Tony Cole
Chief Technology Officer, Attivo Networks, Inc.
Tony Cole is a cyber expert with over thirty-five years of experience, as a strategist, risk expert, advisor, and board member. Today, he’s the CTO at Attivo Networks, the global leader in the cyber deception space working to defend enterprises from cyber-attacks.
Prior to joining Attivo Networks, Mr. Cole held executive positions at FireEye, McAfee and Symantec. He’s retired from the U.S. Army, where he worked in intelligence, communications, and cryptography around the world including building out the Network Security Services at the Pentagon. Mr. Cole served previously on numerous boards and government committees and today serves on (ISC)² Board of Directors as Treasurer and Chair of Audit and Risk. He also serves on the NASA Advisory Council as a Member-At-Large under appointment by the NASA Administrator. In 2014, he received the Government Computer News Industry IT Executive of the Year award, and in 2015 he was inducted into the Wash 100 by Executive Mosaic as one of the most influential executives impacting Government. In 2018 he was awarded the Reboot Leadership Influencer Award by SC Media. He has a bachelor’s degree in computer networking and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
Prior to joining Attivo Networks, Mr. Cole held executive positions at FireEye, McAfee and Symantec. He’s retired from the U.S. Army, where he worked in intelligence, communications, and cryptography around the world including building out the Network Security Services at the Pentagon. Mr. Cole served previously on numerous boards and government committees and today serves on (ISC)² Board of Directors as Treasurer and Chair of Audit and Risk. He also serves on the NASA Advisory Council as a Member-At-Large under appointment by the NASA Administrator. In 2014, he received the Government Computer News Industry IT Executive of the Year award, and in 2015 he was inducted into the Wash 100 by Executive Mosaic as one of the most influential executives impacting Government. In 2018 he was awarded the Reboot Leadership Influencer Award by SC Media. He has a bachelor’s degree in computer networking and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).