Rob Sloan is VP, Cybersecurity Advocacy at Zscaler where he creates thought leadership and leads Zscaler's board engagement program. Previously, Rob served as Research Director at the Wall Street Journal's WSJ Pro, where he lead a research team focused on cybersecurity, AI, and sustainability issues. Before Dow Jones, he worked as Response Director for a specialist IT security consultancy in London and built a team focused on detecting, investigating and protecting against cyber intrusions and responding to incidents, especially state-sponsored attacks. Rob began his career working for the U.K. government in defense and foreign affairs, looking at some of the earliest state sponsored cyberattacks against the government, military and critical national infrastructure networks. Rob’s undergraduate degree was in German and Spanish and he later completed a Masters degree in Modern German History. He achieved a Chief Risk Officer Certificate from Carnegie Mellon and studied for a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist qualification.
