Roota Almeida is the Chief Information Security Officer at Delta Dental of New Jersey (DDNJ) and Connecticut (DDCT), where she is responsible for developing and implementing enterprise-wide information security strategy, policies, risk assessments, and controls.
Roota has been instrumental in helping to establish Delta Dental of New Jersey’s Office of Information Security and leading the development and implementation of enterprise-wide information security strategy, policies, risk assessments, and controls. She joined DDNJ in 2015 from Covanta Holdings Corp., where she was CISO and led all aspects of information security and risk, including global information security awareness programs, policies, business continuity, and incident response teams.
Her no-holds-bar approach to cybersecurity, combined with her over 18 years of experience establishing and maintaining global security strategies, architectures, standards, and compliance, has provided her with the unique ability to view every threat as an opportunity to preserve brand security. She serves as a member of the Board of Advisors at several organizations, a governing body chair for Evanta’s NJ CxO Summits and other technology conferences, a faculty, and a security awards judge. Her in-depth experience and expertise in the field of information security and risk management can be measured by the various articles, eBooks, interviews, and podcasts she has to her credit. She holds CCISO, CISSP, CISM, and CRISC certifications.
She believes more women should be encouraged to pursue STEM careers and has started a summer internship program at DDNJ specifically designed to give graduating female high school students insight into the field of corporate cybersecurity. Roota is also working to build and encourage new talent and solutions in the security arena.
