MEET SARI

Who am I?

I am a cybersecurity practitioner, educator, author, entrepreneur, investor, guest lecturer, and NACD Board Leadership Fellow. My professional passion is to mentor the next generation of cybersecurity and privacy practitioners who are committed to protecting their companies, community, and country.

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Cybersecurity Background

After years in the tech industry as a network engineer and educator, in 2003, Sari founded one of the first dedicated cybersecurity consultancies – Sage Data Security. She is a recognized leader in the field of cybersecurity and has amassed thousands of hours in the field working with a spectrum of technical, operational, compliance, and management personnel as well as board of directors, regulators, service providers, and law enforcement agencies.

Sari’s first text was Tools and Techniques for Securing Microsoft Networks, commissioned by Microsoft to train its partner channel followed soon after by the first edition of Security Policies and Procedures: Principles and Practices. The 2nd edition, Security Program and Policies: Principles and Practices is currently being used in undergraduate and graduate programs nationwide. She is also the author and presenter of the best-selling CISSP, CISM, CISA, and Security+ video courses. Sari has published several articles related to cybersecurity, has been quoted in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN, and on CNBC, speaks regularly at cybersecurity, legal, financial, and healthcare conferences and workshops around the country, and is a frequent guest lecturer.

Sari serves on the Bangor Savings Bank Board of Directors and is chair of the Enterprise Risk Management Committee. She provided expert witness testimony in the groundbreaking PATCO v. Ocean National Bank case, represents industry on the Massachusetts Bankers Association Cybersecurity Task Force, and is a member of the American Bankers Association cybersecurity faculty.

Sari earned her MBA from the University of New Hampshire system. She holds multiple industry accreditations including CISSP-ISSMP, CRISC, CISM, CISA, MCSE, and NSA/IAM. She is also certified in Offshore Emergency Medicine.