Eddie Schwartz is block.one’s Chief Security Officer (CSO) responsible for the strategy and day-to-day direction of the firm’s global cyber and physical security programs.

Eddie has held numerous executive leadership positions, including Chief Operating Officer for pioneering advertising fraud firm WhiteOps, Inc., VP/Global Leader for Cyber Security Solutions at Verizon; VP/Chief Security Officer for RSA Security; Co-Founder and Chief Security Officer of NetWitness (acquired by EMC); Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of ManTech International; EVP/General Manager of Global Integrity (acquired by INS); and Senior Vice President of Operations of Guardent (acquired by VeriSign). He has also served as Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Nationwide Insurance.

Eddie served on the Board of Advisors for multiple early stage / start-ups companies, including Observable Networks and My Digital Shield and has also led global security industry working groups as a member of the International Board of Directors of ISACA and Chairman of ISACA’s Global Cyber Security Taskforce, and a former member of the Executive Committee of the U.S. Financial Services Roundtable