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2026 on CISO Spotlights
Everything we have on record from 2026.
October 2026
Jimit Narendra ShahChief Information Security Officer, LIC Housing Finance
Suyesh KarkiChief Information Security Officer, Aledade PBC- Vendor-side and repeat CISO paths tie at 14 of 27 profiled in September 2026
Craig DaviesChief Information Security Officer, Gathid
Donna HartChief Information Security Officer for the Americas, SMBC
Lea KissnerChief Information Security Officer and Vice President, LinkedIn
Kim LarsenGroup Chief Information Security Officer, Keepit
Mat SteinlinChief Information Security Officer, Opti9
Jim DesmondChief Information Security Officer, HireRight
Aman SirohiChief Information Security Officer, Cyberhaven
Michael KnightChief Information Security Officer, University of Manchester
Stephen BarnhamGroup Chief Information Officer & Group Chief Digital Officer & Group Chief Information Security Officer, Daiichi Life Group
Drew McCombsChief Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer, Cylerity
Daniel LangleyChief Information Security Officer, State of Oklahoma
September 2026
Joe GiannettiChief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer, Lexitas
Lane SullivanChief Information Security and Strategy Officer, Concentric AI
Noam VanderChief Information Security Officer, Atera
Grant YacomeniChief Information Security Officer, Gigamon
Mathieu RigottoChief Information Security Officer, Filigran
Kim KeeverChief Security Officer, Lumen Technologies- Builders in the chair: the engineers, researchers and product people who became CISOs
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Nasrin RezaiSenior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Verizon
Rich AgostinoSenior Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer & Infrastructure, Target- Service first: the twelve CISOs whose careers began in uniform
Ed MoyleChief Information Security Officer (Advisory), Future in Tech
Edwin NgChief Information Security Officer, LogicGate
Gwen GannState Chief Information Security Officer, Washington Technology Solutions (WaTech)
Amit SpitzerCTO and CISO, Glilot Capital Partners
Christie TerrillChief Information Security Officer (CISO), Bishop Fox
Clayton C. PeddyChief Information Security Officer (CISO), ABBYY
Lakshmi HanspalChief Trust Officer, DigiCert
Patrick McKinneyChief Information Security Officer, Turing
Frank KriegerChief Information Security Officer, Swap
Geoff BelknapChief Trust Officer, HubSpot
Joel FultonChief Information Security Officer, Veritas Capital
Ruben D. ChaconVice President and Global Chief Information Security Officer, ADM
Purvi KayChief Information Security Officer, National Energy System Operator (NESO)
Oded BlatmanChief Information Officer and Chief Security Officer, Ledger
Bryan ThompsonChief Information Security Officer, Luma Financial Technologies
Chad HolmesChief Information Security Officer, Texas Office of the Attorney General
George TotevVice President, Security and Chief Information Security Officer, Clio
Lucas MoodyChief Information Security Officer, Astera Labs
Michael KippCISO, ChurnZero
Nic CarrollChief Information Security Officer, Georgia Southern University
Ravi ThatavarthyChief Information Security Officer, Primo Brands
Russ GritzoChief Information Security Officer, SMSI
Sean BrutonChief Information Security Officer, Illumia
Sean CassidyChief Information Security Officer (CISO), Plaid
Tera LadnerSenior Vice President and Global Chief Information Security Officer, Aflac
Tim McKnightSenior Vice President, IT Risk Management & Security and Chief Information Security Officer, Merck
Vikas BangiaChief Information Security Officer, Bessemer Trust
Iain MulhollandEVP and Chief Information Security Officer, Salesforce
Chris JonesChief Trust & Security Officer, Axonius
Robert WoodChief Information Security Officer, TiDB (PingCAP)
August 2026
Sandro BucchianeriChief Information Security Officer, ANZ
Joseph AduChief Information Security Officer, CentralReach
David SotoChief Information Security Officer, Trellix
Michael LockhartChief Information Security Officer, Vensure Employer Solutions
Mike MarshallState Chief Information Security Officer, California Department of Technology
Andrew ParkChief Information Security Officer, UltraViolet Cyber
Jordan AvnaimGlobal Chief Information Security Officer, Allied Universal
Kent GoodrowChief Information Security Officer, Systems Engineering
Ali WaezzadahChief Information Security Officer, iCOUNTER
James WilkinsonChief Information Security Officer, City of Dallas
Naina Bhattacharyachief information security officer, Coats
Robert Carvajalchief information security officer, BayCare Health System
Alfredo HickmanChief Information Security Officer (CISO), Kai
Erika DeanChief Information Security Officer, Tricentis
John OpalaChief Information Security Officer, Ralph Lauren
Todd DekkingaChief Information Security Officer, Sycomp
James WilkinsonChief Information Security Officer, City of Dallas
Ann Barron-DiCamilloExecutive Vice President and Global Chief Information Security Officer, U.S. Bank
July 2026
Alexander TruskovskyChief Information Security Officer, EigenQ
Christian WinwardChief Information Security Officer, PNC
Jeff LyonChief Information Security Officer, Remitly
Assaf KerenChief Information Security Officer, Meta
Barry ChildeChief Information Security Officer, Datavault AI Inc.
Eric HammersleyChief Information Security Officer, IREN Limited
Rich BaichSenior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, AT&T
Dennis LeberChief Information Security Officer, Erlanger Health System
Jason CraditChief Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer, EverLine
Jaya BalooCOO & CISO, AISLE
Paul AdamsChief Information Security Officer, Blue Mountain
Christopher PorterGlobal Chief Information Security Officer, Booz Allen Hamilton
Michael CoatesChief Information Security Officer, Solana Foundation
Michael SikorskiChief Information Security Officer, Coinbase
David RaymondAssociate Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Virginia Tech
Jake JohansenInterim Chief Information Officer, University of Utah
June 2026
Brian BlakleyChief Information Security Officer, Bellini Capital and ConnectSecure
John Paul CunninghamChief Information Security Officer, Silverfort
Chris KennedyChief Information Security Officer, Group 1001
William WetherillChief Information Security Officer, DefenseStorm
Philip MartinChief Information Security Officer, Uber
Becca HarnessVice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Deltek
Mark CarterChief Information Security Officer, Socure
Jacob BerryChief Information Security Officer, Fable Security
Roger HaleChief Information Security Officer, 1Kosmos
David CrossChief Information Security Officer, Atlassian
Roland PalmerChief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Vice President of Security, JumpCloud
Eric ZielinskiChief Information Security Officer, Jumpmind
Justin HenkelChief Information Security Officer, SolarWinds
David NolanChief Security Officer, Trimont
Olivia BrännlundChief Information Security Officer, Outpost24
Marshall ErwinChief Information Security Officer, Fastly, Inc.
Stephen GarciaChief Information Security Officer, BreachRx
Chaim MazalChief Information Security Officer, GitLab
Henrik SmithChief Information Security Officer, Infoblox
Thomas HillChief Information Security Officer, Candescent
John WaltonChief Information Security Officer (CISO), Nubank
Paras MalhotraChief Information Security Officer, Starburst
Connie DevineChief Information Security Officer, Phillips 66
Mangoné FallChief Information Security Officer, The Guthrie Clinic
May 2026
Doug BowersChief Information Security Officer, MongoDB
Devon BryanGlobal Chief Security Officer, Booking Holdings
Alexis WalesChief Information Security Officer, GitHub
Alan RosaChief Information Security Officer and SVP, Infrastructure and Operations, CVS Health
John GodfreyChief Information Security Officer, State of Kansas, Kansas Information Security Office (KISO)
Trey FordChief Strategy and Trust Officer, Bugcrowd
Adam DimopoulosChief Information Security Officer, Entrust
Shaun KhalfanSenior Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer, PayPal
Laks PrabhalaChief Information Security Officer, U.S. Department of Transportation
Tim ByrdChief Information Security Officer, First Citizens Bank
John PodboyChief Information Security Officer, Semperis
Jameeka Green AaronChief Information Security Officer, Headspace
Jeremy PowellChief Information Security Officer, Sumo Logic
April 2026
Michael AdamsGroup Vice President (GVP) and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Docusign
Brian FrickeChief Information Security Officer, AutoNation
Pamela McLeodChief Information Security Officer (CISO), State of New Hampshire
Julia LakeChief Information Security Officer, 6sense
Fredrick LeeChief Information Security Officer, Reddit
Brian HarrellVice President and Chief Security Officer, FirstEnergy
Dom GlavachChief Information Security Officer, Black Duck
Jerry R. Geisler IIIExecutive Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Walmart
March 2026
Bertrum CarrollState Chief Information Security Officer, State of Nevada, Governor's Technology Office
Mike RosenChief Information Security Officer, iVerify
Chris CastaldoChief Information Security Officer (CISO), Flock Safety
Israel BarakChief Information Security Officer, 7AI
John DenningChief Information Security Officer, FS-ISAC
Kawin BoonyapredeeCISO Advisor for Asia Pacific and Japan, KnowBe4
John VisneskiChief Information Security Officer (CISO), Green Impact Exchange
Richard BirdChief Security and Strategy Officer, Singulr AI
Gleb ReznikChief Information Security Officer (CISO), American Express
Troy RydmanChief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer, Packsize
Michael TettoChief Information Security Officer (CISO), Eversource Energy
Kara SchlageterChief Information Security Officer, Discovery Education
Kathy WangChief Information Security Officer, micro1
February 2026
Latha MaripuriChief Information Security Officer, Nscale
Rich FriedbergChief Information Security Officer (CISO), Envestnet
Leilani FarolSenior Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), First Horizon
Andy RitterChief Information Security Officer, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Gordon GroschlVice President and Chief Information Security Officer, City of Hope
James SipeExecutive Deputy Chief Information Officer, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Jamie RossatoChief Information Security Officer, Orica
January 2026
William BengtsonChief Information Security Officer, ConductorOne
Yonesy NúñezAdvisory Board Member, Cytactic
Kyle DraiseyChief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Head of Cybersecurity, Sagent
Merlin NamuthChief Information Security Officer, City and County of Denver
Ken RickettsSenior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Teradata
Stephen McMasterChief Information Security Officer, Western Alliance Bank
Leslie KershawChief Information Security Officer, IonQ
Leslie NielsenChief Information Security Officer (CISO), Mimecast