About me
James Nelson is the VP of Information Security at Illumio, the Zero Trust Segmentation company, where he is responsible for securing the company’s data, platforms, and products. With three decades of technology and security leadership experience, James has a passion for building effective and resilient security teams. James served as CSO at Pivotal Software during the company’s IPO journey, with responsibility for cybersecurity, physical security, and privacy, and was CISO at Aruba Networks, where he spent 6 years building their first cybersecurity program. He also started the security program at Juniper Networks, supporting the company through ten years of immense growth and transformation. James is based in Northern California, where he and his family are protected by three ferocious cats and two oblivious dogs.
