Lauren Heyndrickx exemplifies leadership that integrates security into the core of business operations, transforming it into a strategic asset. As the Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Ralph Lauren, she spearheads global security and privacy initiatives, strengthening the company’s defenses against evolving cyber threats. Her 25 year cybersecurity journey includes transformative leadership roles at JCPenney and Verizon, where she revolutionized threat detection by implementing behavior-based intelligence – improving accuracy by 300% while reducing incident reviews by 90%.
Heyndrickx’s appearance on numerous prestigious lists, including the Global CISO 100 and “Top Female Leaders in Cybersecurity”, reflects both supreme subject matter expertise and her ability to translate complex technical concepts into business language. She serves on the CISO Governing Body for Evanta, where she regularly lends her wisdom to cybersecurity events and conferences. Colleagues describe Heyndrickx as “a highly perseverant problem solver” whose technical expertise is matched by her people-first leadership approach.
