Webinar Speakers
Mamadou Niang is a Principal in the Technology Consulting practice of Ernst & Young LLP. He has over 17 years of experience in information technology and cybersecurity strategy and policy development, risk management and quantification, and business intelligence analytics and operations across various sectors including state government, technology, media, telecommunications, advanced manufacturing, aerospace and defense, and financial services. Mamadou has extensive experience leveraging industry frameworks such as NIST to help clients build, mature, and benchmark their cybersecurity practices against peers and leading practices. Mamadou holds a Masters degree in Industrial Technology (specialization: Biometrics) and a Bachelor’s in Computer Technology. He holds CISSP, CRISC, and PCI-QSA (inactive) certifications.
John Bates is a Senior Manager within the Cybersecurity Consulting practice at Ernst & Young. He is aligned with the Cyber Program Transformation competency. He has counseled clients on cybersecurity matters for over 15 years and focuses on highly regulated industries, including healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and financial services. As in-house counsel within tech companies from start-ups to the Fortune 500, he has direct experience with numerous regulatory bodies (DOJ, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Secret Service, FBI, FTC, OCR and FINRA). As a CISO, he initiated ISO 27001 and HITRUST programs through recurring audits. He has significant experience within Big Data, including cloud security, cloud infrastructure, and software development across multiple cloud platforms. He has supported sales, product, go-to-market, partner, OEM/ISV, and procurement teams with cyber governance, development, Open-Source Software (OSS) development, data protection, licensing, and third-party risk. He received a BA in Philosophy from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and JD from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law. He currently holds the following professional certifications: CISSP (Provisional), CCSP, CIPP/US, and CIPP/E.
