The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced the appointment of Laura Deaner as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), reporting to Lynn Bishop, Chief Information Officer.
Deaner will be responsible for managing DTCC’s enterprise-wide cyber strategies to protect the firm’s information and systems as well as designing and enhancing the organization’s information and cybersecurity programs and roadmaps to support DTCC business and resiliency efforts. In addition, she will continue to ensure that cyber resilience is incorporated into strategic firm initiatives, including product and technology deployments, AI-fueled innovation and cloud adoption.
Deaner brings more than 25 years of leadership and expertise in information security management to DTCC, including serving the last 12 years as CISO at Northwestern Mutual, S&P Global and, before that, PR Newswire. In each of these endeavors, Deaner led major cybersecurity transformation initiatives, bringing innovative approaches, new security practices and novel security architecture and governing practices, which produced measurable increases in program maturity. Prior to that, Deaner served in roles of increasing responsibility at Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan Chase and Citigroup.
Deaner has served as a Board Member with the Financial Services Information Sharing Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) since 2022 and is a NYU Tandon Cyber Fellows Advisory Council member.
“As we continue to strengthen our technology infrastructure to protect against cyber-threats, Laura’s expertise and leadership will enable us to drive a more holistic program to further upgrade our defense capabilities,” said Bishop. “Her deep experience as a CISO will be critical as we continue to implement innovative strategies and leverage new technologies to enhance our security operations and safeguard the global markets and our clients.”
Deaner said, “DTCC plays a vital role in safeguarding the global financial system, and I’m proud to contribute to that mission by advancing a resilient, adaptive and risk-aligned cybersecurity posture. This work is deeply collaborative, and I’m looking forward to partnering closely across teams to protect what matters most: trust, stability and market integrity.”