Derek Vadala is the CEO of VisibleRisk, a joint venture between Moody’s Corp., a global credit rating agency, and Team8, a cybersecurity-focused company-creation platform. Vadala leads a team that is focused on creating a standard benchmark for communicating cyber risk to boards of directors and senior business executives in order to improve the global dialogue about this important issue. Prior to leading this venture, Vadala was the Global Head of Cyber Risk for Moody’s Investors Service, responsible for developing capabilities for evaluating cyber risk and incorporating those capabilities into credit analysis. Prior to this role, Vadala served as the CISO for Moody’s Corp., where he was responsible for global information risk and security across Moody’s businesses worldwide. He has more than 20 years of experience in information security and technology management, and has spoken and published on topics including security risk management for large enterprises and systems administration. You can follow him on Twitter @derekvadala