Olivia Makara is a director in K2 Integrity’s Cyber Resilience and Digital Investigations practice. Olivia works with clients across industries including technology, insurance, and financial and professional services to perform cybersecurity risk assessments and conduct AI assurance services. She also consults with clients on cyber threat detection and intelligence operations and manages complex investigations requiring digital analysis and threat monitoring.
Prior to joining K2 Integrity, Olivia held several roles at Ankura Consulting, most recently as director, cybersecurity. She managed cybersecurity engagements including in complex investigations, expert services, managed detection and response (MDR) and managed threat intelligence (MTI). She collaborated with engineering, threat detection operations, and client stakeholders to deliver on security monitoring architecture and execution for U.S.-based and international clients in varying industries including FinTech, global logistics, and insurance. Olivia provided analysis on cyber investigations, prepared expert reports, performed dark web searches, and led threat intelligence report creation for due diligence cases. She has also managed cybersecurity and privacy programs for clients requiring cross-team deliverables ranging from written privacy and security policies to penetration testing reports.
Before her time in Ankura’s managed detection and response practice, Olivia was a senior associate in its cybersecurity data analytics team, where she executed on-demand data mining services to identify sensitive data exposed in a data breach incident to meet client breach notification requirements.
Olivia received a M.S. in data science from Southern Methodist University and a B.S., summa cum laude, in economics from The George Washington University.