CyberEdBoard Profiles in Leadership: Melina Scotto Mastin

Accomplished CISO on Her Career Journey and Leading Collaborative Cyber Efforts Anna Delaney (annamadeline) • November 20, 2024

Melina Scotto Mastin, an accomplished CISO and CyberEdBoard member, shared how her journey from network engineering to CISO shaped her leadership style. She emphasized collaborative cybersecurity approaches, advocating for “shift-left” practices that integrate security early in projects, helping her teams maintain agility while reducing risk.

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"We met daily and almost in a scrum setting," Scotto Mastin said. "We met with the developer teams as they were developing this every single day … by the time you get to that final analysis, which is called an ATO in the federal space, you've already passed all of those markers." She pointed out that embedding cybersecurity early, or "shifting left," ultimately saves time and boosts system reliability.

In this video interview with Information Security Media ...