TIM MCKNIGHT

Timothy McKnight is Executive Vice President, Enterprise Information Security and Risk for Fidelity Investments, a leading provider of investment management, retirement planning, portfolio guidance, brokerage, benefits outsourcing and other financial products and services to more than 20 million individuals, institutions and financial intermediaries. Mr. McKnight is responsible for leading Fidelity’s information security and risk efforts across the enterprise.Prior to joining Fidelity in 2012, Mr. McKnight was Chief Information Security Officer for Northrop Grumman Corporation, where he was responsible for all information security efforts. These included setting the corporate information security vision and strategy in the areas of governance, policy, awareness, project management, audit, assessment, incident response, operations, technical investigations, business continuity and disaster recovery.

Mr. McKnight’s leadership extends to key industry groups: he has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Internet Security Alliance since 2011, and has been a board member of the National Board of Information Security Examiners since 2010. He has served as an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University, teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in digital forensics, and his professional experience also includes IT security leadership roles at BAE Systems and Cisco Systems. Mr. McKnight began his career at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), where he spent nine years and served as lead investigator for all National Infrastructure Protection Center matters, including high-tech crimes, corporate espionage, foreign counterintelligence and telecommunications fraud.

Mr. McKnight received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers College. Mr. McKnight is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and has completed training with the National Security Agency in the areas of information security assessment methodology, operating secure networks and advanced system security and exploitation. In addition, Mr. McKnight served as a police training instructor with the FBI.