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KKR CISO: David Stern

CISO Tribune company record: KKR, seat filled, verified October 20, 2026

The current Chief Information Security Officer of KKR is David Stern, per kkr.com (company's own site). CISO Tribune verified this on .

What KKR tells the SEC

Its fiscal 2025 Form 10-K, filed February 27, 2026, carries an Item 1C cybersecurity disclosure that describes a Chief Information Security Officer, with oversight by the Audit Committee and the Risk Committee of our Board of Directors. Read the section verbatim or the filing on sec.gov. A filing describes governance as of its date, not today's seat.

Roster record last verified October 20, 2026 · Updated

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SEC filing

About KKR

CISO Tribune's Leadership Bench files KKR under Financial Services and North America. The SEC classifies it under standard industrial classification 6282, Investment advice, and EDGAR lists its ticker as KKR.

What KKR's 10-K says about security governance

KKR's fiscal 2025 Form 10-K, filed February 27, 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 Audit Committee and the Risk Committee of our Board of Directors.

    “At least annually, management will present to the Audit Committee and the Risk Committee of our Board of Directors on various topics relating to KKR's technology risks, including KKR's cybersecurity program, the current cybersecurity threat landscape, and risk management.”

  • Frameworks and standards the filing names: NIST (publication not named).

  • Experience of the security leadership, as the filing states it:

    “Prior to joining KKR, KKR's CISO was the CISO at another large financial institution where he was responsible for their global information security program.”

  • Material incidents: the filing states none.

    “As of the date of this filing, we do not believe that our business strategy, results of operations or financial conditions have been materially affected by any cybersecurity incidents for the period covered by this report.”

Plain-English reading and full text of the filing · the filing on sec.gov

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 KKR onward.

  • Luma Financial: Bryan Thompson, Chief Information Security Officer.

  • Ncontracts: Clay Carter, Chief Information Security Officer.

  • Northwestern Mutual: Igor Zabara, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).

  • Oak Hill Advisors: Pascal van Garderen, Chief Information Security Officer.

  • Plaid: Sean Cassidy, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).

  • PNC: Christian Winward, Chief Information Security Officer.

  • Relm Insurance: Robert Thomas, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).

  • Remitly: Jeff Lyon, Chief Information Security Officer.

The full Financial Services bench

Questions CISOs ask about KKR

Who is the CISO of KKR?
The current Chief Information Security Officer of KKR is David Stern, per kkr.com (company's own site).
When did CISO Tribune verify this seat?
CISO Tribune verified this seat on October 20, 2026 from kkr.com (company's own site), as part of its roster of named security leaders.
Who are the security chiefs at other Financial Services organizations?
On CISO Tribune's record they include Bryan Thompson at Luma Financial, Clay Carter at Ncontracts, Igor Zabara at Northwestern Mutual and Pascal van Garderen at Oak Hill Advisors.
Which board body oversees cybersecurity at KKR?
KKR's fiscal 2025 Form 10-K places oversight of cybersecurity risk with the Audit Committee and the Risk Committee of our Board of Directors.

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