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10 Intel security leaders
These ten current Intel cybersecurity leaders hold CISO, vice president, senior director and director roles in information security, cyber response, governance and compliance, investigations and product security at Intel. A reader can learn how security leaders work at Intel from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Brent Conran
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Security Officer · Intel
Chief Information Security Officer at Intel since March 2015. The listing shows this Intel role as the only row in the work history, records it in the engineering and technical department at C-level, and places Brent in the San Francisco Bay Area, United States.
Debbie Whitely
LinkedInExperience: Cybersecurity Director, Regulatory and Data Compliance · Intel
Cybersecurity Director, Regulatory and Data Compliance at Intel since February 2024, and former IT Director/Principal Engineer of Metadata & Compliant Data (2022–2024) and Director/Principal Engineer of IT Programs, Factory Infrastructure and Security (2021–2022) at Intel.
Dhinesh Manoharan
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Product Security, Office of the CTO, Security Center of Excellence · Intel
Vice President, Product Security, Office of the CTO, Security Center of Excellence at Intel since February 2024, and former Senior Director, Offensive Security Research, Security Center of Excellence at Intel (2018–2024). The headline reads Vice President & General Manager, INT31 Security Research.
Jerry Bryant
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Security Communications and Incident Response · Intel
Senior Director Security Communications and Incident Response at Intel since September 2020, and former Director of Security Communications at Intel (2019–2020). Jerry was Principal Security Program Manager at Microsoft (2017–2019). The profile lists Product Security Incident Response Team operations experience.
Marco Chaves
LinkedInExperience: Director & Value Stream Owner, Information Security · Intel
Director & Value Stream Owner, Information Security at Intel since April 2025, with a Solutions Group Owner, Information Security row at Intel from 2020 also listed as current. Marco was Senior Manager - Information Security at Intel (2018–2022). The profile lists cyber governance, risk and compliance work.
Mary Harris
LinkedInExperience: Director, Office of Information Security · Intel
Director, Office of Information Security at Intel since January 2017, and former Business Operations Manager, Information Risk and Security at Intel (2013–2017). The profile lists program management, process development, business operations and Scaled Agile Framework skills.
Michael Hanada
LinkedInExperience: Director, Information Security Investigations, eDiscovery, and Privacy Incident Response · Intel
Director, Information Security Investigations, eDiscovery, and Privacy Incident Response at Intel since January 2016. The profile says Michael leads this function as a global team of 30+ professionals. Michael was a forensic examiner at the Northwest Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory (2011–2015).
Rakesh Pillai
LinkedInExperience: Director - Global Governance, Risk and Compliance & Application Security Information Security · Intel
Director - Global Governance, Risk and Compliance & Application Security, Information Security at Intel since November 2020, and former Director APAC - Information Security (2017–2020) and Head - Information Security Geo Operations & Engineering, India (2016–2017) at Intel.
Ted Mahar
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Global Cyber Response · Intel
Sr. Director, Global Cyber Response at Intel since November 2024, with a Global Cyber Response Manager row at Intel from 2017 also listed as current. Ted was Advanced Persistent Threat Manager at Intel (2016–2017) and Director, Information Security at the U.S. House of Representatives (2012–2016).
Tony Saint
LinkedInExperience: Enterprise Information Security Director · Intel
Enterprise Information Security Director at Intel since July 2013, with a headline that reads Cyber Defense Director at Intel Corporation. Tony was Americas IT Client Services Manager at Intel (2010–2013), and the profile describes work across information technology and cybersecurity domains.
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- 01How should a chipmaker divide security work between enterprise systems and the products it ships?
- 02What should a global cyber response team measure and report to executives?
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