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10 Disney security leaders
These ten Disney security leaders include a former CISO, vice presidents for incident response and for Disney Entertainment and ESPN, a former Disney India CISO and directors for governance, security architecture, cloud security and identity. A reader can learn how security leaders run security organizations inside Disney.
Professionals to explore
01—10Andrew Feth
LinkedInExperience: Director, Security Architecture & Engineering · The Walt Disney Company
Director of Security Architecture & Engineering at The Walt Disney Company since 2018; his profile says he directs delivery and strategy for Disney's cybersecurity risk assessments and architecture reviews. Other roles shown include US Air Force Reserve commander posts in cyberspace and combat operations units since 2021.
Brendon F.
LinkedInExperience: Head of Enterprise Cyber Governance (Global) · The Walt Disney Company
Head of Enterprise Cyber Governance (Global) at The Walt Disney Company since 2021, after a Staff Security Specialist Lead Consultant role there (2019–2021). Other roles shown are vendor management security and security application engineering at HCA Healthcare (2015–2019); his profile cites more than 15 years in enterprise cybersecurity.
Brian Dezell, CISSP
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director · The Walt Disney Company
Former Executive Director at The Walt Disney Company (2013–2024), with a headline naming him an offensive security, cybersecurity assurance and red team leader. Other roles shown are Vice President of Information Security Services at U.S. Bank (2010–2013) and Director of Security & Compliance for Microsoft Managed Solutions (2005–2008).
Don Clark
LinkedInExperience: VP, Security Operations & Identity Management · The Walt Disney Company
Former VP of Security Operations & Identity Management at The Walt Disney Company (2014–2021), with a headline describing him as a retired cyber security executive there. Other Disney roles shown are Director of Security Architecture, Monitoring & Threat Assessment (2005–2014) and Director of Messaging and Collaboration Shared Services.
Jason Whitehurst
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Information Security Officer of Disney Entertainment & ESPN · The Walt Disney Company
Vice President and Information Security Officer for Disney Entertainment & ESPN at The Walt Disney Company since 2024. Other roles shown are VP of Information Security at Sony Pictures Entertainment (2023–2024) and VP of Governance, Risk, Compliance, and Security Operations at Warner Bros. Discovery (2019–2022).
Louie Ramirez
LinkedInExperience: VP, Information Security and Incident Response · The Walt Disney Company
VP of Information Security and Incident Response at The Walt Disney Company since 2021, after serving as Director of Incident Response there (2014–2021). Other roles shown are Chief of Defensive Cyber Operations in the US Army (2012–2014), Network Operations Manager at DARPA and Network Security Specialist at Northrop Grumman.
Ryan Eakle
LinkedInExperience: Director, Cybersecurity IAM Engineering · The Walt Disney Company
Director of Cybersecurity IAM Engineering at The Walt Disney Company since 2024. Other Disney roles shown are Senior Manager (2021–2024) and Manager (2014–2021) of Identity and Access Management and Senior Technical Specialist for identity authorization; his profile cites 20 years in IT with a focus on identity and access management strategy.
Ryan Knisley
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Security Officer · The Walt Disney Company
Former Chief Information Security Officer at The Walt Disney Company (2022–2025). He then served as Chief Strategy Officer at Axonius (2025–2026) and now holds roles as Chief Strategy Officer at Air, co-founder and managing director of Stealth2Exit and senior advisor at Treville Capital Group; his profile writes about operating and buying enterprise security.
Tirthankar Dutta
LinkedInExperience: Vice President & CISO Star and Disney India · The Walt Disney Company
Former Vice President and CISO for Star and Disney India at The Walt Disney Company (2021–2024), and Head of Enterprise IT and Cybersecurity (CIO and CISO) for Disney Star, Disney India and ESPN India (2023–2025). He is now Director and Head of Cybersecurity Engineering & AI Automation at ServiceNow; another role shown is SVP and Head of Information Security at Info Edge.
Valerie Morris
LinkedInExperience: Director, Information Security Architecture & Engineering - Cloud · The Walt Disney Company
Former Director, Information Security Architecture & Engineering - Cloud at The Walt Disney Company (2019–2024), a role the profile places in the Engineering and Technical department at Director level, and former Sr. Manager, Information Security Architecture there (2018–2024). She is now Cybersecurity Leader Cloud Security Sr. Manager at EY; another role shown is Consultant at Slalom (2016–2018).
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- 01How does a media company organize information security officers across its entertainment and sports businesses?
- 02How does a media company secure its cloud environments through security architecture and engineering?
- 03How does a large media company run incident response and red team testing?
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