> 2026 CSO Hall of Fame call for nominations

Hall of Fame award nominations are officially open, and we’re calling on you, your peers, teams and clients to recognize the individuals and organizations driving smarter, safer, and stronger cybersecurity strategies. Get your nominations in today. The December 3 deadline is fast approaching. Enter here: 2026 CSO Conference & Awards Now entering its eighth year, the CSO Hall of Fame spotlights outstanding leaders who have significantly contributed to the practice of information risk management and security. This award honors trailblazers (security leaders with 10+ years in a CSO, CISO or other C-level security position) whose careers have shaped the future of cybersecurity and risk management. Inductees are recognized for their lifetime achievements and enduring contributions to the profession. Honorees will be recognized at the CSO Conference + Awards May 11-13, 2026 in Nashville, TN. Over the course of the event, attendees will have the opportunity to connect with hundreds of peers, industry leaders, and security executives who will showcase demonstrable business value in their projects from AI to application security to zero trust. 2025 CSO Hall of Fame Honorees Meg Anderson, VP & CISO (retired), Principal Financial Group  Bob Bruns, CISO, Avanade  Jonathan Chow, CISO, Genesys  Mignona Cote, CISO, Infor  Laura Deaner, Managing Director, CISO, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)  George Finney, CISO, University of Texas System  Michael Gordon, SVP & CISO, McDonald’s  Ron Green, Cybersecurity Fellow/Former CSO, Mastercard  Shawn Henry, CSO, CrowdStrike  Todd Lukens, SVP, Security & Infrastructure, Nationwide  Rishi Tripathi, SVP, CISO & CTO, Mount Sinai Health System  Marnie Wilking, CSO, Booking.com  Class of 2024 Jerry Geisler, SVP & CISO, Walmart, Inc.  Gary Hayslip, CISO, SoftBank Investment Advisers  Vaughn Hazen, CISO, CN  Jill Knesek, CISO, BlackLine  Susan Koski, EVP & CISO, PNC Financial Services  Michael Palmer, CISO, Hearst  John Schramm, Global Head of IT Risk and Security, Munich Re  Keith Turpin, CISO, The Friedkin Group  Phil Venables, CISO, Google Cloud  Teresa Zielinski, Global CISO, GE Vernova  Class of 2023 Rich Agostino, SVP & CISO, Target Ed Amoroso, Founder & CEO, TAG InfoSphere Devon Bryan, Global CIO, Carnival Corporation Nicole Darden Ford, Global VP & CISO, Rockwell Automation Keith Gordon, EVP & CSO, CIBC Ben Miron, VP of Infrastructure & Cybersecurity, NextEra Energy, Inc. Gary Owen, CISO & Chief Risk Officer, Capital Holly Ridgeway, EVP & CSO, Citizens Financial Group, Inc. Class of 2022 Marene Allison, CISO, Johnson & Johnson, Inc. Bret Arsenault, CISO, Microsoft James Beeson, SVP & Global CISO, Cigna Derek Benz, CISO, Coca-Cola Mark Connelly, CISO, Boston Consulting Group John McClurg, SVP & CISO, BlackBerry Tim McKnight, EVP & CSO, SAP Chandra McMahon, SVP & CISO, CVS Health Gary Warzala, Leadership Partner – Security & Risk Management, Gartner Deborah Wheeler, SVP & CISO, Delta Air Lines, Inc. Class of 2021 Roland Cloutier, Global CSO, TikTok Deneen DeFiore, VP & CISO, United Airlines Andy Ellis, Operating Partner, YL Ventures Bobby Ford, SVP/CSO, HPE Renee Guttmann, CISO, Campbell Soup Company Meredith Harper, VP/CISO, Eli Lilly and Company Mike Towers, CISO, Takeda Mark Weatherford, CISO, AlertEnterprise Jason Witty, Global CISO, J.P. Morgan Chase Class of 2020 Tim Callahan, SVP, Global CISO, Aflac Dave Estlick, CISO, Chipotle Mexican Grill Jamil Farshchi, CISO, Equifax Emily Heath, Chief Trust & Security Officer, DocuSign Brad Maiorino, CISO, Raytheon Technologies Kathy Orner, VP, Chief Risk Officer, CWT Jim Routh, Head of Enterprise Information Risk Management, MassMutual Gregory Wood, SVP, Technology Risk Management & Security, The Walt Disney Company Timothy Youngblood, Corporate VP, CISO, McDonald’s In addition to the honorees listed above, CSO inducted Michael Assante posthumously for his work with the SANS Institute and Center for Strategic and International Studies. *Editor’s note: The job titles and company affiliations listed here reflect the positions held by these individuals at the time they were inducted into the Hall of Fame.