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Michael Coates has spent the past 20 years as a CISO, entrepreneur, board chair, and investor in the cybersecurity industry. He was Twitter\u2019s first Chief Information Security Officer, previously led security at Mozilla, and played a key role at Shape Security, which was acquired for $1B in 2020. As the co-founder and CEO of Altitude Networks, he helped redefine cloud data security before its acquisition by CoinList, where he now serves as CISO and CEO of CoinList Digital Asset Services. Coates also chaired OWASP, the world\u2019s largest nonprofit for software security, and was recognized as an SC Magazine \u201cInfluential Security Mind. As a leading voice in the cybersecurity field, Michael shares tips on building a successful security program and opportunities for the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Michael Coates has spent the past 20 years as a CISO, entrepreneur, board chair, and investor in the cybersecurity industry. He was Twitter\u2019s first Chief […]
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