Dr. Bilyana Lilly is an Associate Director at Accenture with over 20 years of experience in technology and cybersecurity. She specializes in security management, information warfare, cyber risk, and business engagement, advising organizations on strategies to strengthen resilience in cyberspace.

Dr. Lilly is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and an Adjunct Fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD). She serves on the advisory boards of NightDragon and RunSafe Security and chairs the Democratic Resilience Track of the Warsaw Security Forum. She also leads The Shadow Writers, a community of intelligence professionals.

Previously, she held leadership roles at the Krebs Stamos Group and Deloitte’s Financial Cybersecurity Practice. Dr. Lilly holds a PhD in policy analysis and three master’s degrees, including an honors degree from Oxford University. She is the author of Russian Information Warfare and Digital Mindhunters, and her work has been cited by The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and Foreign Policy.

Her career has taken her from being denounced by Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to being chased by a Russian soldier—and even being called a “cyber expert” by Tom Hanks. At every stage, her focus has remained the same: building stronger, more secure, and more resilient systems that safeguard both organizations and democracies in the digital age.