Naomi Buckwalter

Naomi Buckwalter, CISSP CISM, is the Senior Director of Product Security for Contrast Security and author of the LinkedIn course: “Training today for tomorrow’s solutions – Building the Next Generation of Cybersecurity Professionals”. She is the founder and Executive Director of Cybersecurity Gatebreakers Foundation, a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to closing the demand gap in cybersecurity hiring. She has over 20 years’ experience in IT and Security and has held roles in Software Engineering, Security Architecture, Security Engineering, and Security Executive Leadership. A dynamic keynote speaker and mentor, her passion is helping people, particularly early-career professionals, get into cybersecurity, recognizing the critical need to cultivate diverse talent to address the evolving threat landscape, a mission that aligns with her deep commitment to innovation and strengthening the security community. Naomi has two Masters degrees from Villanova University and a Bachelors of Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology.