Adrian Ludwig

CISO at Atlassian

Adrian Ludwig is the Chief Trust Officer at Atlassian. Adrian joined the company in May 2018 and served as the Chief Information Security Officer for three years. Prior to Atlassian, Adrian held a number of security leadership positions at leading technology companies, including building out the security capabilities at Nest, Macromedia, Adobe, and Android (Google). He is also an active cybersecurity advisor and angel investor. As a self-described hacker in his early years, Adrian was recruited by the Department of Defense when he was 16. They put him through college and, after graduation, put him to work for several years, finding security flaws in cryptographic and computer network systems.