Xcel Energy
CISO & Director of IT Security & Risk Management, Xcel Energy
Douglas DeGrote is the Chief Information Security Officer and director of IT Security & Risk Management at Xcel Energy. In this role, he has leadership responsibility for developing and delivering IT security, disaster recovery and business continuity strategies for a major U.S. electricity and natural gas utility with operations across eight states. DeGrote and his team have a strong record of working together with internal and external experts as well as government entities to identify, assess, respond to and defend against ever evolving cyber threats and ensuring the reliability and resiliency of the energy grid.