Arthur J Deane

Arthur J Deane

CISO | Author of "CCSP for Dummies" and "The Official (ISC)2 CISSP CBK, 6th Edition" | Adjunct Professor | Board Advisor | Angel Investor

American UniversityWashington, District of Columbia, United States

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Experience18+ Years

Executive Overview

Cybersecurity Executive with expertise in financial services, healthcare, and public sector. Author of CCSP for Dummies and The Official (ISC)2 CISSP CBK, 6th Edition.

Career Timeline

Professional employment history
  • 2025–Present· 1 yr 8 mos
    • Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Discover Financial ServicesCurrent
      Jul 2025–Present
    • VP, Cyber
      2025–Jul 2025
  • Jun 2020–Present· 6 yrs 3 mos
    • Adjunct ProfessorCurrent
      Jun 2020–Present
  • Oct 2023–2025· 1 yr 3 mos
    • CISO, Healthcare
      Oct 2023–2025
  • Oct 2020–Oct 2023· 3 yrs
    • VP & CISO, Card Business
      2022–Oct 2023
    • VP & CISO, Enterprise Data and Machine Learning
      2022–Mar 2023
    • Senior Director, Cyber
      Oct 2020–2022
  • Aug 2018–Oct 2020· 2 yrs 2 mos
    • Head of Security Risk Management
      Feb 2020–Oct 2020
    • Strategic Executive, Security and Compliance
      Aug 2018–2020
    • Head of Public Sector Security and Compliance Engineering
      Aug 2018–2020
  • Sep 2016–Aug 2018· 1 yr 11 mos
    • Head of Public Sector Security and Compliance
      Sep 2016–Aug 2018
  • 2015–Oct 2016· 1 yr 9 mos
    • Manager, Cyber Security and Privacy
      2015–Oct 2016
  • Nov 2012–2015· 2 yrs 2 mos
    • Lead Engineer, Cyber Security
      Nov 2012–2015
  • Aug 2010–Nov 2012· 2 yrs 3 mos
    • Senior Information Security Engineer
      Aug 2010–Nov 2012
  • Jun 2008–Aug 2010· 2 yrs 2 mos
    • Information Systems Engineer
      Jun 2008–Aug 2010

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Rochester Institute of Technology

Master’s Degree

Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance

University of Maryland

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Risk AssessmentProject ManagementInformation SecurityNetwork SecurityVulnerability AssessmentRisk ManagementProgrammingDoDComputer ForensicsCloud ComputingCloud SecurityInformation Security ManagementPenetration TestingCISSPCybersecurityInformation AssuranceSecurity AuditsComputer SecuritySystem ArchitectureSystems Engineering