Alissa Abdullah

Alissa Abdullah, PhD, currently serves as the Deputy Chief Security Officer and Senior Vice President of Emerging Corporate Security Solutions at Mastercard since 2019, focusing on modern identity management, enterprise cryptography, and cloud security. In addition to this role, Alissa is a Lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Board Member at Smartsheet, where involvement includes the Audit and Compensation Committees. Previous positions include Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Xerox, Chief Information Security Officer at Stryker, and Deputy Chief Information Officer at the Executive Office of the President, The White House. Alissa's extensive experience in information security began with a career as an Associate Vice President at Catapult Technology and included roles in various universities as an adjunct faculty member teaching subjects like Statistics and Information Technology. Academic credentials include a PhD in Information Technology Management from Capella University, an M.S. in Telecommunications and Computer Networks from The George Washington University, and a B.S. in Math from Savannah State University.