Mario Costa
About Mario Costa
Mario Costa is the Director of Advanced Threat Detection at CIBC, with extensive experience in information security and project delivery roles.
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Mario Costa serves as the Director of Advanced Threat Detection at CIBC, a position he has held since 2019.
Current Role at CIBC
Since 2019, Mario Costa has been working at CIBC as the Director of Advanced Threat Detection. In this role, he has focused on building and enhancing the Threat Hunting team and leading the development of the Cyber Security Data Science practice. He also leads a Data Science team that utilizes machine learning and predictive modeling with large security telemetry data sets, and employs the ATT&CK framework in threat hunting activities.
Previous Experience at CIBC
Mario Costa has accumulated extensive experience at CIBC before becoming Director of Advanced Threat Detection. He served as Senior Manager - InfoSec Security Delivery from 2016 to 2019, Project Delivery Lead - InfoSec from 2014 to 2016, Continuous Audit Manager from 2012 to 2014, and Audit Manager from 2010 to 2012. He has also led initiatives such as Network Security from 1999 to 2002, further proving his long-standing dedication to CIBC's security infrastructure.
Experience at Hewlett-Packard
Mario Costa's tenure at Hewlett-Packard lasted from 1999 to 2010, during which he held various roles. He started as a Senior Security Analyst from 1999 to 2003, then as a Senior Network Analyst from 2003 to 2005. He then became an Account Lead from 2005 to 2010 and simultaneously served as the Account Service Delivery Manager from 2008 to 2010. His time at Hewlett-Packard provided him solid experience in security analysis and service delivery.
Certifications and Expertise
Mario Costa holds the CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) and CCSP (Certified Cloud Security Professional) certifications. These credentials denote his expertise in security and cloud security, further strengthening his role in advanced threat detection and cybersecurity data science.