TPO Group

In an opinion piece for the Financial Times, “AI’s hacking capabilities are severely underestimated,” TPO Group CSO Tarah Wheeler opens: “A few weeks ago I gave a talk to Indiana’s public sector about how AI will impact cyber security. After the talk, an IT director told me he was being pressured by his boss to ‘get everyone on AI’ while still trying to figure out 20-year-old cyber security problems like staff using personal devices for business. I gave him a few cyber hygiene tips — but the...

Tarah Wheeler is CISO at TPO Group. TPO is an acronym for technology, policy and operations, and the firm provides cybersecurity consultancy for high-stakes organizations such as critical industries and federal agencies. But despite this elevated position, her journey was far from typical. “I absolutely did not choose this career on purpose,” she said. “No, I fell backwards into it. I feel like this career dragged me into an alley, coshed me over the head, and said, ‘You’re one of us now....

We’re proud to announce a strategic partnership between TPO Group and Legato Security - bringing together two organizations with deep roots in national security and defense to deliver truly end-to-end, mission-ready cybersecurity. This collaboration combines TPO Group’s expertise in cyber defense strategy, incident response, supply chain risk management, and executive advisory with Legato Security’s 24×7 managed detection and response, SOC excellence, and CMMC Level 2–aligned capabilities....