Amanda Fennell
Adjunct Professor | Tulane University
New Orleans, LA, UNITED STATES
Amanda Fennell is an information technology and cybersecurity expert.
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Amanda Fennell has taught courses ranging from incident response and digital forensics to operationalizing threat intelligence since 2013. Fennell entered the industry after completing a master’s in digital forensics (High-Tech Crime) from The George Washington University. After several years of working as a government contractor and managing security for the Fortune 50, Fennell accumulated certifications to ensure mastery of some of the most important tools and theories in security: CHFI, EnCE, ACE, CISSP, ITIL and most recently a Certificate in Cybersecurity from the Rutgers College as a commitment to ongoing education.
Amanda has been a remote leader in the security space for 12 years and now lives in New Orleans with her husband (also Tulane adjunct faculty for neurosurgery) and three children.
Fennell joined the Relativity team in 2018 as a chief security officer. In her role, she is responsible for championing and directing security strategy. What was once a vision is now a fully developed global team called Calder7, where cybersecurity, product security and compliance specialists converge to deliver Relativity’s fully integrated security program.
Before joining Relativity, Fennell served as the global head of cyber response and digital forensics at Zurich Insurance Company. She also held several management and consulting positions at Symantec, Dell SecureWorks, Booz Allen Hamilton and Guidance Software where she garnered a wealth of knowledge on how to build and scale intelligence-driven security programs.
As an advocate for pro-active career management and advancement, Fennell served on the advisory board of Rutgers University - Rutgers Cyber Academy, an educational institution committed to creating the next generation of cybersecurity professionals. She is an active supporter of closing the opportunity divide with organizations like Year Up where the mission is to close the opportunity divide by ensuring that young adults gain the skills, experiences and support that will empower them to reach their potential through careers and higher education.
Areas of Expertise (6)
Digital Forensics
Security Strategy
Cybersecurity Education
Cybersecurity
Information Technology
Cyber response
Education (2)
The George Washington University: Masters, Forensic Science, High Tech Crime, Computer Forensics 2008
Radford University: Bachelor of Science, Anthropology, Archeology, Osteology and Ceramics 2001
Media Appearances (6)
One-time passwords raising concerns over phishing attacks, SIM swapping
The National Desk tv
2024-07-29
Amanda Fennell, an adjunct Professor at Tulane University and cyber security expert said that one-time passwords act as a secondary way of authenticating your security.
It's not your imagination. CAPTCHA tests are getting harder
NPR online
2024-06-05
In fact, CAPTCHA tests are getting harder to answer. Amanda Fennell, chief information security officer for Prove, a cybersecurity firm, and an adjunct professor at Tulane University, joins us. Thanks so much for being with us.
The truth about those annoying CAPTCHA tests
Science Line online
2024-02-18
While CAPTCHAs have lost none of their capacity to annoy us humans, bots can now figure them out with relative ease. “They’re not actually as effective as everybody wants to think they are,” says Amanda Fennell, who teaches information technology at Tulane University and serves as chief information officer at Prove, a company that verifies the identity of internet users.
Pan-American Life hit in same cyber attack that hit Louisiana OMV
Nola.com | The New Orleans Advocate online
2023-12-05
Amanda Fennell, an adjunct professor in Tulane University’s cybersecurity program, said such attacks are increasingly common.
CSO Amanda Fennell brings her unconventional approach to legal, cyber and compliance issues to the Security Sandbox podcast
Security online
2021-03-18
Amanda Fennell, Chief Security Officer (CSO) at global legal and compliance technology company Relativity, has decided to bring her experience to audio in a new podcast called Security Sandbox. Fennell has more than a decade of experience in forensics and cybersecurity, is an adjunct professor at Tulane, and has past experience teaching courses ranging from incident response & digital forensics to operationalizing threat intelligence.
Microsoft ditching passwords with Tulane professor Amanda Fennell for Tuesday, Sept. 28
WVUE-Fox 8 online
2021-09-28
Microsoft ditching passwords
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