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About Theodore Darko
Theodore Darko is a Senior Information Security leader and CISO with 20+ years of experience advancing cybersecurity strategy, enterprise risk management, and regulatory compliance across global financial institutions, including leadership roles at KBC Bank in New York. I build and mature security programs that strengthen resilience, meet regulatory expectations, and deliver measurable business value.
Key achievements include reducing infrastructure risk by 30–40% through secure cloud transformation, achieving zero high‑risk audit findings, improving incident response efficiency by over 35%, and cutting phishing‑related risk by more than 40%.