Rob Sloan has more than 20 years of experience in cybersecurity. Before joining Zscaler, he was the research rirector at the Wall Street Journal's WSJ Pro, where he led a research team focused on cybersecurity, AI, and sustainability. He also wrote a weekly column to help board directors understand cyber-risk. His career began with the UK government, investigating early state-sponsored cyberattacks on government, military, and critical infrastructure networks. He then became response director at a specialist IT security consultancy in London, assisting corporate victims of cyberattacks with investigation and response. Rob holds an undergraduate degree in German and Spanish and a master's degree in modern German history and literature. He earned a Chief Risk Officer Certificate from Carnegie Mellon and is currently studying an MIT Sloan course on the implications of artificial intelligence on business strategy.