Jim Richberg’s role as Fortinet’s Head of Cyber Policy and Global Field CISO leverages his 40 years’ experience driving innovation in cybersecurity and threat intelligence. At Fortinet he focuses on helping government and companies take actionable steps to improve their cybersecurity. He led industry’s collaboration with the US Government in creating a ‘Secure by Design’ pledge to leverage market forces in driving broad and measurable improvements in cybersecurity.

Prior to joining Fortinet, he served as the National Intelligence Manager for Cyber, the senior Federal Executive focused on cyber intelligence within the $80B+/100,000 employee US Intelligence Community (IC). He led the implementation of cyber strategy for the 17 departments and agencies of the IC, set integrated priorities on cyber threat, and served as the senior cyber advisor to two Directors of National Intelligence. He also oversaw implementation of a multi-year Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative for Presidents Bush and Obama. Before joining the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Mr. Richberg served for 20 years at the Central Intelligence Agency in a variety of analytic, operational, and technical positions.