Adel Zahiry is a Managing Director in CNM’s Orange County office with over 20 years of experience in Cybersecurity & Privacy. He leads the firm’s Cybersecurity & Privacy practice, developing go-to-market strategies, methodologies and thought leadership, while overseeing client delivery teams and engagement execution. He has developed and delivered Cybersecurity & Privacy strategies and solutions, including leading global teams in assessing, managing and mitigating Cybersecurity risks, while architecting resilient environments leveraging leading security tools and technologies.
Prior to joining CNM, Adel worked at NBC Universal as Cyber Security Officer, Film and TV Entertainment. In his tenure, he developed and maintained the Film & TV Entertainment information security strategy and led initiatives to improve business security posture while integrating new technologies and processes. His security organization provided direction and delivered security services in the interest of business strategy and operations, monitored Cyber security threats and kept business leadership informed on relevant information security-related issues, risks and events. Prior to joining NBC Universal, he led the Global Cyber Security Operations organization at Activision Blizzard, delivering operations, assurance, incident response, policy, training and awareness capabilities across the enterprise, creative and development studio functions. He also spent the early part of his career at Deloitte, where he led information security and privacy implementations and assessments, supporting Manufacturing, Healthcare, Consumer Product and Media clients globally.
