Susan Koski

Susan Koski is the CISO and Head of Enterprise Information Security for The PNC Financial Services Group.

She is responsible for Information Security Strategy, Digital Identity for customers and the workforce; Data Protection; Fusion Center (cyber, insider, physical and fraud monitoring); Vulnerability Management; Threat Intelligence; Security Incident Management; Application Security; Security Metrics; Cloud Security; and Security Policy, Governance and Assessments.

Susan has more than 25 years of experience in Information Technology (IT), cybersecurity, business continuity, third-party risk management and IT risk management. She has also served in executive leadership roles with BNY Mellon (Managing Director of Technology Risk Management), Synovus (Chief Information Security Officer – CISO) and Aetna (Chief Data Protection Officer).

Susan has a record of rebuilding programs and developing highly functional teams. She re-engineers processes and technology for efficiency and innovation – or “Effovation” – creating opportunities for teams to achieve continuous learning and development through the use of creativity to tackle complex issues.

Susan holds a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering (cum laude) from the University of Pittsburgh and an Masters in Business Administration (summa cum laude) from Duquesne University.

She sits on the board of the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) and is a CISO Executive Network Advisory Council member, Governing Body Member for the Evanta Pittsburgh CISO program, Advisor for the Robert Morris University Information Systems & Communications PhD Advisory Board, member of the BITS Security Steering Committee and a board member of the Cyber Risk Institute.