Mandy Andress is a globally recognised cybersecurity leader and Chief Information Security Officer at Elastic. She is widely regarded for her industry influence and thought leadership. She serves on advisory boards including Glilot Capital Partners, Team8, and Hetz Ventures, and is an Investor at SVCI and Venture Advisor at YL Ventures. A frequent speaker at major conferences such as BlackHat and Networld + Interop, she is also Adjunct Faculty at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and author of Surviving Security, a widely adopted academic textbook.