Lastly, they have an edX Honor Code Certificate for Cybersecurity: Technology, Application, and Policy from edX, but the specific details of when and where they obtained this certificate are also not provided.