Renita DiStefano

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President and CEO
SECOND DERIVATIVE, LLC
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About Renita

Renita is the founder, President and CEO of SECOND DERIVATIVE, LLC, a Native American, woman-owned business that provides a broad spectrum of technology services featuring strategic business/technology alignment, information security strategy, PMO & Portfolio Management capabilities. Renita has performed as both a CIO and a CISO, creating business, technology and information security strategy for medium to large sized businesses. One of the first Native American women to become a CISO, Renita is regarded as a pioneer in her field and one of just a handful of IBM iSeries information security specialists. 

Speaking Profile

Events & Dates
Event Session Date
6th Annual Cybersecurity Summit The Value of Third-Party Assessments and How to Engage for Meaningful Results 02/18/2026
November 2025 Certified Tribal Technology Professional Program What does it mean to be a technology leader in a Tribal organization? 11/17/2025
26th Annual TribalNet Conference & Tradeshow The Technology Steering Committee - what, why, and how 09/15/2025
2025 Midwest Regional Tribal Technology Forum Resilience Ready: Leadership, Continuity, and Recovery in the Face of Crisis 05/19/2025
2025 Northern California Regional Tribal Technology Forum Resilience Ready: Leadership, Continuity, and Recovery in the Face of Crisis 05/01/2025
2025 Southern California Regional Tribal Technology Forum Resilience Ready: Leadership, Continuity, and Recovery in the Face of Crisis 04/28/2025
5th Annual Cybersecurity Summit The Cybersecurity Program 02/26/2025
25th Annual TribalNet Conference & Tradeshow Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Data Governance 09/18/2024
2024 Midwest Regional Tribal Technology Forum Tabletop Exercises at a Glance 05/13/2024
2024 Southern California Regional Tribal Technology Forum Tabletop Exercises at a Glance 05/06/2024
2024 Northwest Regional Tribal Technology Forum Tabletop Exercises at a Glance 05/01/2024
4th Annual Cybersecurity Summit Breakout- Technical: Overcoming the Hurdles to Implementing Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) 03/07/2024
24th Annual TribalNet Conference and Tradeshow Zero Trust Architecture 09/20/2023