Career profile
David Dunn
Chief Information Security Officer, Kroll
- Current role, per sources checked 12 October 2026
- 6 March 2023
David Dunn is the Chief Information Security Officer of Kroll, appointed in March 2023.
Career path
Dunn joined the firm in 2016 as Deputy Chief Information Security Officer, a title he held until his promotion.
In that role he managed the global security operations center, incident response, security engineering, threat intelligence, security architecture and vulnerability management groups, along with vendor security risk and the coordination of Kroll's SOC2 and ISO certifications.
While serving as Deputy Chief Information Security Officer at Duff & Phelps in 2020, Dunn wrote about shadow IT for Infosecurity Magazine, describing it as a blind spot that exposes organizations to unknown risk.
Before joining Kroll, Dunn spent three years at FIS Global as Vice President of Incident Response and Threat Intelligence, leading teams covering global incident response, threat research, threat intelligence and privacy investigations.
Earlier in his career he spent 13 years on the U.S. Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Force and received the Secret Service Forensic Examiner of the Year award three times.
He was lead investigator on an international stolen credit card scheme worth millions of dollars, work later featured on the Darknet Diaries podcast.
Dunn is also a 19-year veteran of the Seattle Police Department and was named its Detective of the Year in 2012.
Kroll appointed him Chief Information Security Officer in March 2023.
Remit at Kroll
As CISO, Dunn's remit includes strengthening the firm's security program, applying security best practices to meet risk and compliance requirements, improving information sharing and bolstering corporate resilience.
Dunn's work also supports Kroll's cybersecurity, data forensics and investigations services for clients.
He ensures Kroll's security leadership worldwide while monitoring threats and coordinating incident response.
Kroll President Shai Waisman said, "David brings to his role over 25 years of experience in both public and private sector security that includes incident response, threat intelligence and research, electronic crimes and law enforcement."
Education and certifications
Dunn graduated from Washington State University. He holds the Certified Information Systems Security Professional credential
