Mr. Ira Winkler CISSP

Ira Winkler, CISSP, is CISO for CYE Security, former Chief Security Architect at Walmart, and author of "You Can Stop Stupid," "Security Awareness for Dummies," and "Advanced Persistent Security." He has almost 40 years of experience serving in many roles in governments and industry. Ira won the Hall of Fame award from the Information Systems Security Association, as well as several other prestigious industry awards. CSO Magazine named Ira a CSO Compass Award winner as The Awareness Crusader. He was named 2021 Top Cybersecurity Leader by Security Magazine, and most recently 2022 Cybersecurity Champion of the Year by the Cybersecurity Association of Maryland.