Matt Fussa

As Vice President, Trust & Compliance, Matt Fussa leads a global team of technical and business professionals, including country cybersecurity officers and compliance experts. The Trust & Compliance Office partners with government cybersecurity agencies and customers to share security best practices and shape both cyber risk management and security regulations. Matt has responsibility for maintaining customer trust across SaaS, hardware, and data security compliance for Cisco.

With over two decades of leadership experience in the public and private sectors, Matt has made significant contributions to Cisco’s success by leading efforts to enhance SaaS market access and obtaining essential certifications such as FedRAMP, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and EUCS. Other key accomplishments have included overseeing Cisco’s focused strategy to combat counterfeiting and managing the response to government, law enforcement, and national security data demands.

Matt began his career at Cisco as lead legal counsel for the Global Government Solutions Group and eventually led legal support across the Americas regions, managing a large team of attorneys on business transactions, financing, regulatory compliance, acquisitions and integration, and the divestiture of legacy products from the Cisco portfolio. Following that success, he was selected to be the Cisco Scholar in Residence at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., where he studied cybersecurity policy and worked closely with industry leaders and government officials. In his current role, he and his team are viewed as trusted advisors to Cisco’s executive leadership team on matters of cybersecurity risk and regulatory compliance.

Matt is also a decorated U.S. Marine, where he served as a platoon and company commander, an international law specialist at the Pentagon, and held various senior legal leadership positions in the operating forces before retiring from the Marine Corps Reserves.