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Angela Zhao
Sr Director, Team Manager - R&A
Angela Zhao is a Sr Director Analyst with Gartner Research and Advisory. Ms. Zhao is responsible for IT security topics including security operations, application security, AI security, etc.
Ms. Zhao holds various certifications including Certified Scrum Master, BSI CSA-STAR Advanced Cloud Security Auditor, ISO27001 Lead Auditor, CISSP, and CISA.
Previous experience
Prior to Gartner, Angela Zhao worked in BMW Automobile Finance (China) as IT senior manager and deputy of IT head. She also has experiences as IT security senior manager in Lenovo and IT auditor / consultant in Ernst & Young.
Professional background
BMW Automotive Finance, IT Senior Manager, 5 years
Ernst & Young, Senior IT Auditor / Consultant, 4 years
Lenovo, Information Security & Risk Senior Manager, 5 years
Areas of coverage
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Security of Applications and Data
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Security Operations
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Cyber Risk
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Cybersecurity Leadership
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Digital Technology Leadership for CIOs in China
Education
Master of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University.
Bachelor of Computer Software, Tsinghua University.
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
Design, build and operation of a modern SOC, continuous threat exposure management (CTEM)
DevSecOps, application security testing, software composition analysis (SCA)
Technologies and services (mainly China vendors), such as SIEM, attack surface management (ASM), API security, attack and defense teaming, MDR
China security laws and regulations, such as CSL, DSL, PIPL, MLPS2.0, data cross-border transfer
Security strategy, framework, organization, outsourcing