Esther Pinto

As of October 2025, Esther Pinto was the Chief Information Security Officer of Guardz, appointed in December 2024.

Career path

Pinto served in the Israeli Air Force Information Security Division for six years before moving into private-sector security work.

After the Air Force, she worked as an Information Security Consultant for several companies and later joined AppsFlyer, where she helped establish, led, and shaped the company's Information Security team.

She went on to Anecdotes, where she served as CISO and Head of Information Security, a role an ISC2 speaker listing also describes as CISO & DPO at the company.

Guardz, a cybersecurity company serving Managed Service Providers and IT professionals that protect small and medium-sized businesses, announced Pinto's appointment as CISO on December 19, 2024, describing the move as tied to the company's ongoing growth and its focus on security as a core part of its mission.

Guardz also pointed to her commitment to fostering inclusion and diversity as part of the reasoning behind the appointment.

In the role, Pinto leads the company's security strategy, with responsibility for securing Guardz's internal operations, enhancing product security, and developing security initiatives aligned with the company's growth.

A Guardz feature marking International Women's Day, updated on October 16, 2025, continued to list Pinto as CISO.

Community involvement and talks

Pinto is the Co-Founder of Compliance Overflow, described as a global community of compliance professionals.

Speaking at an ISC2 event, she gave a talk titled How to Establish a (successful) Security Strategy from Scratch, delivered on October 11, 2022.

The talk addressed the difficulty of maintaining a healthy security culture within a company, noting that building such a culture can be even more challenging than it first appears.

On taking the Guardz role, Pinto said: "I'm driven by the challenge of building cutting-edge security programs that not only protect but also inspire innovation, and I'm excited to be a part of the exceptional team at Guardz."