With over 19 years' experience in Information Technology, Daniela Fernandez is a cyber security and analytics leader, who values integrity, diversity of thought, continuous learning, sense of achievement and a healthy work/life integration.
Currently Daniela is the Head of Information Security at PayPal Australia. Before that, Daniela was Director of Cyber Risk and Strategy at Deloitte. Prior to Deloitte, Daniela worked in multiple roles at CBA, across protective security services, intelligence, fraud detection and cyber security. Her last role at CBA was Executive Manager, Business Information Security Officer.
Daniela is one of the Sydney chapter leads for AWSN, actively encouraging women to pursue a career in security. Daniela is part of the Australia CXO Tribe Steerco Committee, fostering cross industry collaboration and knowledge sharing across CISOs and one of the Governing body leads of the Evanta Sydney CISO Community.
Daniela’s contributions to the security community have been recognised in the industry. In 2022 Daniela was a finalist for the 2022 AISA awards under the category of Cyber Security Professional of the year and one of the winners for the 2022 CSO30 Awards. In 2023 she took out top place in the Leadership category of the CSO30 Awards.
Daniela has a bachelor’s degree in computer science and software engineering and a Master of IT in system security. She also holds multiple industry certifications including CISM, CRISC, CDPSE and CFE.
