H. Beth-Anne Bygum, MSLM, CBCP

SVP, Chief Information Security Officer,
Q2, Inc.

Ms. Bygum is an experienced executive and connector known for igniting direction and achieving results.

Risk, and particularly the growing threat of cyber risk, is evolving and a growing concern for business interruption and disruption as the digital landscape accelerates. In continuously improving the organization’s resiliency, her varied experience across industries and functions provides a valuable perspective to senior executives in designing, building and scaling resilient frameworks.

Managing these potential risks directing disparate teams across information security, risk management, information governance, IT compliance and IT training taps into her finely attuned ability to identify issues well before they arise in ensuring the company’s livelihood. A natural problem solver, she takes a comprehensive view in gauging the enterprise’s risk, qualitatively and quantitatively, in delivering sustainable results which meet the needs of complex, multi-functional organizations.

Resolving large operational challenges that require large scale transformations is what she excels at in connecting teams, people and leaders across the organization to identify new solutions and opportunities in mitigating potential risks. Risk management runs counter to most company cultures as it focus on threats and weaknesses instead of opportunities and successes, her view is that immediate short-term spends are necessary in creating long term, sustainable revenue generation and brand trust — two assets that are vital to every organization’s success.

Having benefited from a “returnship” program earlier in her career, she is a fierce advocate of the concept as it is a win/win for the organization who can tap into a highly motivated and experienced talent pool while the employee benefits by becoming a productive member of the workforce picking up where they left off in growing their skill set and career.