Sector · 36 profiles
Government and public sector
CISO Spotlights profiles 36 security leaders in the government and public sector sector, 25 in a role their sources show as current. The newest are Bill Brinkley (State of Wisconsin), Marie Patane (NSW Government) and Bryce Carter (City of Arlington, Texas), the latest published 13 November 2026.

Andy Ritter
Chief Information Security Officer
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Bertrum Carroll
State Chief Information Security Officer
State of Nevada, Governor's Technology Office

Bill Brinkley
Chief Information Security Officer
State of Wisconsin

Bo Berlas
Chief Information Security Officer
U.S. General Services Administration

Bryce Carter
Chief Information Security Officer
City of Arlington, Texas

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

Chadwick Smith
State Chief Information Security Officer
State of Alabama

Chris Castaldo
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Flock Safety

Chris Gergen
Chief Information Security Officer
North Dakota Information Technology (NDIT)

Christopher Carter
Chief Information Security Officer
V2X

Daniel Langley
Chief Information Security Officer
State of Oklahoma

Frank Aiello
Chief Information Security Officer
Maximus

Gwen Gann
State Chief Information Security Officer
Washington Technology Solutions (WaTech)

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

Jeff Harris
Chief Information Security Officer
Federal Housing Finance Agency

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

John Toney
Chief Information Security Officer
State of Vermont

Jorge Santos Fonseca
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Amper

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

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

Luke Forsyth
Chief Information Security Officer
CSIRO

Marie Patane
Chief Cyber Security Officer
NSW Government

Merlin Namuth
Chief Information Security Officer
City and County of Denver

Mike Marshall
State Chief Information Security Officer
California Department of Technology

Mitch Kohlbecker
Chief Information Security Officer
City of Phoenix

Pamela McLeod
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
State of New Hampshire

Robert Turney
Chief Information Security Officer
auDA

Ron Davis
Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer
ASRC Federal

Russ Gritzo
Chief Information Security Officer
SMSI

Shannon Lawson
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
City of San Antonio

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

Zach Furness
Chief Information Security Officer
MITRE