My team is constantly developing, enhancing, and advancing the cybersecurity solutions that protect our nation’s defense systems, citizen services, and financial infrastructure. It’s work that often goes unrecognized because it’s being conducted behind the scenes by an unflinching workforce, and it is critical to our country’s economic security.
Meet Alice
Vice President
Alice Fakir is a leader in Booz Allen’s citizen services business. She has more than 15 years of experience developing cyber governance, risk, and compliance solutions; executing systems integration; and shaping cybersecurity policies for Fortune 100 companies, U.S. government, and international commercial entities. As a thought leader, she is focused on helping clients achieve enterprise risk awareness by integrating their solutions architecture across business IT resources; security engineering and operations, and cyber risk. Alice champions diversity and inclusion as one of three executive sponsors for Booz Allen’s Multicultural Business Resource Group.
After 12 years at Booz Allen, Alice spent several years in the financial services industry working as an executive director at Morgan Stanley. Later, she returned to Booz Allen, where she now applies her knowledge toward securing the Federal Government’s financial infrastructure.
Alice holds a master’s degree in technology management from George Mason University School of Business, a master’s certificate in information technology project management from Villanova University, a master’s certificate in global innovation systems from the University of Cambridge, and a bachelor’s degree in decision sciences and management information systems from George Mason University.
What makes you excited to come to work every day? I love collaborating with our talented workforce on creative solutions to advance our nation’s cyber defenses. I have yet to see a company investing in its people the way Booz Allen does. Our clients’ missions are important and our work is meaningful.
Why are you passionate about cybersecurity? I will always be grateful for the opportunity to have a hand in executing transformational change alongside our incredible clients, who are faced with some of the world’s most complex cybersecurity challenges.
What are the three most pressing needs in Federal Government cybersecurity? Many of our nation’s citizen services are faced with aging infrastructures. Adversaries continue to try and exploit weaknesses in this infrastructure in order to disrupt and destroy, or to achieve financial gain. Whatever their motivations are, we must not relent in our pursuit of creative and durable approaches to modernize and fortify these assets and defend our public service missions against disruption.
How are you contributing to creating a culture of inclusion at Booz Allen? Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) has always been an important focus for me. I value the insights and problem-solving perspectives of my colleagues and recognize we all must do more to create an environment where everyone feels respected and invited to contribute their talents.
