Jadee Hanson: Balancing CISO, CIO, and Product Leadership

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Jadee Hanson, CISO and CIO at Code42, shares how even as a kid she knew cybersecurity was her calling and how that led to CISO, CIO, and product leadership responsibilities.
About Jadee Hanson:
As chief information security officer and chief information officer at Code42, Jadee Hanson leads global risk and compliance, security operations, incident response, and insider threat monitoring and investigations. To her position, she brings more than 17 years of information security and a proven track record of building security programs.
Prior to Code42, Jadee held a number of senior leadership roles in the security department of Target Corporation, where she implemented key programs, including spearheaded the effort to embed security resources into the development process as well as the security plans behind the acquisition of software development and online retail companies. She was the security lead for the sale of Target Pharmacies to CVS Health. Before joining Target, Jadee worked at Deloitte, where she served as a security consultant for companies across diverse industries such as healthcare, manufacturing energy, retail and more.
Jadee is a co-author of Inside Jobs: Why Insider Risk Is the Biggest Cyber Threat You Can’t Ignore, which shines a light on Insider Risk and details what business and security leaders can do to keep their workforces productive and data protected.
In addition to her day job at Code42, Jadee is the founder and CEO of the non-profit organization Building Without Borders, which serves those in poverty-stricken areas throughout the world through housing services. Since April 2015, Building Without Borders has built 39 houses in areas of the Dominican Republic. In her spare time, you can find Jadee working for her non-profit, enjoying time with her husband and three girls, and spending time on the lake.

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