Lara Meadows

Lara Meadows is the Global Vice President of Security Architects at ThreatConnect, a Threat and Risk-Informed Defense Platform. With more than 20 years of experience, she began her career as a security systems engineer at Trusted Information Systems (TIS), the pioneer of the first firewall, and went on to hold technical leadership roles at Symantec, Cisco, HP ArcSight/Micro Focus and Recorded Future. She has built and led global security engineering teams, helped start-ups grow into Gartner-recognized leaders, and guided Fortune 500 companies and U.S. federal agencies in strengthening their cybersecurity strategies. A passionate advocate for advancing women in technology, Lara mentors through organizations like WiCyS, #GirlsClub, WiT, and the PreSales Collective. She holds CISSP, CISM, and GIAC certifications