Ricardo Lafosse

CISO Kraft Heinz

Ricardo Lafosse Chief Information Security Officer Kraft Heinz Ricardo Lafosse is chief information security officer for Kraft Heinz. Lafosse is responsible for IT risk governance, OT security, incident management, technical disaster recovery, and determining enterprise-wide security policies and procedures. Lafosse regularly presents on security topics at global conferences, including Blackhat, Defcon, RSA, ISACA and Secure World. He is an avid gamer and anime nerd. Prior to his current role, Lafosse was chief information security officer for Morningstar, where he was responsible for providing strategic information security leadership, implementation and governance for the Information Security Program. Lafosse has more than 20 years of experience in information security in the following sectors: manufacturing, government, finance, legal, healthcare and education. Lafosse holds a Master’s in Information Assurance from Iowa State University. He also holds the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) designations. # # #