Wendi Whitmore

Wendi Whitmore is the Chief Security Intelligence Officer at Palo Alto Networks, where she leads efforts to transform cyber threat intelligence into actionable defense strategies. She previously led Unit 42, Palo Alto Networks' elite incident response and threat intelligence team, which responds to over 1,000 cyber incidents annually. With over two decades of experience, she has built and directed incident response teams at IBM, CrowdStrike, and Mandiant, and began her career as a Special Agent with the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations.