Amanda Fennell

Amanda joined the Tulane SOPA faculty in 2020 and has been teaching cybersecurity since 2013. In her current role as CSO/CIO, Amanda is responsible for championing and directing security strategy in risk management and compliance practices as well as building and supporting Prove's information technology. She also hosted Relativity’s Security Sandbox, a security podcast which looked to explore and explain the unique links between non-security topics and the security realm. Prior to joining Prove, Amanda was the CSO/CIO at Relativity, and served as the global head of cyber response and digital forensics at Zurich Insurance Company. She also held several management and consulting positions at Symantec, Dell SecureWorks, Booz Allen Hamilton, and Guidance Software. Amanda received her Master’s in Forensic Science in the field of Digital Forensics: High-Technology Crime Investigation at the George Washington University. She has been teaching cybersecurity with a focus on incident response, digital forensics, and threat intelligence since 2013.