Mihoko Matsubara

Mihoko is Chief Cybersecurity Strategist, NTT, Inc., Tokyo, being responsible for cybersecurity thought leadership. 

Mihoko worked at the Japanese Ministry of Defense before completing her MA at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies on Fulbright. Most recently, Mihoko was the Vice President and Public Sector Chief Security Officer for the Asia-Pacific region at Palo Alto Networks.

Mihoko is an author of three awarded books on cybersecurity, Ukraine’s cyber war, and resilience lessons from Ukrainian critical infrastructure companies. 

She is Associate Fellow for Cyber at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London; and Non-resident Fellow at the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR), Washington D.C.