Several ISACA members were among those evaluating her candidacy, she says, and they acknowledged recognizing her from the group's events.

WSJ: If You Want to Stand Out, Join the Crowd

These include SANS, ISACA, ISC(2), ISO, OWASP, and the Cloud Security Alliance.

FORBES: An Open Letter to Senator Rockefeller

In a recent survey of 4, 500 high-level IT professionals in 83 countries, ISACA (the Information Systems Audit and Control Association) discovered that organizations fear the risks of using public cloud services.

FORBES: Cloud Data Security: How to Analyze your Risk