Tim Mather is Chief Information Security Officer for Cadence Design Systems, a leading EDA (electronic design automation) firm. He is a long-time information security practitioner, having also served in senior security roles previously at Splunk as CISO, RSA Security at Chief Security Strategist, Symantec as CISO, VeriSign, and Apple.

He has co-authored two books on information security: “Cloud Security and Privacy: An Enterprise Perspective on Risks and Compliance” (O'Reilly) and “The Executive Guide to Information Security: Threats, Challenges, and Solutions” (Addison-Wesley). Tim is a CISSP, CISA, and CISM. He holds Master’s Degrees in Information Assurance from Brandeis University, National Security Studies from Georgetown University, and International Policy Studies from Monterey Institute of International Studies. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Economics from the University of California at Berkeley. Tim has extensive public speaking experience at major information security conferences.