Career path · 108 profiles
Government and agencies
108 profiled security leaders carry the “Government and agencies” career-path tag, 84 in a role their sources show as current. The latest 3 profiles were published 12 November 2026: Marie Patane (NSW Government), Steve Frank (KPMG) and Bryce Carter (City of Arlington, Texas).
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
Adrian Ludwig
Chief Security Officer
Rippling
Alexis Wales
Chief Information Security Officer
GitHub
Alfredo Hickman
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Kai
Alicia Lynch
Global Chief Information Security Officer
TD SYNNEX
Amit Spitzer
CTO and CISO
Glilot Capital Partners
Amy Steagall
Chief Information Security Officer
Stanford University
Andrea Simpson
Chief Information Security Officer
Howard University
Ann Barron-DiCamillo
Executive Vice President and Global Chief Information Security Officer
U.S. Bank
Antonio De Vita
Chief Security Officer
Intesa Sanpaolo
Bo Berlas
Chief Information Security Officer
U.S. General Services Administration
Brendan Goode
Chief Security Officer
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
Brian Fricke
Chief Information Security Officer
AutoNation
Brian Harrell
Vice President and Chief Security Officer
FirstEnergy
Bryan Thompson
Chief Information Security Officer
Luma Financial Technologies
Bryce Carter
Chief Information Security Officer
City of Arlington, Texas
Chad Holmes
Chief Information Security Officer
Texas Office of the Attorney General
Chris Castaldo
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Flock Safety
Chris Gergen
Chief Information Security Officer
North Dakota Information Technology (NDIT)
Chris Jones
Chief Trust & Security Officer
Axonius
CJ Moses
Chief Information Security Officer and VP of Security Engineering
Amazon
Craig Davies
Chief Information Security Officer
Gathid
Dale Drew
Global Chief Information Security Officer
Vantage Data Centers
Dale Hoak
Chief Information Security Officer
RegScale
Dane Stuckey
Co-Chief Information Security Officer
OpenAI
Daniel Langley
Chief Information Security Officer
State of Oklahoma
Dave McKenna
Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer
IDC
David Dunn
Chief Information Security Officer
Kroll
David Nolan
Chief Security Officer
Trimont
David Reber Jr.
chief security officer
NVIDIA
David Shaw
Chief Information Security Officer
Transact Campus
Dean Macris
Chief Information Security Officer
Dispel
Dennis Leber
Chief Information Security Officer
Erlanger Health System
Devon Bryan
Global Chief Security Officer
Booking Holdings
Diana Lovati
Chief Information Security Officer
True Anomaly
Dom Glavach
Chief Information Security Officer
Black Duck
Dror Hevlin
Chief Information Security Officer
Cynomi
Eric Hammersley
Chief Information Security Officer
IREN Limited
Gary Perkins
Chief Information Security Officer
CISO Global
Gary Starling
Chief Information Security Officer
IntelePeer
Grant Yacomeni
Chief Information Security Officer
Gigamon
Greg Akers
Advisor and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Dispersive Stealth Networking
Gregg R. Kendrick
Chief Information Security Officer
Vanderbilt University
Gregory Thompson Jr.
Chief Information Security Officer
Vantage Data Centers
Heather Lowrie
Independent Advisor
CyberEdBoard
Hemant Baidwan
Executive Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Knox Systems
Ian Thornton-Trump
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Inversion6
Israel Barak
Chief Information Security Officer
7AI
Jacob DePriest
Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Information Officer
1Password
James Scobey
Chief Information Security Officer
Keeper Security, Inc.
James Sipe
Executive Deputy Chief Information Officer
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
James Wilkinson
Chief Information Security Officer
City of Dallas
James Wilkinson
Chief Information Security Officer
City of Dallas
Jamie Rossato
Chief Information Security Officer
Orica
Janet L. Rathod
vice president and chief information security officer
Johns Hopkins University
Jason Lord
Chief Information Security Officer
AutoRABIT
Jason Scott
Chief Information Security Officer
Sectigo
Jeff Harris
Chief Information Security Officer
Federal Housing Finance Agency
Jim Higgins
Chief Information Security Officer
CoreWeave
John Denning
Chief Information Security Officer
FS-ISAC
John Godfrey
Chief Information Security Officer
State of Kansas, Kansas Information Security Office (KISO)
John Toney
Chief Information Security Officer
State of Vermont
John Visneski
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Green Impact Exchange
Kathy Wang
Chief Information Security Officer
micro1
Katie Arrington
Performing the Duties of the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer
Department of Defense
Kim Keever
Chief Security Officer
Lumen Technologies
Kim Larsen
Group Chief Information Security Officer
Keepit
Laks Prabhala
Chief Information Security Officer
U.S. Department of Transportation
Leonard Kleinman
Chief Information Security Officer
Enablis
Leslie Kershaw
Chief Information Security Officer
IonQ
Marie Patane
Chief Cyber Security Officer
NSW Government
Marshall Erwin
Chief Information Security Officer
Fastly, Inc.
Matthew McCormack
Chief Information Security Officer
Finastra
Melissa Knight
Chief Information Security Officer
Tego Cyber
Merlin Namuth
Chief Information Security Officer
City and County of Denver
Merritt Baer
Chief Information Security Officer
Reco
Michael Adams
Group Vice President (GVP) and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Docusign
Michael Knight
Chief Information Security Officer
University of Manchester
Michael Mestrovich
Chief Information Security Officer
Rubrik
Michael Sikorski
Chief Information Security Officer
Coinbase
Mike Hanley
Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer
General Motors
Mike Marshall
State Chief Information Security Officer
California Department of Technology
Mitch Kohlbecker
Chief Information Security Officer
City of Phoenix
Nicole Ford
Chief Information Security Officer
Nordstrom
Noopur Davis
Global Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Product Privacy Officer
Comcast
Pamela McLeod
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
State of New Hampshire
Paul Ford
Chief Information Security Officer
Greenway Health
Peter Liebert
Chief Information Security Officer
Clari + Salesloft
Purvi Kay
Chief Information Security Officer
National Energy System Operator (NESO)
Quincy Castro
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Chainguard
Rich Baich
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer
AT&T
Rich Friedberg
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Envestnet
Rob Duhart
Chief Security Officer
Oracle
Robert Huber
Chief Security Officer
Tenable
Robert Turney
Chief Information Security Officer
auDA
Robert Wood
Chief Information Security Officer
TiDB (PingCAP)
Ron Davis
Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer
ASRC Federal
Russ Gritzo
Chief Information Security Officer
SMSI
Ryan Davis
Chief Information Security Officer
New Charter Technologies
Shane Barney
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Keeper Security
Shannon Lawson
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
City of San Antonio
Shaun Khalfan
Senior Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer
PayPal
Steve Frank
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
KPMG
Steve Hodges
State Chief Information Security Officer
Georgia Technology Authority
Steven Hernandez
CISO and Deputy CIO
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Tabitha Craig
Chief Information Security Officer
Congressional Budget Office
Tim McKnight
Senior Vice President, IT Risk Management & Security and Chief Information Security Officer
Merck
Tim Roemer
CEO
Global Market Innovators
Tony Spinelli
Chief Security Officer
Halcyon