Dr. Margaret Cunningham is the Technical Director, Security & AI Strategy at Darktrace, where she advises on AI security strategy, innovation, data security, and risk governance. She provides technical and strategic guidance to ensure enterprise security solutions evolve in response to emerging threats and customer needs. In this role she collaborates closely with security leaders, customers, and industry partners to advance AI-driven security solutions and best practices.

A recognized expert in human-centered security and behavioral analytics, Dr. Cunningham has spoken at major industry conferences, including RSA and Infosec, and her insights have been featured in leading cybersecurity and business publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, BBC, CyberWire, and Dark Reading.

With deep expertise spanning AI security, risk analytics, and behavioral modeling, Dr. Cunningham is a strong advocate for responsible AI and human-centric security design. Before joining Darktrace, she was the Principal Product Manager for Global Analytics at Forcepoint and Senior Staff Behavioral Engineer at Robinhood.

Cunningham holds a PhD in applied experimental psychology and has been awarded multiple patents on human-centric risk modeling, security persona development, and behavior-based threat detection.

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