Deb Briggs  is currently the Chief Security Officer at NETSCOUT Systems location in Westford, MA, where she has been in this position the last ten years of her 16 year career at NETSCOUT.   She is also a Vice President on Family Services of the Merrimack Valley Boards of Directors, a non-profit social service agency engaged in game changing work which helps children and families live their BEST lives.

Ms. Briggs has over 25 years of experience in IT and information security in high technology and healthcare organizations; the last 16 years at NETSCOUT.  She is committed about taking a risk based approach that focuses on protecting the company.  Additionally, she serves as a co-chair the MassTLC security council.  MassTLC is the largest tech association in Massachusetts where peers get connected, and learn from other industry leaders.

An experienced IT Security leader, Ms. Briggs providing executive leadership, vision and managerial oversight in development and implementation of cyber security strategy to define state-of-the-art policies and processes that establish consistent, effective information security practices and minimize risk