Jennifer Minella

Jennifer Minella is VP of Engineering and Security with Carolina Advanced Digital, Inc. In her engineering role, Minella leads strategic research and consulting for government agencies, educational institutions, and Fortune 100 and 500 corporations. In addition to her normal business roles, Minella is a published author, editorial contributor, and trusted adviser for information security topics to media. No stranger to public speaking, she’s a highly sought-after international speaker.

Jennifer’s also known for introducing mindfulness-based leadership to individuals and organizations in infosec. And aside from meditation and security, she’s a competitive powerlifter and dancer, including ballroom and swing. She also loves Figment, the imagination dragon.

Mrs. Minella has served on the (ISC)2 Board of Directors since 2014 in various roles, including Chairman of the Board in 2019.

The Latest Posts Featuring Jennifer Minella

Wireless Beyond Wi-Fi: Trends to Watch

For more than a decade, the face of wireless has been IEEE 802.11 WLANs, your typical Wi-Fi networks prevalent in every home and business. In 2020 and beyond, the line…

June 22, 2020

Network

Wireless Beyond Wi-Fi: Trends to Watch

IoT Architecture: 3 Things Every IT Professional Should Know

May 29, 2020

Network

OK, folks. Let’s be real for a moment and acknowledge that everybody, every professional, and definitely every vendor out there is tossing out the phrase “IoT” like flyers on the…

IoT and Privacy: The Connected Toilet Strikes Again

May 18, 2020

Security

There’s a new loo. If you’re a gadget-head, you’ve probably seen more than a few of the bizarre inventions debuted at CES over the years, including the new smart toilets.…

Securing Data-Centric vs. Action-Centric IoT

February 28, 2020

Network

In 2008, the number of connected devices surpassed the number of humans on Earth, and now, in 2020, analysts predict the exponential growth of the Internet of Things will cross…

Unpopular Opinion: How SD-WAN Will Improve Security

February 21, 2020

Security

The consensus is software-defined networking in a wide area network (SD-WAN) will provide organizations unprecedented agility but possibly at the expense of security, as traffic flow changes to a distributed…