T. Ben Mayrides is the Technical Director of Information Technology Security at AOL, a global Web services company whose business spans online content, products, and services offered to consumers, publishers, and advertisers. As head of the Information Security Program, Ben is responsible for defining companywide policies for information security and implementing solutions to safeguard AOL's information assets and global online consumer experience. He has been instrumental in building enterprise programs for risk analysis and advisory services, emerging online threat research and intelligence, information security incident management, and delivery of online consumer and infrastructure safeguards.

Prior to joining AOL, Ben served as a Senior Information Security Analyst at Global Integrity Corporation, an information security consulting and managed services subsidiary of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), with whom he has also held Federal contracting positions with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Energy.

Ben is a CISSP and graduate of George Mason University and is pursuing a dual MBA and Master's Degree in Financial Management and Information Systems at the University of Maryland.