Sandy Taylor is the Chief Information Security Officer at the University of Southern California, where she leads cybersecurity strategy for one of the nation's leading R1 research environments, spanning academic and research infrastructure, a hotel, retail and event venues, and a university-owned ISP. She brings prior private industry executive experience and over 15 years in cybersecurity and IT, with deep roots in data integrations, eCommerce, complex infrastructure, and federated ecosystems. At USC, she has driven a comprehensive modernization of the university's cybersecurity operating model. Her current focus is on AI-era threats, including AI-enabled detection, AI governance, and translating a rapidly shifting threat landscape into clear, action-oriented decisions and mitigations.