Mea Clift
Mea Clift is a distinguished cybersecurity leader with a remarkable multi-decade career defined by her commitment, innovation, and mission-driven cybersecurity practices. She represents the excellence in cybersecurity leadership, demonstrated through her professional accomplishments, contributions to thought leadership, and investment in developing the next generation of Cybersecurity practitioners. With Liberty Mutual as Principal Advisor, Cyber Risk Engineering she provides guidance to commercial underwriters evaluating the cyber risks of organizations, and advisory services to insureds, educating on trends and opportunities for maturity. In previous roles, Mea led cyber efforts at a top water and wastewater consultancy firm, highlighting the increased risk of cyber threats in this Critical Infrastructure arena. She is also a respected mentor and advocate for belonging in the cybersecurity field, having built a stellar reputation for credibility with executive management, key clients, and employees. Notably, Mea was the recipient of the Cyversity Mentor of the Year Award in 2023, a testament to her outstanding contributions to the field. As an educator, Mea participates mentorship programs with Cyversity and ISACA and teaches a Fundamentals of GRC class regularly for Cyversity members. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota with 4 greyhounds and is a quilter and living historian.
Session
Sometimes, hobbies can overlap into work life in ways that are never expected, but help to shape careers, understanding and focus. From understanding the purpose of policies, documentation and processes, to seeing how advancements in technology can reshape an entire industry, how to educate and inspire, and how to see the little details that make all the difference are bits of my experiences in living history, quilt history, and quilt appraisal that have helped make me a better cybersecurity professional. Join me as I tell stories of adventures in portraying individuals from different time periods, studying textiles and quilting of different eras, and how those all cross pollenate to my career as a cybersecurity professional.