Renee Tarun is the deputy CISO at Fortinet. She has over twenty-five years of experience in information technology and cyber within the US Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, and law enforcement as well as private-sector entities around the world.

Renee has focused on enterprise security, compliance and governance, and product security at Fortinet. Prior to joining Fortinet, she served as Special Assistant to the Director of the National Security Agency (NSA) for Cyber and as Director of NSA’s Cyber Task Force, where she shaped agency strategy as well as national cyber policy for the White House.

In addition, Renee served in many other roles concentrating on development and engineering, cyber strategy, operations, resourcing, and relationship management for the NSA, the Department of Defense, and the US Secret Service.

Renee is a board member for the George Mason University Volgenau School of Engineering and is co-author of Cyber Safe, a book aimed at keeping children safe online.