Maria Carmela Migriño (Chairman and President at Women in Security Alliance Philippines (WiSAP))

Maria Carmela Migriño

Chairman and President at Women in Security Alliance Philippines (WiSAP)

Mel is the Chairman and President of the Women in Security Alliance Philippines (WiSAP). She is part of the Executive Committee of the ASEAN CIO Association. She has been cited as 2022 Influencer by the International Security Journal and has been recently cited by Technology Magazine, Energy Digital and Cyber Magazine as a leading CISO among global cybersecurity leaders and a regular contributor in Women in Security Magazine in Australia. She is the former Cyber Security Leader of a Big 4 auditing firm and the largest fintech in the Philippines.
She has more than 15 years of combined experience in Cyber and IT Governance, Application and Infrastructure Security, Operational Technology (OT) Security, Business Continuity, Privacy, IT Audit, Project Management across multiple industries. She led the PCIDSS Certification for the largest payments network in the Philippines. Further, through her leadership, Meralco’s Fintech Subsidiary, Bayad won the W Media Awards for Southeast Asia under Cybersecurity Implementation on 2021.

Mel earned several recognitions in 2022 and in 2021 among those are
Security Leader of the Year 2022 by Women in IT Awards
Top Woman ASEAN Award 2022
Cyber Woman of the Year 2022, PhilSec Awards
Top 100 Global Leaders for Infosec 2022
Top 30 Global Hall of Fame as cited by Passion Vista Magazine
2022 Influencer as cited by International Security Journal, UK