Kerry-Ann Barrett Cybersecurity Program Manager

Kerry-Ann Barrett, is the Section Chief of the Cybersecurity Section within the Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism of the Organization of American States (OAS/CICTE) and coordinates the cybersecurity capacity building efforts to OAS member states. She is a trained attorney at law with over 20 years of public sector and multi-lateral experience, and leads a team of professionals to deliver strategic
cybersecurity capacity intervention. Through the design, planning and execution of cybersecurity initiatives, including: development and implementation of National Cybersecurity Strategies; provision of Technical Training to policy makers and technical public officers, establishment and strengthening of national cybersecurity incident response teams (nCSIRTs) and facilitation of cybersecurity awareness
tools, she currently supports countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Additionally, she is an expert public speaker on regional and international cyberspace topics, with a focus on cyber-related issues in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Kerry-Ann has extensive public sector and multi-lateral experience in cybersecurity policy development, internet governance and cybersecurity risk mitigation. She possesses a Post Graduate Diploma in International Arbitration, a Master’s in Business Administration (Distinction) in International Business, a Bachelor of Law (LLB . with distinction) and Certificates in E-Diplomacy, Cyber Security Risk Management and Legal Frameworks for ICTs.

Mrs. Barrett holds several designations such as a member of the Board of Curators for the portal on cybersecurity capabilities of the University of Oxford, an Oxford Martin Associate as a member of the Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre’s Expert Advisory Panel, a member of the Advisory Group focusing on the principles of Cyber Capacity Building under Chatham House and the Advisory Committee of the Humanitarian Cybersecurity Centre under the Cyber Peace Institute