Edna Conway is CEO of EMC Advisors, providing board and advisory services to enterprises, CEOs and governments globally on technology, security, risk management, compliance and supply chain resilience across the manufacturing, technology, infrastructure, and biotech/medical device industries.
She most recently served as Microsoft’s VP, Chief Security & Risk Officer for Cloud Infrastructure, underpinning its intelligent cloud business. Previously, Conway served as Cisco’s Chief Security Officer, Global Value Chain, was a partner in an international private legal practice and served as Assistant Attorney General for the State of New Hampshire. She holds an AB from Columbia University, a law degree from the University of Virginia and additional credentials from MIT, Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, and New York University.
Conway is an advisor to capital investment organizations, has served on over a dozen boards, and also serves on the NYU Tandon School of Engineering Cyber Fellows Advisory Council, as faculty for the Carnegie Mellon University CISO Program and IANS Research, is a Sr. Non-resident Fellow at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a member of APCO Worldwide’s International Advisory Council.
A sought-after expert recognized domestically (Presidential Commissions) and globally (NATO), Conway was appointed to the Executive Committee of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Task Force on ICT Supply Chain Risk Management and serves on the Executive Committee of the US Critical Manufacturing Sector Coordination Council. She is a member of the Fortune Most Powerful Women community, a 2024 Global Cybersecurity Hall of Fame inductee, 2021 ISSA Hall of Fame inductee, and the recipient of numerous awards, including 2023 Institute for Critical Infrastructure Pinnacle Award, 2021 Executive Women’s Forum Executive of the Year, 2021 Top Cybersecurity Leaders (Security Magazine), Fed 100 Award, CSO of the Year Award at RSA, and Columbia University’s Barnard College Distinguished Alumna Award 2019. Her insights are regularly featured in leading publications, including Forbes, Fortune, Bloomberg, CIO Magazine and the Wall Street Journal.
