Company record
Who leads security at Marqeta
The most recent move CISO Tribune has on record at Marqeta was announced on August 29, 2023: too long ago to say who holds the seat today. The history below stands; the current holder is not yet confirmed.
What Marqeta tells the SEC
Its fiscal 2025 Form 10-K, filed February 24, 2026, carries an Item 1C cybersecurity disclosure that describes a Chief Information Security Officer, with oversight by the audit 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 August 29, 2023 · 1 recorded move · every claim links to a sourced record · Updated
Where Marqeta appears on the record (2)
Every page on CISO Tribune and its network that carries this company, 2 in all.
- On the Wire
- SEC filing
- Form 10-K cybersecurity disclosure, fiscal 2025 · Item 1C, filed February 24, 2026
About Marqeta
CISO Tribune's Leadership Bench files Marqeta under Financial Services and North America. The SEC classifies it under standard industrial classification 7372, Services-prepackaged software, and EDGAR lists its ticker as MQ. The Wire has one security-leadership move at Marqeta on record, announced on August 29, 2023.
What Marqeta's 10-K says about security governance
Marqeta's fiscal 2025 Form 10-K, filed February 24, 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.
“Our board of directors administers its cybersecurity risk oversight function directly as a whole, as well as through the audit committee.”
Frameworks and standards the filing names: NIST Cybersecurity Framework and ISO/IEC 27001.
Experience of the security leadership, as the filing states it:
“We believe our CISO is qualified to assess and manage our material risks from cybersecurity threats based on over 15 years of cybersecurity and risk management expertise as a security and risk management leader at various public and private companies and as a cyber threat intelligence analyst for a branch of the United States military.”
Material incidents: the filing states none.
“While we have not, as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, experienced a cybersecurity threat or incident that resulted in a material adverse impact to our business or operations, there can be no guarantee that we will not experience such an incident in the future.”
Plain-English reading and full text of the filing · the filing on sec.gov
Security leadership timeline
Security leaders of Marqeta on our record
Heather Gantt-Evans: named Chief Information Security Officer, announced on August 29, 2023 record
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 Marqeta onward.
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.
SMBC Americas: Donna Hart, Chief Information Security Officer.
Questions CISOs ask about Marqeta
- Who are the security chiefs at other Financial Services organizations?
- On CISO Tribune's record they include Clay Carter at Ncontracts, Igor Zabara at Northwestern Mutual, Pascal van Garderen at Oak Hill Advisors and Sean Cassidy at Plaid.
- Which board body oversees cybersecurity at Marqeta?
- Marqeta's fiscal 2025 Form 10-K places oversight of cybersecurity risk with the audit committee.
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