Michael Newborn Email Address

Chief Information Security Officer

Navy Federal Credit Union is an armed forces bank serving the Navy, Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard, veterans, DoD and their families.

Michael Newborn is an accomplished information security executive bringing nearly two decades of leadership experience in cyber program development and execution. His expertise is in driving technology breakthroughs to position businesses and nonprofit organizations for optimized security. Newborn presently owns and operates a boutique firm advising business clients on cloud and software as a service security, as well as on other technical security solutions. Previously, Newborn held high-level management roles for Bloomberg BNA and VeriSign. His signature achievements include: - Handpicked as Bloomberg BNA’s first Chief Security Officer, initiating a ground-up approach to successfully architect the company’s comprehensive security department. - As Senior Manager at VeriSign, designed internal denial of service (DoS) mitigation system that evolved into a commercial product offering; secured product's first customer.Newborn’s leadership style is described as engaging and highly collaborative. He is focused on building relationships across organizational lines to achieve information security excellence. Additionally, he is an active board member for multiple nonprofit organizations and has been featured in various industry publications / conferences. Specialties: Critical infrastructure protection, enterprise security GRC, cyber security, cyber resilience, strategic planning, program development, BPR, acquisition planning, crisis management, risk management, security culture transformation, business process review, governance, security architecture, SDLC Security Management, network security, SaaS & Cloud SecurityOther Proficiencies (Full technical addendum available upon request: Firewalls, Vulnerability Scanning, Forensics, Attack Mitigation, Application Security, Awareness Training, Privacy, ISO 27001, PCI, SOC, SIEM, PKI, VPN, IDS, DLP)