Dark Reading's 20th anniversary special coverage highlights 20 influential figures who shaped the CISO era over the past two decades, showing how cybersecurity evolved from a technical function to a critical business and national security role. The retrospective features pioneers like Steve Katz, the first CISO, and notable figures such as Dan Kaminsky, who uncovered the Great DNS Vulnerability, Marcus Hutchins, the hero who stopped WannaCry ransomware, and Troy Hunt, creator of the Have I Been Pwned? breach database, illustrating their diverse impacts in law, policy, threat intelligence, cybercrime, and device security.
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