Who is leading the way in enterprise security? These 26 thought-leaders are making a difference, positively impacting the security field, their organization, colleagues and peers and the national and global security landscape.

When the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was enacted more than a year ago, it was far reaching, and many organizations were caught off guard because they thought it didn’t apply to them. But in fact, it did. Now the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is about to go into effect.

Anxious feelings towards facial recognition can, if unchecked, reach a point where they undermine common sense and our ability to leverage new technologies in the protection of the innocent and prosecution of the guilty.

David Venable is the vice president of cybersecurity at Masergy, a networking services company in Plano, Texas.

Mark Weatherford’s forward-leaning leadership is evident in how he’s quickly created new collaboration and information sharing opportunities across the six brand companies of Booking Holdings, which include Agoda.com, Booking.com, BookingGO.com, Kayak.com, OpenTable.com and Priceline.com.

Across his career, Grant Reveal has provided an inclusive structure for his teams, allowing for the empowerment of his employees to learn and grow and, through empowered decision making, to contribute to the success of the team and organization while also experiencing professional and personal growth.

Dr. Chase Cunningham is the main pioneer and face for the “Zero Trust” security framework, which has become one of the most talked-about cybersecurity strategies.

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the Student Online Personal Protection Act of 2019, a measure that gives parents more control over online information schools collect from students and how their data is used.

Bulgaria’s DSK Bank, a unit of Hungary’s OTP Group, has been fined 1 million levs ($569,930) for a data breach that affected over 33,000 clients, the country’s Commission for Personal Data Protection said.