Career profile
Jim Higgins
Chief Information Security Officer, CoreWeave
- Current role, per sources checked 18 October 2026
- 27 February 2025
Jim Higgins is the Chief Information Security Officer of CoreWeave, appointed in February 2025.
Career path
Higgins began his technology career at Chevron and Eastman Kodak before spending ten years at Google.
At Google he served as Director of Product Security.
He then became Chief Information Security Officer at Block, Inc., formerly Square, Inc.
Higgins next served as Chief Information Security Officer at Snap Inc., the company behind Snapchat.
CoreWeave, a cloud solutions provider, appointed Higgins as its Chief Information Security Officer, with the move noted alongside other recent executive hires at the company.
Remit at CoreWeave
In the CISO role, Higgins oversees CoreWeave's security strategy, governance, and infrastructure protection across the CoreWeave Cloud Platform. His background spans product security, offensive security, and cloud security, with attention to emerging cyber threats affecting private enterprises and Fortune 100 companies. On his appointment, Higgins said, "I am excited to join the leadership team at CoreWeave to help keep the company and our customers more than one step ahead of the information security curve," CoreWeave said in its announcement.
Advisory work and public engagements
Higgins serves as a senior cybersecurity advisor for American University and has advised several U.S. government agencies. He assisted the Linux Foundation in starting the Open Source Security Foundation, aimed at increasing awareness and promoting technical solutions for validating open source software. He has described his work as consulting across industry and governments to bring companies together on critical security issues and drive change across the internet. At CoreWeave, Higgins took part in a recorded conversation with Bartley Richardson, Chief AI and Autonomous Systems Officer at CrowdStrike, on securing AI infrastructure and workloads at scale.
