About the Guest
Roland Cloutier
Global Chief Security Officer at TikTok
As Global Chief Security Officer of ByteDance & TikTok, Roland Cloutier (@CSORoland) brings an unprecedented understanding and knowledge of global protection and security leadership to one of the world’s largest leading media, social, and online technology companies.
With over 25 years of experience in the military, law enforcement, and commercial sector, Roland is one of today’s leading experts in corporate and enterprise security, cyber-defense program development, and business operations protection.
Roland has functional and operational responsibility for cyber, information protection, data defense, operational risk, workforce protection, crisis management, and investigative security operations worldwide. Prior to ByteDance / TikTok, Roland served 10 years as Corporate Vice President and Global Chief Security Officer at ADP, Vice President and CSO of EMC, was a United States Air Force Combat Security Specialist, and an Aerospace Protection and Anti-Terrorism Specialist for the Department of Defense, and is an expert in fraud and healthcare crime as part of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
Paving the way for the world’s next generation of security leaders, Roland is also the distinguished author of his book, Becoming a Global Chief Security Executive Officer, where he shares his expertise on how to advance the practice of security executive management, security program architecture and how to effectively plan for the future demands of leadership in global security.