In the energy sector, the stakes are high when it comes to cybersecurity. Unlike other fields where malware could cause havoc and delay services, attacks within the energy sector could potentially cut off electricity to millions of customers in the United States and around the world. Leo Simonovich, VP and Global Head of Industrial Cyber and Digital Security at Siemens Energy, is focused on ensuring that doesn’t happen.

The Security 500 tracks 17 vertical markets and collects unique data where appropriate (such as number of unique facilities in healthcare) and applies this data to key metrics.

Welcome to the 2020 Security 500 report, which includes the 2020 Security 500 rankings and sector reports.

In past articles, I have written about behaviors and style characteristics that tend not to be valued by organizations and that have proven often to be the underpinnings of why some security leaders fail in their roles. The counterbalance to that are leadership attributes and behaviors that are essential for success.

As the CISO-in-Residence of YL Ventures, a cybersecurity-focused venture capital firm, Sounil Yu provides entrepreneurs first-hand insights into product development, customer needs and how global enterprises evaluate cybersecurity vendors and their solutions pre- and post-investment.

Since being named FedEx CISO in January of 2018, Gene Sun has been guided by the principle that the most important factor in any cybersecurity program is trust.

Joyce Hunter is the Executive Director of the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT), a nonprofit cybersecurity and technology think tank. There, she is responsible for building and executing ICIT's mission of improving national security, increasing public and private sector cyber resiliency, and modernizing critical infrastructures.