Company record
Walmart CISO: Jerry R. Geisler III
The current Executive Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer of Walmart is Jerry R. Geisler III, per Walmart corporate leadership page. CISO Tribune verified this on .
Career profile: Jerry R. Geisler III on CISO Spotlights ↗
Board oversight: Walmart's April 23, 2026 proxy statement names the Audit Committee as overseeing, or receiving reports from, this seat. Full passage on our board committee oversight report. The passage in the proxy statement: “Walmart's Chief Information Security Officer periodically meets in private session with the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee receives periodic updates from senior management, including the Chief Information Security Officer, the Chief Technology Officer, and other members of senior management, as applicable, regarding these risks and other matters as deemed appropriate.”
What Walmart tells the SEC
Its fiscal 2026 Form 10-K, filed March 13, 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.
Roster record last verified November 8, 2026 · Updated
Where Walmart appears on the record (2)
Every page on CISO Tribune and its network that carries this company, 2 in all.
- SEC filing
- Form 10-K cybersecurity disclosure, fiscal 2026 · Item 1C, filed March 13, 2026
- Career profile
About Walmart
CISO Tribune's Leadership Bench files Walmart under Retail & Consumer and North America. The SEC classifies it under standard industrial classification 5331, Retail-variety stores, and EDGAR lists its ticker as WMT.
What Walmart's 10-K says about security governance
Walmart's fiscal 2026 Form 10-K, filed March 13, 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, which has primary responsibility for overseeing risk management, has delegated risk management oversight responsibility for information systems, information security, data privacy and cybersecurity to the Audit Committee.”
Frameworks and standards the filing names: NIST Cybersecurity Framework.
Experience of the security leadership, as the filing states it:
“Our CISO has been a Walmart associate for over 30 years, has served in various roles in information technology and information security at Walmart for more than 20 years, and has received industry-recognized information security certifications.”
Material incidents: the filing states none.
“Based on the information available as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, we are not aware of any risks from cybersecurity threats, including as a result of any cybersecurity incidents, which have materially affected us or are reasonably likely to materially affect us, including our business strategy, results of operations, or financial condition.”
Plain-English reading and full text of the filing · the filing on sec.gov
Security chiefs at other Retail & Consumer organizations
Other organizations CISO Tribune files under Retail & Consumer with a named security chief on record: those in North America first, in alphabetical order from Walmart onward.
AutoNation: Brian Fricke, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).
Coca-Cola: Derek Benz, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer.
Marriott International: Daniel Dubowski, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer.
Nike: Adam Zoller, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).
PENN Entertainment: Gary Hunter, Chief Information Security Officer.
Primo Brands: Ravi Thatavarthy, Chief Information Security Officer.
Ralph Lauren: John Opala, Chief Information Security Officer.
SpartanNash: Brett Hoffman, VP and Chief Information Security Officer.
Questions CISOs ask about Walmart
- Who is the CISO of Walmart?
- The current Executive Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer of Walmart is Jerry R. Geisler III, per Walmart corporate leadership page.
- When did CISO Tribune verify this seat?
- CISO Tribune verified this seat on November 8, 2026 from Walmart corporate leadership page, as part of its roster of named security leaders.
- Who are the security chiefs at other Retail & Consumer organizations?
- On CISO Tribune's record they include Brian Fricke at AutoNation, Derek Benz at Coca-Cola, Daniel Dubowski at Marriott International and Adam Zoller at Nike.
- Which board body oversees cybersecurity at Walmart?
- Walmart's fiscal 2026 Form 10-K places oversight of cybersecurity risk with the Audit Committee. Its proxy statement filed April 23, 2026 names the Audit Committee as overseeing, or receiving reports from, the security seat.
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