Octavia is an experienced technical leader who specializes in Networks, Cyber Security, and building operationally excellent, motivated cross-functional, multi-cultural teams. With a focus on career growth, she is passionate about helping everyone she encounters reach their career goals. She is a highly technical, strategic leader who prides herself on understanding, solving problems, and discovering secure solutions for her business partners. She currently serves as an Information Security Officer for Equifax’s largest business unit. She is also the Founder and CEO of Augustus Redefined, an organization focused on the advancement of Black Women in Cyber. She believes that leaders should mentor, motivate trust, and lead their teams to act with integrity and openness. She often says, “A team is only as strong as their leaders and each leader casts a shadow that they will be held accountable for.”

Octavia received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from Spelman College and holds CISSP, GISP, GCWN and GSLC GIAC certifications. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, the Information Technology Senior Management Forum (ITSMF), Women in Technology (WiT), Women in Cybersecurity (WiCys), the International Consortium for Minorities and Cyber Professionals (ICMCP), the International Information Systems Security Consortium (ISC2), the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), and serves as a mentor to several participants within Year-Up Greater Atlanta.

In her spare time, Octavia enjoys traveling, spending time with her family, and mentoring. She truly believes that we are placed on this earth to help each other achieve greatness (whatever that may be).

 Information Security leader with progress oriented management experience. Proven ability to bring targeted focus on Security architecting in a variety of environments both commercial and government, with NIST, FISMA and PCI compliance experience. Security architecture and major security initiative implementation experience gathered from time spent embedded with the Department of Homeland Security & NASA Cyberterrorism Incident Response & DHS-CERT teams. 

Scott M. Giordano is an attorney with more than 20 years of legal, technology, and risk management consulting experience. An IAPP Fellow of Information Privacy and a Certified Information Security Systems Professional (CISSP), Scott serves as Spirion’s subject matter expert on multinational data protection and its intersection with technology, export compliance, internal investigations, information governance, and risk management. Prior to joining Spirion, he served as Director, Data Protection for Robert Half Legal and established the global privacy program for Esterline Technologies Corporation in Bellevue, WA. During his career, Scott has held senior positions at several legal technology firms and is listed as co-inventor on Intelligent Searching of Electronically Stored Information, patent application no. 13/842, 910. In addition, he taught the first law school course anywhere on electronic evidence and e-discovery. Scott is a member of the bar in Washington state, California, and the District of Columbia.