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Andrea Manning

Andrea Manning

Acorn Life, Group CISO

Galway, Ireland

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Andrea Manning is the CISO at Acorn Life, bringing a decade of hard-won experience shaped by an unconventional career shift. Originally from South Africa, she began her cybersecurity journey through an access course, went on to complete a degree in Business Information Systems, and built her own cyber and privacy consultancy and app before taking on a senior leadership role. Her story challenges assumptions about who belongs in tech, and she advocates for broader, more diverse entry points into the cybersecurity profession.

Area of Expertise

  • Business & Management
  • Information & Communications Technology
  • Law & Regulation

Topics

  • cybersecurity
  • AI and Cybersecurity
  • Cybersecurity Threats and Trends
  • cybersecurity awareness
  • Cybersecurity Governance and Risk Management
  • Cybersecurity Strategy
  • Emerging Cybersecurity Topics
  • Women in Cyber
  • cybersecurity compliance
  • DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act)
  • NIS2

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February 2026 Galway, Ireland

Andrea Manning

Acorn Life, Group CISO

Galway, Ireland

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