CISO
Ken Athanasiou

VP, CISO

VF Corporation

Ken Athanasiou

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SectorApparel

Employees50,000

Revenue$11.8 billion

HQDenver

About the Company

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Ken Athanasiou

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Zero Trust cloud security both protected our corporate data and provided incredible visibility into network traffic.

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Ken's Transformation journey

Ken Athanasiou is Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer at VF Corporation, and serves on multiple boards. Ken has extensive experience in cybersecurity and risk management. His career includes 13 years as an officer in the United States Air Force and Chief Information Security Officer positions at JP Morgan Chase’s retail business, American Eagle Outfitters, and AutoNation. Ken holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Information Systems and a Master’s Degree in Computer Resources Management and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

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LESSONS LEARNED

You’ve got to understand user experience and how your initiatives are going to impact people's day-to-day business operations. If you fail to properly manage organizational behavioral and business process changes, then you will have the villagers coming after you with torches and pitchforks.