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Hugh Pierce

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Customer Advisory Board at Rapid7
📍 United States

Hugh Pierce is a CISO with over 20 years of experience, currently leading security at Inspira Financial. He champions a business-first approach to security, focusing on risk management and enabling growth. Colleagues describe him as knowledgeable, collaborative, and technically inquisitive, with a calm leadership style that brings stability to his teams. He holds a BS from Dalhousie University and a C|CISO certification.

A unique fact: Hugh is the co-lead for the Safeguard 2026 workshop, focusing on the practical and secure deployment of advanced agentic AI within the financial services industry.

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Experience
27 Years
Current Role
Customer Advisory Board
Job Level
Leadership
Location
United States
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AI in Financial Services
As a self-described "AI Innovator" and co-lead of an AI workshop, he is focused on deploying agentic AI in finance while adhering to governance and regulatory expectations.
Business-Aligned Security
He emphasizes understanding the priorities of non-technical teams and communicating from a business perspective, viewing security as a partner for growth.
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Career

Work history

7-2025
Customer Advisory Board
Rapid7
6-2025
Villager
Team8
6-2024
Customer Advisory Council
Cloudflare
2-2023
Chief Information Security Officer
Inspira Financial
12-2022
vCISO and Owner
ForenSec Ltd
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Education
1994 - 1998
BS
Dalhousie University
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