Career profile
Nicole Ford
Chief Information Security Officer, Nordstrom
Security seat record: Nordstrom on CISO Tribune
- Role as of 13 December 2023, the date of the latest source
- December 2023
- · Updated
As of December 2023, Nicole Ford was the chief information security officer of Nordstrom, a role she joined that month after holding the same title at Rockwell Automation.
Career path
Ford began her career in the United States military and federal government, including the Joint Chiefs of Staff, where she worked on security, network engineering and telecommunications.
She later served as Director of Information Security at the law firm Venable LLP.
Ford then became Vice President of Information Security and Chief Information Security Officer at Baxter International, with global responsibility for information security, information governance and IT quality compliance.
She moved to Carrier as Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, overseeing global information security and product Internet of Things cybersecurity; by September 2021 she was starting her third year in that role.
Ford next served as Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Rockwell Automation, where she led security transformation initiatives and built cybersecurity programs.
Nordstrom named Ford its chief information security officer in December 2023, and she relocated to Seattle for the role.
Remit at Nordstrom
At Nordstrom, Ford oversees the company's security team and its Governance, Risk and Compliance team.
Announcing the hire, a Nordstrom spokesperson said she "has successfully guided complex organizations through security transformation journeys, creating best-in-class cybersecurity programs, and leading high-performing teams."
Background and recognition
Ford holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems from the University of Phoenix and a master's degree in Management of Information Technology from the University of Virginia, along with CCISO, CISM, CEH and CISSP certifications.
She has served on the boards of IT-ISAC, Tech Hub South Florida and the Lola Mercedes Parker Foundation, and previously served on the boards of H-ISAC, NTSC and Evanta.
She is also a member of the Cybersecurity Collective and the Evanta CISO Governing Body.
Ford has twice received the Top 100 CISO Award and earned a CSO50 recognition.
Sources
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