Company record
Equifax CISO: Jeremy Koppen
The current Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of Equifax, as tracked by CISO Tribune, is Jeremy Koppen, whose appointment was announced in the week of May 19, 2025 (SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2025-05-19)). Previously Practice Leader of Incident Response at Mandiant (now part of Google Cloud). Read the record. The record entered the Wire on .
Career profile: Jeremy Koppen on CISO Spotlights ↗
What Equifax tells the SEC
Its fiscal 2025 Form 10-K, filed February 19, 2026, carries an Item 1C cybersecurity disclosure that describes a Chief Information Security Officer, with oversight by the Technology Committee. Read the section verbatim or the filing on sec.gov. A filing describes governance as of its date, not today's seat.
Tracked by the Wire since May 19, 2025 · 1 recorded move · every claim links to a sourced record · Updated
Where Equifax appears on the record (3)
Every page on CISO Tribune and its network that carries this company, 3 in all.
- On the Wire
- SEC filing
- Form 10-K cybersecurity disclosure, fiscal 2025 · Item 1C, filed February 19, 2026
- Career profile
About Equifax
CISO Tribune's Leadership Bench files Equifax under Financial Services and North America. The SEC classifies it under standard industrial classification 7320, Services-consumer credit reporting, collection agencies, and EDGAR lists its ticker as EFX. The Wire has one security-leadership move at Equifax on record, announced in the week of May 19, 2025.
What Equifax's 10-K says about security governance
Equifax's fiscal 2025 Form 10-K, filed February 19, 2026, describes its cybersecurity governance in Item 1C. The lines below are that filing's own statements, each with the sentence it comes from.
Top security role, as the filing names it: Chief Information Security Officer.
Board oversight: the Technology Committee.
“The Technology Committee of the Board oversees our information security program, including:”
How often the board or committee hears about it: annually.
“Our M&A security integration status is reported regularly to management and the Technology Committee and annually to the Board of Directors.”
Frameworks and standards the filing names: NIST Cybersecurity Framework.
Experience of the security leadership, as the filing states it:
“Prior to joining Equifax, our CISO served in a management role at a leading global cybersecurity firm, where he led hundreds of cyber engagements for Fortune 100 and 500 companies with a focus on mitigating emerging threats, scaling security operations through automation and AI and enhancing cyber resilience.”
Material incidents: the filing states none.
“If we experience another material cybersecurity incident or are otherwise unable to demonstrate the security of our systems and the data we maintain and retain the trust of our customers, consumers and data suppliers, we could experience a substantial negative impact on our business .”
Plain-English reading and full text of the filing · the filing on sec.gov
Security leadership timeline
Security chiefs at other Financial Services organizations
Other organizations CISO Tribune files under Financial Services with a named security chief on record: those in North America first, in alphabetical order from Equifax onward.
Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach: Mike Brown, Chief Information Security Officer.
Finance of America Reverse: Maury Pipkin, Chief Information Security Officer.
First American: Cyrus Tibbs, Chief Information Security Officer.
First Citizens Bank: Tim Byrd, Chief Information Security Officer.
First Horizon: Leilani Farol, Senior Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).
First Horizon Bank: Leilani Farol, Senior Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).
GM Financial: Ryan Bachman, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer.
Green Impact Exchange: John Visneski, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).
Questions CISOs ask about Equifax
- Who is the CISO of Equifax?
- Jeremy Koppen is the current Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of Equifax on CISO Tribune's record, appointed in the week of May 19, 2025.
- How many security-leadership moves has CISO Tribune tracked at Equifax?
- CISO Tribune has tracked 1 move at Equifax since May 19, 2025.
- When was Jeremy Koppen appointed at Equifax?
- Jeremy Koppen's appointment as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of Equifax was announced in the week of May 19, 2025, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2025-05-19).
- Where did Jeremy Koppen work before becoming Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of Equifax?
- The record of the appointment gives Jeremy Koppen's previous role as Practice Leader of Incident Response at Mandiant (now part of Google Cloud).
- Who are the security chiefs at other Financial Services organizations?
- On CISO Tribune's record they include Mike Brown at Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach, Maury Pipkin at Finance of America Reverse, Cyrus Tibbs at First American and Tim Byrd at First Citizens Bank.
- Which board body oversees cybersecurity at Equifax?
- Equifax's fiscal 2025 Form 10-K places oversight of cybersecurity risk with the Technology Committee.
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