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MongoDB CISO: Doug Bowers
The current Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of MongoDB, as tracked by CISO Tribune, is Doug Bowers, whose appointment was announced in the week of April 27, 2026 (SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2026-04-27)). Previously Vice President (various divisions) at ServiceNow. Read the record. The record entered the Wire on .
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What MongoDB tells the SEC
Its fiscal 2026 Form 10-K, filed March 11, 2026, carries an Item 1C cybersecurity disclosure that describes a Chief Technology Officer, with oversight by the Security 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 April 27, 2026 · 1 recorded move · every claim links to a sourced record · Updated
Where MongoDB 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 2026 · Item 1C, filed March 11, 2026
- Career profile
About MongoDB
CISO Tribune's Leadership Bench files MongoDB under Technology and North America. The SEC classifies it under standard industrial classification 7372, Services-prepackaged software, and EDGAR lists its ticker as MDB. The Wire has one security-leadership move at MongoDB on record, announced in the week of April 27, 2026.
What MongoDB's 10-K says about security governance
MongoDB's fiscal 2026 Form 10-K, filed March 11, 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 Technology Officer.
Board oversight: the Security Committee.
“Our board of directors has overall oversight responsibility for our enterprise risk management, and delegates cybersecurity risk management oversight to its Security Committee, which was established in May 2024.”
Frameworks and standards the filing names: ISO/IEC 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS and NIST (publication not named).
Experience of the security leadership, as the filing states it:
“Our CTO and key security leaders are certified and experienced information systems security professionals, security engineers, and information security managers each with well over a decade of experience.”
Material incidents: the filing states none.
“Despite our efforts, we cannot eliminate all risks from cybersecurity threats, or provide assurances that we have not experienced an undetected cybersecurity incident.”
Plain-English reading and full text of the filing · the filing on sec.gov
Security leadership timeline
Security chiefs at other Technology organizations
Other organizations CISO Tribune files under Technology with a named security chief on record: those in North America first, in alphabetical order from MongoDB onward.
Nasuni: Elyse Gunn, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).
New Charter Technologies: Ryan Davis, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).
Nvidia: David Reber Jr., Chief Security Officer.
Opti9: Mat Steinlin, Chief Information Security Officer.
Oracle: Rob Duhart, Chief Security Officer.
PagerDuty: Pritesh Parekh, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).
Paylocity: Art Chaisiriwatanasai, Chief Information Security Officer.
Sagent: Kyle Draisey, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Head of Cybersecurity.
Questions CISOs ask about MongoDB
- Who is the CISO of MongoDB?
- Doug Bowers is the current Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of MongoDB on CISO Tribune's record, appointed in the week of April 27, 2026.
- How many security-leadership moves has CISO Tribune tracked at MongoDB?
- CISO Tribune has tracked 1 move at MongoDB since April 27, 2026.
- When was Doug Bowers appointed at MongoDB?
- Doug Bowers' appointment as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of MongoDB was announced in the week of April 27, 2026, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2026-04-27).
- Where did Doug Bowers work before becoming Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of MongoDB?
- The record of the appointment gives Doug Bowers' previous role as Vice President (various divisions) at ServiceNow.
- Who are the security chiefs at other Technology organizations?
- On CISO Tribune's record they include Elyse Gunn at Nasuni, Ryan Davis at New Charter Technologies, David Reber Jr. at Nvidia and Mat Steinlin at Opti9.
- Which board body oversees cybersecurity at MongoDB?
- MongoDB's fiscal 2026 Form 10-K places oversight of cybersecurity risk with the Security Committee.
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