Betty Elliott is an accomplished information security leader with over 19 years of experience and a proven track record of building successful security programs across financial, retail, business processing outsourcing and consulting industries.

Betty joined Freddie Mac in December of 2020 as their SVP, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).  She leads a team of over 250 Information Security professionals and is responsible for identifying, evaluating, solutioning, operationalizing and reporting on information security risks in a manner that meets compliance and regulatory requirements, and aligns with and supports the risk posture of the enterprise. 

Previously, Betty was at Mercer where she served as Partner, CISO.  She was responsible for establishing and maintaining the enterprise vision, strategy and program to ensure that Mercer’s digital information assets and technologies were adequately protected. 

She has served as VP, CISO at MoneyGram International, Convergys and Stream Global Sourcing and has led security teams at Ameriprise Financial, Allianz Life and Best Buy.

Betty was recognized as a CISOs Connect C100 top 100 CISO’s in its inaugural and third year and was asked to be an Esteemed Judge in its second year.  She is a founding board member of the non-profit organization Security Advisor Alliance which was established in 2013.  The mission of the Alliance:  We unite CISO’s, to align the leaders of cybersecurity in support of one another, promote the growth of our members and give back to community organizations and startups.