Career path · 83 profiles
Consulting and audit
83 profiled security leaders carry the “Consulting and audit” career-path tag, 65 in a role their sources show as current. The newest are Fahmi Megdiche (Medius), Rishi Awasthi (Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Limited) and Heather Ceylan (Box), the latest published 10 November 2026.
Related analysis: Repeat CISOs and vendor-side paths lead October 2026's 12 profiled appointments · Vendor-side and repeat CISO paths tie at 14 of 27 profiled in September 2026

Aaron Momin
Chief Information Security Officer
Synechron

Adam Dimopoulos
Chief Information Security Officer
Entrust

Alex Holden
Chief Information Security Officer
Hold Security, LLC

Alfredo Hickman
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Kai

Alicia Lynch
Global Chief Information Security Officer
TD SYNNEX

Amanda Fennell
Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Information Officer
Prove Identity

Amy Howland
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Guidehouse

Andrew Smeaton
Chief Information Security Officer
Jamf

Art Chaisiriwatanasai
Chief Information Security Officer
Paylocity

Bill O'Connell
Chief Security Officer (CSO)
Commvault

Bob Turner
Chief Information Security Officer
Penn State University

Brian Blakley
Chief Information Security Officer
Bellini Capital and ConnectSecure

Bryan Thompson
Chief Information Security Officer
Luma Financial Technologies

Celeste Lowe
Chief Information Security Officer
The Lottery Corporation

Chad Holmes
Chief Information Security Officer
Texas Office of the Attorney General

Chris Bates
Chief Security Officer
Cyberhaven

Christie Terrill
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Bishop Fox

Christopher Carter
Chief Information Security Officer
V2X

Clay Carter
Chief Information Security Officer
Ncontracts

Clayton Peddy
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
ABBYY

Danny Rittman
Chief Information Officer
Avant Technologies, Inc.

David Schwed
Chief Operating Officer
SovereignAI

Devon Bryan
Global Chief Security Officer
Booking Holdings

Diana Kelley
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Noma Security

Donna Kidwell
Chief Information Officer
University of Toronto

Douglas Merrill
Chief Information Security Officer
Equinix

Ed Moyle
Chief Information Security Officer (Advisory)
Future in Tech

Esther Pinto
Chief Information Security Officer
Guardz

Fahmi Megdiche
Chief Information Security Officer
Medius

Frank Aiello
Chief Information Security Officer
Maximus

George Totev
Vice President, Security and Chief Information Security Officer
Clio

Heather Ceylan
Chief Information Security Officer
Box

Heather Gantt-Evans
Chief Information Security Officer
Marqeta

Heather Lowrie
Independent Advisor
CyberEdBoard

Ian Thornton-Trump
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Inversion6

Jadee Hanson
Chief Information Security Officer
Vanta

James Wilkinson
Chief Information Security Officer
City of Dallas

James Wilkinson
Chief Information Security Officer
City of Dallas

Jason Cradit
Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer
EverLine

Jason Lord
Chief Information Security Officer
AutoRABIT

Jason Scott
Chief Information Security Officer
Sectigo

Jeremy Koppen
Chief Information Security Officer
Equifax

Jim Hart
Chief Information Security Officer
Paymentology

Jim Higgins
Chief Information Security Officer
CoreWeave

Joel Fulton
Chief Information Security Officer
Veritas Capital

John Godfrey
Chief Information Security Officer
State of Kansas, Kansas Information Security Office (KISO)

Jordan Avnaim
Global Chief Information Security Officer
Allied Universal

Jorge Perez
Corporate Information Security Officer (CISO)
Ameris Bank

Josh Lemos
Chief Information Security Officer
GitLab Inc.

Julie Myerholtz
Vice President – Chief Information Security Officer
Brunswick Corporation

Kara Schlageter
Chief Information Security Officer
Discovery Education

Katie Arrington
Performing the Duties of the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer
Department of Defense

Kawin Boonyapredee
CISO Advisor for Asia Pacific and Japan
KnowBe4

Ken Ricketts
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer
Teradata

Kim Keever
Chief Security Officer
Lumen Technologies

Laks Prabhala
Chief Information Security Officer
U.S. Department of Transportation

Laura Deaner
Chief Information Security Officer
Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)

Lea Kissner
Chief Information Security Officer and Vice President

Lucas Moody
Chief Information Security Officer
Astera Labs

Luke Forsyth
Chief Information Security Officer
CSIRO

Matt Biber
Group Chief Information Security Officer
Qantas

Merritt Baer
Chief Information Security Officer
Reco

Mike Rosen
Chief Information Security Officer
iVerify

Natalia Oropeza
Global Chief Cybersecurity Officer
Siemens

Phillip Miller
Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer
H&R Block

Renana Friedlich
Executive Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer
LPL Financial

Rishi Awasthi
Chief Information Security Officer
Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Limited

Roger Hale
Chief Information Security Officer
1Kosmos

Russ Gritzo
Chief Information Security Officer
SMSI

Sandro Bucchianeri
Chief Information Security Officer
ANZ

Scott Metro
Chief Technology Officer
Hazeltree

Sean Malone
Chief Information Security Officer
BeyondTrust

Sebastian Goodwin
Chief Trust Officer
Autodesk

Shefali Mookencherry
Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Privacy Officer
University of Illinois Chicago

Stan Black
chief information security officer (CISO)
D-Wave Quantum Inc.

Susan Chiang
Chief Information Security Officer
Headway

Suyesh Karki
Chief Information Security Officer
Aledade PBC

Talha Tariq
Chief Information Officer and Chief Security Officer
HashiCorp

Todd Dekkinga
Chief Information Security Officer
Sycomp

Tony Spinelli
Chief Security Officer
Halcyon

Trey Ford
Chief Strategy and Trust Officer
Bugcrowd

Vikas Bangia
Chief Information Security Officer
Bessemer Trust

Yonesy Núñez
Advisory Board Member
Cytactic