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Teradata CISO: Ken Ricketts
The current Chief Information Security Officer of Teradata, as tracked by CISO Tribune, is Ken Ricketts, whose appointment was announced in February 2026 (CDO Magazine). Read the record. The record entered the Wire on .
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What Teradata 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. 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 February 1, 2026 · 1 recorded move · every claim links to a sourced record · Updated
Where Teradata 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 27, 2026
- Career profile
About Teradata
CISO Tribune's Leadership Bench files Teradata under Technology and North America. The SEC classifies it under standard industrial classification 7372, Services-prepackaged software, and EDGAR lists its ticker as TDC. The Wire has one security-leadership move at Teradata on record, announced in February 2026.
What Teradata's 10-K says about security governance
Teradata'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.
“While the full Board has overall responsibility for risk oversight, the Board has delegated oversight responsibility related to risks from cybersecurity threats to the Audit Committee.”
How often the board or committee hears about it: quarterly.
“The Audit Committee receives quarterly reports as part of its meeting materials prepared by our CISO regarding the assessment of the status, adequacy, and effectiveness of our processes related to assessing, identifying, and managing cybersecurity risks and related”
Frameworks and standards the filing names: NIST Cybersecurity Framework.
Experience of the security leadership, as the filing states it:
“Our CISO is a seasoned cybersecurity executive with 20+ years of experience working with security programs across global technology organizations.”
Material incidents: the filing states none.
“In the last several fiscal years, we have not experienced any material cybersecurity incident and the expenses we have incurred from security incidents were immaterial.”
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 Teradata onward.
Thoughtworks: Nitin Raina, Global Chief Information Security Officer.
TiDB: Robert Wood, Chief Information Security Officer.
Tricentis: Erika Dean, Chief Information Security Officer.
Turing: Patrick McKinney, Chief Information Security Officer.
Uber: Philip Martin, Chief Information Security Officer.
UKG: Mustapha Kebbeh, Chief Security Officer.
Unisys: Chris Jacquet, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).
Webflow: Ty Sbano, Chief Information Security Officer.
Questions CISOs ask about Teradata
- Who is the CISO of Teradata?
- Ken Ricketts is the current Chief Information Security Officer of Teradata on CISO Tribune's record, appointed in February 2026.
- How many security-leadership moves has CISO Tribune tracked at Teradata?
- CISO Tribune has tracked 1 move at Teradata since February 1, 2026.
- When was Ken Ricketts appointed at Teradata?
- Ken Ricketts' appointment as Chief Information Security Officer of Teradata was announced in February 2026, per CDO Magazine.
- Who are the security chiefs at other Technology organizations?
- On CISO Tribune's record they include Nitin Raina at Thoughtworks, Robert Wood at TiDB, Erika Dean at Tricentis and Patrick McKinney at Turing.
- Which board body oversees cybersecurity at Teradata?
- Teradata's fiscal 2025 Form 10-K places oversight of cybersecurity risk with the Audit Committee.
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