Iman Ghanizada

Award-winning Global Cybersecurity Leader. Author. Researcher. 2022 Forbes 30 under 30 honoree. Iman Ghanizada is the Global Head of Autonomic Security Operations at Google Cloud. Iman is a recognized thought leader in Security, and has also helped thousands of individuals become Google Cloud certified through his publication of the Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect All-In-One Series Exam Guide with McGraw Hill. Iman’s latest research led to the creation of Autonomic Security Operations, where he is on a mission to accelerate the world's adoption of Google-scale threat management capabilities.

Iman co-founded Afghan Refugee Relief, a coalition helping incoming Afghan refugees get resettled in America, and is a Virginia Tech alumni. Iman has a multi-faceted security and compliance background ranging from hands-on experience with small and mid-sized startups, to highly regulated financial institutions. In his prior role at Google, Iman led the Professional Services Security Consulting team across the West and Mid-west of North America, where he led Google’s largest healthcare security transformation and gaming security transformation.