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Career path · 23 profiles

Deputy to CISO

23 profiled security leaders carry the “Deputy to CISO” career-path tag, 21 in a role their sources show as current. The newest are Hemant Baidwan (Knox Systems), Heather Ceylan (Box) and Mitch Kohlbecker (City of Phoenix), the latest published 11 November 2026.

Held a deputy or number-two security role immediately before the top job. A profile carries this tag only when a sourced fact in it supports the tag.

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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 · Builders in the chair: the engineers, researchers and product people who became CISOs · Deputy, then chief: how the number-two security job leads to the top seat · Service first: the twelve CISOs whose careers began in uniform

Career lines for Andy Ritter: deputy to ciso, promoted from within merging into the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania seat, appointed 4 February 2026

Andy Ritter

Chief Information Security Officer

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Career lines for Chris Jones: deputy to ciso, government and agencies, vendor side merging into the Axonius seat, appointed 1 September 2026

Chris Jones

Chief Trust & Security Officer

Axonius

Career lines for Connie Devine: promoted from within, deputy to ciso merging into the Phillips 66 seat, appointed 1 June 2026

Connie Devine

Chief Information Security Officer

Phillips 66

Career lines for Daniel Langley: military service, government and agencies, deputy to ciso, repeat ciso merging into the State of Oklahoma seat, appointed October 2025

Daniel Langley

Chief Information Security Officer

State of Oklahoma

Career lines for Devon Bryan: military service, government and agencies, deputy to ciso, repeat ciso, came up in finance, consulting and audit merging into the Booking Holdings seat, appointed January 2025

Devon Bryan

Global Chief Security Officer

Booking Holdings

Career lines for Heather Ceylan: deputy to ciso, consulting and audit, vendor side, repeat ciso merging into the Box seat

Heather Ceylan

Chief Information Security Officer

Box

Career lines for Hemant Baidwan: government and agencies, promoted from within, deputy to ciso, repeat ciso merging into the Knox Systems seat, appointed 23 March 2026

Hemant Baidwan

Executive Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Knox Systems

Career lines for Iain Mulholland: deputy to ciso merging into the Salesforce seat, appointed 9 February 2026

Iain Mulholland

EVP and Chief Information Security Officer

Salesforce

Career lines for Jacob DePriest: government and agencies, vendor side, deputy to ciso, engineer or practitioner merging into the 1Password seat, appointed 2 September 2024

Jacob DePriest

Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Information Officer

1Password

Career lines for Joel Fulton: repeat ciso, vendor side, consulting and audit, came up in finance, deputy to ciso, engineer or practitioner merging into the Veritas Capital seat, appointed 14 September 2026

Joel Fulton

Chief Information Security Officer

Veritas Capital

Career lines for John Walton: deputy to ciso, engineer or practitioner merging into the Nubank seat

John Walton

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Nubank

Career lines for Justin Henkel: military service, deputy to ciso merging into the SolarWinds seat, appointed 17 June 2026

Justin Henkel

Chief Information Security Officer

SolarWinds

Career lines for Kara Schlageter: deputy to ciso, came up in finance, consulting and audit merging into the Discovery Education seat, appointed March 2026

Kara Schlageter

Chief Information Security Officer

Discovery Education

Career lines for Mangoné Fall: deputy to ciso, repeat ciso merging into the The Guthrie Clinic seat, appointed 1 June 2026

Mangoné Fall

Chief Information Security Officer

The Guthrie Clinic

Career lines for Michael Adams: repeat ciso, vendor side, government and agencies, engineer or practitioner, deputy to ciso merging into the Docusign seat, appointed 29 April 2025

Michael Adams

Group Vice President (GVP) and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Docusign

Career lines for Mitch Kohlbecker: promoted from within, deputy to ciso, government and agencies merging into the City of Phoenix seat, appointed February 2025

Mitch Kohlbecker

Chief Information Security Officer

City of Phoenix

Career lines for Olivia Brännlund: promoted from within, deputy to ciso, vendor side, engineer or practitioner merging into the Outpost24 seat, appointed 18 August 2025

Olivia Brännlund

Chief Information Security Officer

Outpost24

Career lines for Renana Friedlich: military service, consulting and audit, came up in finance, deputy to ciso merging into the LPL Financial seat, appointed 2 December 2024

Renana Friedlich

Executive Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer

LPL Financial

Career lines for Rob Duhart: deputy to ciso, government and agencies, vendor side, engineer or practitioner merging into the Oracle seat

Rob Duhart

Chief Security Officer

Oracle

Career lines for Susan Chiang: repeat ciso, deputy to ciso, consulting and audit, vendor side merging into the Headway seat, appointed August 2024

Susan Chiang

Chief Information Security Officer

Headway

Career lines for Tera Ladner: promoted from within, deputy to ciso, came up in finance merging into the Aflac seat

Tera Ladner

Senior Vice President and Global Chief Information Security Officer

Aflac

Career lines for Trey Ford: promoted from within, deputy to ciso, repeat ciso, consulting and audit, vendor side, came up in finance merging into the Bugcrowd seat

Trey Ford

Chief Strategy and Trust Officer

Bugcrowd

Career lines for Zach Furness: deputy to ciso, repeat ciso merging into the MITRE seat, appointed October 2024

Zach Furness

Chief Information Security Officer

MITRE