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2026 on CISO Spotlights
203 profiles and 5 path studies are filed under 2026. The newest are Dave MacKinnon, Jeremy Rosenberg and Curtis Rebelein, the latest published 14 November 2026.
Everything we have on record from 2026.
November 2026
Curtis RebeleinChief Information Security Officer, DCM Services
Philip SwainChief Information Security Officer, Extreme Networks
Satyam PatelChief Information Security Officer, isolved
Kobi SivilyaChief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Chief Information Officer (CIO), Checkmarx
Dale DrewGlobal Chief Information Security Officer, Vantage Data Centers
Deepen DesaiEVP, Chief Security Officer, Zscaler
Guy HavushaChief Information Security Officer (CISO), Gong
Colin AndersonChief Information Security Officer, Dayforce- Repeat CISOs and vendor-side paths lead October 2026's 12 profiled appointments
Art ChaisiriwatanasaiChief Information Security Officer, Paylocity
Jeremy RosenbergChief Information Security Officer (CISO), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Michael PalmerChief Information Security Officer, Hearst
Pascal van GarderenManaging Director, Chief Information Security Officer, Oak Hill Advisors
Tony SpinelliChief Security Officer, Halcyon
October 2026
Jimit Narendra ShahChief Information Security Officer, LIC Housing Finance
Suyesh KarkiChief Information Security Officer, Aledade PBC
Michael MestrovichChief Information Security Officer, Rubrik- Vendor-side and repeat CISO paths tie at 14 of 27 profiled in September 2026
Craig DaviesChief Information Security Officer, Gathid
Donna HartChief Information Security Officer for the Americas, SMBC
Lea KissnerChief Information Security Officer and Vice President, LinkedIn
Mitch KohlbeckerChief Information Security Officer, City of Phoenix
Kim LarsenGroup Chief Information Security Officer, Keepit
Jordan WilsonAssistant Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Kansas State University
Mat SteinlinChief Information Security Officer, Opti9
Mario VillatoroChief Information Security Officer, Jamf
Jim DesmondChief Information Security Officer, HireRight
Luke ForsythChief Information Security Officer, CSIRO
Aman SirohiChief Information Security Officer, Cyberhaven
Michael KnightChief Information Security Officer, University of Manchester
Stephen BarnhamGroup Chief Information Officer & Group Chief Digital Officer & Group Chief Information Security Officer, Daiichi Life Group
Drew McCombsChief Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer, Cylerity
Daniel LangleyChief Information Security Officer, State of Oklahoma
Quincy CastroChief Information Security Officer (CISO), Chainguard
Rishi AwasthiChief Information Security Officer, Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Limited
September 2026
Joe GiannettiChief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer, Lexitas
Lane SullivanChief Information Security and Strategy Officer, Concentric AI
Noam VanderChief Information Security Officer, Atera
Chadwick SmithState Chief Information Security Officer, State of Alabama
Grant YacomeniChief Information Security Officer, Gigamon
Mathieu RigottoChief Information Security Officer, Filigran
Kim KeeverChief Security Officer, Lumen Technologies- 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
Nasrin RezaiSenior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Verizon
Rich AgostinoSenior Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer & Infrastructure, Target- Service first: the twelve CISOs whose careers began in uniform
Noopur DavisGlobal Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Product Privacy Officer, Comcast
Ed MoyleChief Information Security Officer (Advisory), Future in Tech
Marie PataneChief Cyber Security Officer, NSW Government
Edwin NgChief Information Security Officer, LogicGate
Gwen GannState Chief Information Security Officer, Washington Technology Solutions (WaTech)
Amit SpitzerCTO and CISO, Glilot Capital Partners
Christie TerrillChief Information Security Officer (CISO), Bishop Fox
Clayton C. PeddyChief Information Security Officer (CISO), ABBYY
Lakshmi HanspalChief Trust Officer, DigiCert
Patrick McKinneyChief Information Security Officer, Turing
Dale HoakChief Information Security Officer, RegScale
Frank KriegerChief Information Security Officer, Swap
Geoff BelknapChief Trust Officer, HubSpot
Joel FultonChief Information Security Officer, Veritas Capital
Ruben D. ChaconVice President and Global Chief Information Security Officer, ADM
Purvi KayChief Information Security Officer, National Energy System Operator (NESO)
Oded BlatmanChief Information Officer and Chief Security Officer, Ledger
Bryan ThompsonChief Information Security Officer, Luma Financial Technologies
Chad HolmesChief Information Security Officer, Texas Office of the Attorney General
George TotevVice President, Security and Chief Information Security Officer, Clio
Lucas MoodyChief Information Security Officer, Astera Labs
Michael KippCISO, ChurnZero
Nic CarrollChief Information Security Officer, Georgia Southern University
Ravi ThatavarthyChief Information Security Officer, Primo Brands
Russ GritzoChief Information Security Officer, SMSI
Sean BrutonChief Information Security Officer, Illumia
Sean CassidyChief Information Security Officer (CISO), Plaid
Tera LadnerSenior Vice President and Global Chief Information Security Officer, Aflac
Tim McKnightSenior Vice President, IT Risk Management & Security and Chief Information Security Officer, Merck
Vikas BangiaChief Information Security Officer, Bessemer Trust
Iain MulhollandEVP and Chief Information Security Officer, Salesforce
Chris JonesChief Trust & Security Officer, Axonius
Robert WoodChief Information Security Officer, TiDB (PingCAP)
August 2026
Robert HuberChief Security Officer, Tenable
Sandro BucchianeriChief Information Security Officer, ANZ
Joseph AduChief Information Security Officer, CentralReach
David SotoChief Information Security Officer, Trellix
Michael LockhartChief Information Security Officer, Vensure Employer Solutions
Mike MarshallState Chief Information Security Officer, California Department of Technology
Julie MyerholtzVice President – Chief Information Security Officer, Brunswick Corporation
Andrew ParkChief Information Security Officer, UltraViolet Cyber
Jordan AvnaimGlobal Chief Information Security Officer, Allied Universal
Kent GoodrowChief Information Security Officer, Systems Engineering
Ali WaezzadahChief Information Security Officer, iCOUNTER
James WilkinsonChief Information Security Officer, City of Dallas
Naina Bhattacharyachief information security officer, Coats
Robert Carvajalchief information security officer, BayCare Health System
Alfredo HickmanChief Information Security Officer (CISO), Kai
Erika DeanChief Information Security Officer, Tricentis
John OpalaChief Information Security Officer, Ralph Lauren
Clayton PeddyChief Information Security Officer (CISO), ABBYY
Todd DekkingaChief Information Security Officer, Sycomp
James WilkinsonChief Information Security Officer, City of Dallas
Kris FadorChief Information Security Officer, Bank of America
Ann Barron-DiCamilloExecutive Vice President and Global Chief Information Security Officer, U.S. Bank
July 2026
Alexander TruskovskyChief Information Security Officer, EigenQ
Christian WinwardChief Information Security Officer, PNC
Jeff LyonChief Information Security Officer, Remitly
Assaf KerenChief Information Security Officer, Meta
Mandy AndressChief Information Security Officer (CISO), Elastic
Barry ChildeChief Information Security Officer, Datavault AI Inc.
Eric HammersleyChief Information Security Officer, IREN Limited
Rich BaichSenior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, AT&T
Dennis LeberChief Information Security Officer, Erlanger Health System
Jason CraditChief Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer, EverLine
Chris GergenChief Information Security Officer, North Dakota Information Technology (NDIT)
Jaya BalooCOO & CISO, AISLE
Paul AdamsChief Information Security Officer, Blue Mountain
Christopher PorterGlobal Chief Information Security Officer, Booz Allen Hamilton
Michael CoatesChief Information Security Officer, Solana Foundation
Michael SikorskiChief Information Security Officer, Coinbase
David RaymondAssociate Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Virginia Tech
Jake JohansenInterim Chief Information Officer, University of Utah
June 2026
Brian BlakleyChief Information Security Officer, Bellini Capital and ConnectSecure
John Paul CunninghamChief Information Security Officer, Silverfort
Chris KennedyChief Information Security Officer, Group 1001
Dinesh KambleCISO, RBL Bank
William WetherillChief Information Security Officer, DefenseStorm
Philip MartinChief Information Security Officer, Uber
Becca HarnessVice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Deltek
Mark CarterChief Information Security Officer, Socure
Jacob BerryChief Information Security Officer, Fable Security
Roger HaleChief Information Security Officer, 1Kosmos
David CrossChief Information Security Officer, Atlassian
Roland PalmerChief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Vice President of Security, JumpCloud
Eric ZielinskiChief Information Security Officer, Jumpmind
Justin HenkelChief Information Security Officer, SolarWinds
David NolanChief Security Officer, Trimont
Nichole WindholzChief Information Security Officer, Onspring
Olivia BrännlundChief Information Security Officer, Outpost24
Marshall ErwinChief Information Security Officer, Fastly, Inc.
Dave McKennaChief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer, IDC
Stephen GarciaChief Information Security Officer, BreachRx
Chaim MazalChief Information Security Officer, GitLab
Henrik SmithChief Information Security Officer, Infoblox
Thomas HillChief Information Security Officer, Candescent
John WaltonChief Information Security Officer (CISO), Nubank
Paras MalhotraChief Information Security Officer, Starburst
Connie DevineChief Information Security Officer, Phillips 66
Les McCollum IICISO, Howard University
Mangoné FallChief Information Security Officer, The Guthrie Clinic
May 2026
Doug BowersChief Information Security Officer, MongoDB
Victor ChangChief Information Security Officer, Backstory
Devon BryanGlobal Chief Security Officer, Booking Holdings
Alexis WalesChief Information Security Officer, GitHub
Alan RosaChief Information Security Officer and SVP, Infrastructure and Operations, CVS Health
David Reber Jr.chief security officer, NVIDIA
John GodfreyChief Information Security Officer, State of Kansas, Kansas Information Security Office (KISO)
Trey FordChief Strategy and Trust Officer, Bugcrowd
Adam DimopoulosChief Information Security Officer, Entrust
Shaun KhalfanSenior Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer, PayPal
Laks PrabhalaChief Information Security Officer, U.S. Department of Transportation
Tim ByrdChief Information Security Officer, First Citizens Bank
John PodboyChief Information Security Officer, Semperis
Hemant BaidwanExecutive Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Knox Systems
Jameeka Green AaronChief Information Security Officer, Headspace
Jeremy PowellChief Information Security Officer, Sumo Logic
Rob DuhartChief Security Officer, Oracle
April 2026
Michael AdamsGroup Vice President (GVP) and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Docusign
Brian FrickeChief Information Security Officer, AutoNation
Pamela McLeodChief Information Security Officer (CISO), State of New Hampshire
Julia LakeChief Information Security Officer, 6sense
Alex HoldenChief Information Security Officer, Hold Security, LLC
Fredrick LeeChief Information Security Officer, Reddit
Brian HarrellVice President and Chief Security Officer, FirstEnergy
Dom GlavachChief Information Security Officer, Black Duck
Jerry R. Geisler IIIExecutive Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Walmart
March 2026
Bertrum CarrollState Chief Information Security Officer, State of Nevada, Governor's Technology Office
Mike RosenChief Information Security Officer, iVerify
Chris CastaldoChief Information Security Officer (CISO), Flock Safety
Israel BarakChief Information Security Officer, 7AI
John DenningChief Information Security Officer, FS-ISAC
Kawin BoonyapredeeCISO Advisor for Asia Pacific and Japan, KnowBe4
John VisneskiChief Information Security Officer (CISO), Green Impact Exchange
Richard BirdChief Security and Strategy Officer, Singulr AI
Gleb ReznikChief Information Security Officer (CISO), American Express
Troy RydmanChief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer, Packsize
Dave MacKinnonVice President, Technology Infrastructure and Chief Information Security Officer, JetBlue
Derek BenzSenior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, The Coca-Cola Company
Adrian LudwigChief Security Officer, Rippling
Apurva DhanwantriSVP, Chief Information Security Officer, Cornerstone OnDemand
Michael TettoChief Information Security Officer (CISO), Eversource Energy
Kara SchlageterChief Information Security Officer, Discovery Education
Kathy WangChief Information Security Officer, micro1
February 2026
Latha MaripuriChief Information Security Officer, Nscale
Peter LiebertChief Information Security Officer, Clari + Salesloft
Rich FriedbergChief Information Security Officer (CISO), Envestnet
Leilani FarolSenior Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), First Horizon
Andy RitterChief Information Security Officer, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Gordon GroschlVice President and Chief Information Security Officer, City of Hope
James SipeExecutive Deputy Chief Information Officer, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Jamie RossatoChief Information Security Officer, Orica
January 2026
William BengtsonChief Information Security Officer, ConductorOne
Yonesy NúñezAdvisory Board Member, Cytactic
Kyle DraiseyChief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Head of Cybersecurity, Sagent
Merlin NamuthChief Information Security Officer, City and County of Denver
Ken RickettsSenior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Teradata
Stephen McMasterChief Information Security Officer, Western Alliance Bank
Leslie KershawChief Information Security Officer, IonQ
Leslie NielsenChief Information Security Officer (CISO), Mimecast
Heather CeylanChief Information Security Officer, Box