SupplyChain Magazine August 2021 | Page 27

FORTINET
RICK PETERS TITLE : CISO
INDUSTRY : COMPUTER & NETWORK SECURITY
LOCATION : UNITED STATES

EXECUTIVE BIO

Mr . Peters brings to the Fortinet
Operational Technology Critical Infrastructure team more than 37 years of cybersecurity and global partnering experience working across foreign , domestic , and commercial industry sectors at the National Security Agency ( NSA ).
As Fortinet ’ s Operational Technology North American CISO , he delivers cybersecurity defense solutions and insights for the OT / ICS / SCADA critical infrastructure environments . Prior to Fortinet , Rick led development of cyber capability across Endpoint , Infrastructure , and Industrial Control System technologies at the agency .
Previously , Rick also served as an executive leader supporting the Information Assurance Directorate at the NSA . Earlier in his career , he served in a broad range of leadership and Engineering roles including Chief of Staff for the NSA Cyber Task Force and a five-year forward liaison charged with directing integration of cyber and cryptologic solution for US Air Force Europe , Ramstein AFB , Germany . supplychaindigital . com 27