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SandboxAQ

The most recent move CISO Tribune has on record at SandboxAQ was announced on May 1, 2024: too long ago to say who holds the seat today. The history below stands; the current holder is not yet confirmed.

Tracked by the Wire since May 1, 2024 · 1 recorded move · every claim links to a sourced record

Security leadership timeline

2024-05-01

SandboxAQ appoints Chris Bates as Chief Information Security Officer

What the company sells

SandboxAQ is a broader AI and quantum technology company; this record covers its cybersecurity product, AQtive Guard, which discovers cryptographic keys and certificates across an organization's infrastructure and manages their remediation and migration to quantum-resistant algorithms. SandboxAQ is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, and is privately held, having emerged from Alphabet Inc. and raised over $450 million in a Series E funding round in 2025.

Categories: Post-quantum cryptography (primary category)
Machine identity and PKI
Encryption, tokenization and key management
Headquarters: Palo Alto, United States
Founded: Not established from our sources
Ownership: Privately held
Website: sandboxaq.com

Products and services

AQtive Guard
A platform that discovers keys, certificates and cryptographic operations across an organization's infrastructure, maps them to their owners and dependencies, and orchestrates key rotations and migration to post-quantum algorithms.

Sources

Recorded September 27, 2026 from the sources above. Descriptions are in our own words; we do not rank or recommend vendors, and no vendor pays to be listed or to change what we write. Disclosure: until the publisher confirms it has no business relationship with this company, treat one as possible (how the network works). Spot a factual error? Request a correction.

This record reflects moves verified and tracked by CISO Tribune; it begins in 2026 and is not a complete historical roster. Spot an error or a move we missed? Tell the desk.