ERIC HUSSEY TITLE : SVP & CISO
FINASTRA
ERIC HUSSEY TITLE : SVP & CISO
Eric Hussey serves as SVP and CISO of Finastra and is a veteran of the cyber security industry . Eric spent 20 + years in enterprise security , securing large scale networks , high frequency transactional compute , B2B / B2B cloud architectures and highly regulated data in fintech , packaged consumer goods and software sector . He also has 12 + years of experience in securing financial sector downloadable and SaaS B2B and B2C software products .
Prior to Finastra , Eric held CISO roles at Aptiv , PTC and UNFI , as well as security leadership roles at Fiserv . He has served as an advisor to numerous technology companies and holds a BA from Temple University and MBA from Norwich University .
“ We ’ re really starting to think about ways AI can enable our functions , particularly when it comes to cybersecurity ”
ERIC HUSSEY SVP & CISO , FINASTRA
The evolving importance of cyber defence Cybersecurity is more important today than ever before . Nobody knows this more than Finastra ’ s CISO , who rightly says “ things are much different ” from when he first started out in the industry almost 25 years ago .
In fact , at the time Eric joined the working world , it couldn ’ t have been worse for a burgeoning technologist – graduating from university during the aftershock of the dot-com bust .
Nonetheless , he managed to secure a six-month contract position with Fiserv , where he leveraged his systems and software experience to understand and adapt to the fast-paced nature of a leading fintech organisation . His early success here allowed him a full-time opportunity with Fiserv ’ s cybersecurity team .
“ This was back in 2001 ,” says Eric , “ a time when security – from today ’ s perspective – would be considered very
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