Daniel Ayala is a 20+ year career information security and risk professional and a 14 year holder of the Certified Information Security Systems Professional (CISSP) certification. His background in pharmaceutical and financial services has seen him working on efforts ranging from highly technical to policy and standards-related projects, from organisational design to leadership development. As the Director of Global Information Security at ProQuest, Daniel is currently responsible for technology security, data privacy, and technology risk and compliance across all ProQuest businesses. Daniel also has strong ties to the Information industry outside the office as he is regularly schooled by his wife, a former public and corporate librarian, on the matters that are important to librarians and patrons.
