{"id":8803,"date":"2026-07-17T12:25:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T12:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cybersecurityinfocus.com\/?p=8803"},"modified":"2026-07-17T12:25:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T12:25:20","slug":"new-ciso-appointments-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cybersecurityinfocus.com\/?p=8803","title":{"rendered":"New CISO appointments 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The upper ranks of corporate security are seeing a high rate of change as companies try to adapt to the evolving threat landscape. Many companies are hiring a chief security officer (CSO) or chief information security officer<\/a> (CISO) for the first time to support a deeper commitment to information security.<\/p>\n

Follow this column to keep up with new appointments to senior-level security roles and perhaps gain a little insight into hiring trends. If you have an announcement of your own that you would like us to include here, contact Peter Sayer, executive editor of news, at\u00a0peter_sayer@foundryco.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

New CISO appointments in July 2026<\/h2>\n

Datavault AI appoints Barry Childe CISO<\/h3>\n

Barry Childe, a co-founder of quantum encryption company Arqit, has joined Datavault AI as CISO. Childe previously served as a distinguished engineer at HSBC, and held other senior technology roles at Barclays Capital and VMware.<\/p>\n

Jason Cradit joins EverLine as CISO and CTO<\/h3>\n

Critical infrastructure technical services provider EverLine has hired Jason Cradit as CISO and CTO. Cradit has previously held leadership roles in consulting, software, and infrastructure operations, and founded software vendor Pivvot. <\/p>\n

New CISO appointments in June 2026<\/h2>\n

Infoblox names Henrik Smith CISO<\/h3>\n

Former Amazon executive Henrik Smith has joined security platform vendor Infoblox as CISO. Smith most recently served as head of security for devices and systems at Amazon, and prior to that was vice-president of security at Salesforce.Former Amazon executive Henrik Smith has joined security platform vendor Infoblox as CISO. Smith most recently served as head of security for devices and systems at Amazon, and prior to that was vice-president of security at Salesforce.<\/p>\n

GitLab hires Chaim Mazal as CISO<\/h3>\n

Chaim Mazal, previously chief AI and security officer at Gigamon, has joined GitLab as CISO. He\u2019s been a GitLab customer for over eight years, and moved into the CISO role after serving on the company\u2019s advisory board.<\/p>\n

Paras Malhotra joins Starburst as CISO<\/h3>\n

Enterprise intelligence platform Starburst has hired Paras Malhotra as CISO. He previously served as senior director of information security at Datadog and, prior to that, held a variety of security roles at AWSAmazon Web Services.<\/p>\n

Socure hires Mark Carter as CISO<\/h3>\n

Mark Carter has joined identity infrastructure provider Socure as CISO. He has previously worked as CISO at Navan, Tesla, and Vimeo.<\/p>\n

SolarWinds appoints Justin Henkel as CISO<\/h3>\n

IT management software vendor SolarWinds has named Justin Henkel its new CISO. Henkel was previously deputy CISO at OneTrust, and before that spent 25 years as an intelligence officer in the US Air Force.<\/p>\n

New CISO appointments in May 2026<\/h2>\n

Backstory names Victor Chang CISO<\/h3>\n

Backstory, formerly People.ai, has appointed Victor Chang as CISO. Chang has previously served as CISO at Amdocs, among other senior security roles.<\/p>\n

Adam Dimopoulos is Entrust\u2019s new CISO<\/h3>\n

Entrust has appointed former Synchrony VP of Information Security Adam Dimopoulos as its new CISO. Dimopoulos has also previously worked in advisory roles at Microsoft and Gartner.<\/p>\n

New CISO appointments in March 2026<\/h2>\n

Kathy Wang joins micro1 as CISO<\/h3>\n

Frontier AI model training company micro1 has hired Kathy Wang as CISO. She was most recently CISO at hospitality software developer Otelier, and has previously held top cybersecurity roles at Discord and GitLab.<\/p>\n

Green Impact Exchange names John Visneski CISO<\/h3>\n

John Visneski has joined stock exchange operator Green Impact Exchange as CISO. He was previously CISO at MGM Studios, and following that company\u2019s acquisition by Amazon became head fo security for mergers and acquisitions. His cybersecurity career began with the US Air Force, where he served as cyber advisor to the Secretary and Chief of Staff of teh Air Force.<\/p>\n

New CISO appointments in January 2026<\/h2>\n

Julien Mousqueton joins Cohesity as field CISO for Europe<\/h3>\n

Data security firm Cohesity has hired Julien Mousqueton as field CISO for Europe. His previous role was as CTO at IT service provider Computacenter. He is a reservist advisor for OFAC, the French national police force\u2019s anti-cybercrime division, and created the real-time ransomware activity-tracking platform ransomware.live<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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