Roland Cloutier
(fmr) Global Chief Security Officer, TikTok & ByteDance, ADP, EMC. Founder/Partner, The Business Protection Group
With over 25 years of experience in the military, law enforcement, and commercial sector, Roland Cloutier is a globally recognized technology and security leader and has delivered an unprecedented understanding of global protection, digital technology enablement, and security leadership to critical infrastructure industries.
In Roland’s most recent role as Global Chief Security Officer of ByteDance & TikTok, Roland provided functional and operational responsibility for cyber, risk, and crisis management worldwide. Prior to ByteDance / TikTok, Roland served 10 years as Corporate Vice President and Global Chief Security Officer at ADP, a global provider of comprehensive payroll services spanning more than 120 countries across the globe. Prior to ADP, Roland served as Vice President and CSO of EMC.
Roland was most recently honored as and inductee into IDG’s CSO Hall of Fame, the CISO 100, and was the RSA Conference’s Excellence in the Field of Information Security Award Winner. He was also named the #1 Security Executive of the Year by ExecRank.
Paving the way for the world’s next generation of security leaders, Roland is also the distinguished author of his book, ‘Becoming a Global Chief Security Executive Officer’. He is a sought-after public speaker and has been featured in global publications, national television, and has lectured at many universities including Columbia, UCLA, Harvard, Dartmouth, and MIT.
Roland is a member of the Executive Security Action Forum, The Security World 50, and serves on the Board of Directors Cyber Subcommittee for Blue Cross Blue Shield Association of America, and the Board of The International Consortium of Minority Cybersecurity Professionals (ICMCP).