Sonia Arista serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Signify Health, bringing over 25 years in IT program management and consulting in the areas of governance, risk and compliance, with the last 15 years focused on enterprise data protection and risk management. Prior to joining Signify Health, Sonia was the Healthcare CISO for Fortinet and prior CISO at Tufts Medical Center and the Floating Hospital for Children, and has also been contracted as an interim CISO for several healthcare advanced-technology entities like Wellforce, Nuance Communications and Verscend Technologies. Her experience in information security leadership includes board-level advisement, incident response, and rapid program alignment to support mergers and acquisitions. Originally from Houston, Sonia graduated from Southern Methodist University in Dallas with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Business Administration, and completed her Masters in Science in Cybersecurity at Brown University. She currently lives in the Boston area, contributes time as a professional mentor to young professionals seeking a career in security, and guest lectures for organizations promoting women in STEM and minority advancement. Specialties: Virtual and Interim Chief Information Security Officer , Cybersecurity Advisor for Board and Executive Management , Healthcare Data Risk Management and Compliance Analyst (HIPAA, PCI, MA CMR 201 ), Business Process Reengineering, Cross - Functional Team Building, Mobile Security Management, Provider and Payer Information Security, Union Remediatation Planning; Application Security Analyst, Training and Education, BYOD Mobile Strategy Development, Program and Product Strategy Development.