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Keynote speaker. Cybersecurity, AI risk and leadership.
Security and AI, explained by someone who has actually been in the room.
Cherie Griffith-Dunn runs a healthcare cybersecurity firm, sits across the table from federal and state partners, and completed the FBI Citizens Academy. On stage she turns that into plain-English talks your audience can act on the next morning.
CISSPPMPSecurity+Certified CISOCloud ArchitectFBI Citizens Academy
Stages, summits and delegations
Southern Alberta AI ConferenceWBENCU.S. Department of Veterans AffairsAmCham GhanaU.S. Department of Commerce Trade Mission, NigeriaFairfield UniversityUrban League of Greater HartfordSBDC Puerto RicoLISCNWC We Mean Business SummitFCLUniversity audiences in Kenya
Signature keynotes
Talks that move a room to act
Every keynote is tailored to the audience, whether that is a boardroom, clinical leadership, an agency, a women's summit or a main stage, and delivered with the technical depth to back every claim.
K1AI Risk
AI Without the Aftermath
A board-ready framework for governing AI and compliance risk before it becomes a headline. What to adopt, what to gate, and who owns the decision.
Your audience leaves with: a one-page AI governance checklist for their next leadership meeting.
K2Healthcare
The Breach Before the Breach
Why hospitals and critical infrastructure keep getting hit, what attackers are actually after, and how to shift from reactive cleanup to proactive, real-time defense on a real budget.
Your audience leaves with: the five warning signs that show up months before a breach.
K3Leadership
Architect Your Own Future
For women and emerging leaders in tech: protecting your work, negotiating with confidence, and building rooms when the existing ones will not make space. From Bank of America leader to founder and CEO.
Your audience leaves with: a 90-day plan to claim the next role, raise, or seat at the table.
K4Governance
Secure by Design
A practical, plain-English cybersecurity playbook for executives, agency leaders and nonprofit boards who have to make the call without a security degree.
Your audience leaves with: the ten questions to ask their IT lead this quarter.
2Companies founded
2xInternational bestseller
5Industry certifications
5Countries
"In a few short years she went from a bright presence with a magnetic personality into a powerhouse of accomplishments, delivering on behalf of the federal government. Partnering with Cherie is a great decision."
About
The strategist in the room when the stakes are highest
Cherie Griffith-Dunn is the founder and CEO of Cyproteck Technologies, a cybersecurity and managed IT firm known as Healthcare's Digital Bodyguard, serving healthcare, government, nonprofit and education organizations. She also leads CGD LLC, a certified MWBE and EDWOSB firm focused on leadership development and organizational transformation.
Before founding her companies she was a leader at Bank of America. She holds an MBA from Grambling State University and completed the FBI Citizens Academy through the New Haven Field Office.
Known online as CyberCEO Mom, she mentors young women entering technology and speaks across the United States and abroad on cybersecurity, AI risk, healthcare defense and leadership. She has often been the only woman of her kind in the room, and then built new rooms to bring others in.
Author & contributing voice
Ideas that live beyond the stage.
Books on leadership, visibility and resilience—from Cherie’s own principles to the stories she shares alongside other women.
Latest book · Contributing author
You’re on Mute
13 Lessons for Women Frustrated with the Tech Sector
Featuring Cherie Griffith-Dunn’s chapter, “The Girl from the Hood: Coding Through Chaos.”
View on Amazon ↗
Contributing author
Voices of the 21st Century
Resilient Women Who Rise and Make a Difference.
Contributing author
Women Inspiring Nations
Volume 3: I’m Still Standing. Inspiring stories of determination, endurance and resilience.
Formats and details
How Cherie works with your event
Keynote45 to 60 minutes, with optional audience Q&A. Main stage or general session.
Fireside chat or panelModerated conversation or panel seat. Cherie can also moderate.
Board or executive briefing60 to 90 minutes, closed room, tailored to your risk profile and current decisions.
WorkshopHalf day or full day. Hands-on, with templates your team keeps.
VirtualLive keynote or briefing delivered remotely with a professional setup.
Where is Cherie based?Hartford, Connecticut. She travels nationwide and internationally.
How far ahead should we book?Six to eight weeks is ideal. Shorter timelines are possible; ask.
Does she customize the talk?Yes. Every engagement includes a pre-event call so the examples and takeaways fit your audience.
What do you need from us?Event date, location or virtual, audience size and makeup, the outcome you want, and your budget range.
Can she sign books?Yes. Copies of You're On Mute can be arranged for your attendees.
Book Cherie
Give your audience the expert they will quote for years
Share your event date, audience and the outcome you want. You will hear back within two business days with availability and a fee range.
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Hartford, Connecticut. In person and virtual, nationwide.
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