Su Gaustad

Su Gaustad is the Senior Director of Cybersecurity at Ameriprise Financial. She is leading the Cyber Security Defense Center, including 24×7 threat monitoring operation, incident response, threat intelligence, and counter measure development. For nearly two decades, she has delivered enterprise IT solutions and capabilities ranging from secure code development to endpoint and network controls. She has worked in a range of industries, including financial institutions, IT consulting, retail, manufacturing, government, healthcare and education. She also holds both Certified Ethical Hacker and Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certifications. Su received a Master of Science in Information Security from Carnegie Mellon University, an MBA from the University of St. Thomas and a Bachelor of Computer Engineering from Kasetsart University.