Disclosure · Form 10-K · fiscal 2026
GitLab 10-K cybersecurity disclosure (Item 1C), fiscal 2026
Filed March 17, 2026· period ended January 31, 2026· GTLB· CIK 1653482· Updated · filing on sec.gov ↗· company page
GitLab's Form 10-K for fiscal 2026, filed March 17, 2026, names the Chief Information Security Officer as its top security role, with oversight by the audit committee. On CISO Tribune's record, the Chief Information Security Officer of GitLab is Chaim Mazal (appointment announced on June 9, 2026; record).
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What GitLab's Item 1C says
Gitlab's Form 10-K for fiscal 2026 places oversight of cybersecurity risk with the audit committee. The company's cybersecurity program is led by its Chief Information Security Officer.
Board and management oversight
The audit committee reports any findings and recommendations, as appropriate, to the full board of directors for consideration. The audit committee meets regularly with management to review the company's business and operations, including the oversight of risks from cybersecurity threats. Management is responsible for identifying, assessing, and managing material cybersecurity risks through programs led by the Chief Information Security Officer, Chief Legal Officer, and the Chief Financial Officer.
Who leads security
The company's Security Operations Vice President is currently acting as interim CISO while the company conducts a search for a new CISO. The interim CISO has over 25 years of experience working at SaaS and technology companies.
How the company manages cyber risk
The company's processes assess the likelihood and impact of various threats and risks, including business operations, brand reputation, business continuity, legal, regulatory, AI, and financial impact. The global incident response team performs at-least annual tabletop exercises of its incident processes, including material breach, disaster recovery, and business continuity scenarios. Security incidents that are assessed as potentially material are escalated to designated members of management and the board of directors, as applicable.
Third parties and incidents
The security program accounts for significant interactions with relevant external third-parties and analyzes the potential risks introduced from doing business with them. The company says these risks are continually assessed throughout the vendor lifecycle from onboarding to offboarding. The company performs security assurance activities via independent, external third parties such as consultants, auditors, security researchers, and assessors during security certification audits, penetration tests, and bug bounty programs. To the best of its knowledge and based on available data, the company has not experienced a material cybersecurity incident that has resulted in a material adverse impact to its business or operations.
What the section does not state
The section does not name the person who holds the top security role. The section does not say who the top security role reports to. The section does not name a specific security framework or standard.
Read from the Form 10-K filed March 17, 2026, on . Every sentence rests on a passage of the section reproduced below.
The filing's fields, each with its sentence
Who leads security (the top role, as the filing names it)
Chief Information Security Officer
Reports to
not identified
Board oversight
audit committee
“The audit committee has oversight responsibility for risks and incidents relating to cybersecurity threats, including compliance with disclosure requirements and related effects on financial and other risks, and it reports any findings and recommendations, as appropriate, to the full board of directors for consideration.”
CISO or other person named
not identified
Frameworks and standards named
not identified
Outside assessors, consultants or testers
Described
“We also engage in continuous monitoring of our cyber security risks and perform security assurance activities via independent, external third parties such as consultants, auditors, security researchers, and assessors during our robust security certification audits, penetration tests, and bug bounty programs.”
Experience of the security leadership, as stated
Stated
“Our interim CISO has over 25 years of experience working at SaaS and technology companies and we expect our security program will continue to operate as it has in the prior fiscal year.”
Material incident
The filing states none
“As of the date of this Form 10-K, to the best of our knowledge and based on available data, we have not experienced a material cybersecurity incident that has resulted in a material adverse impact to our business or operations.”
The section
608 words, Form 10-K filed March 17, 2026 for the period ended January 31, 2026
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How peers in the same industry describe the seat
The SEC assigns GitLab standard industrial classification 7372, Services-prepackaged software (SEC SIC list). 8 other filers in our library have the same code.
| Filer | Top security role | Reports to | Board oversight |
|---|---|---|---|
| EGAIN CorpFY 2026, filed September 10, 2026 | Chief Information Security Officer | Chief Financial Officer | Audit Committee |
| Great Elm Group, Inc.FY 2026, filed August 26, 2026 | not identified | not identified | Audit Committee |
| AtlassianFY 2026, filed August 14, 2026 | Chief Information Security Officer | CTrO | Audit Committee |
| PaylocityFY 2026, filed August 5, 2026 | Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer | Chief Financial Officer | audit committee |
| Bio Key International IncFY 2025, filed June 15, 2026 | Cybersecurity Engineer | Chief Technology Officer | Audit Committee |
| Elastic N.V.FY 2026, filed June 8, 2026 | Chief Information Security Officer | not identified | Audit Committee |
| FingerMotion, Inc.FY 2026, filed May 29, 2026 | IT Manager | Risk and Information Security Committee | Risk and Information Security Committee |
| Gen DigitalFY 2026, filed May 21, 2026 | Chief Information Security Officer | not identified | Audit Committee of the Board |
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Item 1C, verbatim from the filing
The text below is the Cybersecurity item of GitLab's Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on March 17, 2026, reproduced word for word from the filing on sec.gov. Page numbers and navigation lines have been removed; nothing has been added. It describes governance as of that date.
ITEM 1C. CYBERSECURITY
Cyberse curity Risk Management and Strategy
GitLab's cybersecurity program was designed in alignment with industry standards and recognized best practices to identify, assess, and manage material risks from cybersecurity threats. Our cybersecurity program is led by our Chief Information Security Officer, and consists of over 120 security practitioners located around the world. Our CISO vacated the CISO role February 26th, 2026 and our Security Operations Vice President is currently acting as our interim CISO while we conduct a search for a new CISO. Our interim CISO has over 25 years of experience working at SaaS and technology companies and we expect our security program will continue to operate as it has in the prior fiscal year. Our processes assess the likelihood and impact of various threats and risks including, but not limited to, our business operations, organizational output, brand reputation, business continuity, customers and stakeholders, legal, regulatory, AI, and financial impact. Identified risks are assessed at least quarterly for
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criticality, prioritized for remediation, and reported by GitLab's security teams to various levels of our management including integration into our enterprise risk management program, led by Internal Audit. We also make judgments based on current data, assumptions about the risk, the company's risk tolerance, impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and reasonable analysis of costs associated with mitigating or reducing the severity of the risk. Our global incident response team iteratively evaluates security events for impact, using both qualitative and quantitative factors. Security incidents that are assessed as potentially material are escalated to designated members of our management and board of directors, as applicable. Our global incident response team performs at-least annual tabletop exercises of our incident processes, including material breach, disaster recovery, and business continuity scenarios.
Our security program accounts for our significant interactions with relevant external third-parties and analyzes the potential risks introduced from doing business with them. These risks are continually assessed throughout the vendor lifecycle from onboarding to offboarding. We also engage in continuous monitoring of our cyber security risks and perform security assurance activities via independent, external third parties such as consultants, auditors, security researchers, and assessors during our robust security certification audits, penetration tests, and bug bounty programs.
As of the date of this Form 10-K, to the best of our knowledge and based on available data, we have not experienced a material cybersecurity incident that has resulted in a material adverse impact to our business or operations. However, there can be no guarantee that we will not experience such an incident in the future. See Item 1A Risk Factors of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for more information on our cybersecurity risks and product vulnerability risks.
Governance
Our board of directors is responsible for overseeing and advising our company so that it functions as effectively as possible. The audit committee consists of a subset of the board of directors and its members are well versed in matters including but not limited to, matters of cybersecurity, security risk management, compliance, and governance. The audit committee has oversight responsibility for risks and incidents relating to cybersecurity threats, including compliance with disclosure requirements and related effects on financial and other risks, and it reports any findings and recommendations, as appropriate, to the full board of directors for consideration. The audit committee meets regularly with management to review the company's business and operations, including the oversight of risks from cybersecurity threats. Management is responsible for and regularly discusses identifying, assessing, and managing material cybersecurity risks on an ongoing basis through programs led by the Chief Information Security Officer, Chief Legal Officer, and the Chief Financial Officer.
Earlier filings on record
Fiscal 2025 Form 10-K, filed March 21, 2025 sec.gov ↗
Top security role, as the filing names it
Chief Information Security Officer
Reports to, as the filing names it
not identified
Board oversight
audit committee
“The audit committee has oversight responsibility for risks and incidents relating to cybersecurity threats, including compliance with disclosure requirements and related effects on financial and other risks, and it reports any findings and recommendations, as appropriate, to the full board of directors for consideration.”
Person named in the filing
not identified
Experience, as stated
Stated
“Our cybersecurity program is led by our Chief Information Security Officer, who has over 25 years of experience working at SaaS and technology companies, and consists of over 120 security practitioners located around the world.”
Material incident
The filing states none
“As of the date of this Form 10-K, to the best of our knowledge and based on available data, we have not experienced a material cybersecurity incident that has resulted in a material adverse impact to our business or operations.”
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ITEM 1C. CYBERSECURITY
Cyberse curity Risk Management and Strategy
GitLab's cybersecurity program was designed in alignment with industry standards and recognized best practices to identify, assess, and manage material risks from cybersecurity threats. Our cybersecurity program is led by our Chief Information Security Officer, who has over 25 years of experience working at SaaS and technology companies, and consists of over 120 security practitioners located around the world. Our processes assess the likelihood and impact of various threats and risks including, but not limited to, our business operations, organizational output, brand reputation, business continuity, customers and stakeholders, legal, regulatory, and financial impact. Identified risks are assessed for criticality, prioritized for remediation, and reported by GitLab's security teams to various levels of our management including integration into our enterprise risk management program, led by Internal Audit. We also make judgments based on current data, assumptions about the risk, the company's risk tolerance, impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and reasonable analysis of costs associated with mitigating or reducing the severity of the risk. Our global incident response team iteratively evaluates security events for impact, using both qualitative and quantitative factors. Security incidents that are assessed as potentially material are escalated to designated members of our management and board of directors, as applicable. Our global incident response team performs at-least annual tabletop exercises of our incident processes, including material breach, disaster recovery, and business continuity scenarios.
Our security program accounts for our significant interactions with relevant external third-parties and analyzes the potential risks introduced from doing business with them. These risks are continually assessed throughout the vendor lifecycle from onboarding to offboarding. We also engage in continuous monitoring of our cyber security risks and perform security assurance activities via independent, external third parties such as consultants, auditors, security researchers, and assessors during our robust security certification audits, penetration tests, and bug bounty programs.
As of the date of this Form 10-K, to the best of our knowledge and based on available data, we have not experienced a material cybersecurity incident that has resulted in a material adverse impact to our business or operations. However, there can be no guarantee that we will not experience such an incident in the future. See Item 1A Risk Factors of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for more information on our cybersecurity risks and product vulnerability risks.
Governance
Our board of directors is responsible for overseeing and advising our company so that it functions as effectively as possible. The audit committee consists of a subset of the board of directors. The audit committee has oversight responsibility for risks and incidents relating to cybersecurity threats, including compliance with disclosure requirements and related effects on financial and other risks, and it reports any findings and recommendations, as appropriate, to the full board of directors for consideration. The audit committee performs oversight functions and meets regularly with management to review the company's business and operations, including the oversight of risks from cybersecurity threats. Management is responsible for and regularly discusses identifying, assessing, and managing material cybersecurity risks on an ongoing basis through programs led by the Chief Information Security Officer, Chief Legal Officer, and the Chief Financial Officer.
Fiscal 2024 Form 10-K, filed March 26, 2024 sec.gov ↗
Top security role, as the filing names it
Chief Information Security Officer
Reports to, as the filing names it
not identified
Board oversight
audit committee
“The audit committee has oversight responsibility for risks and incidents relating to cybersecurity threats, including compliance with disclosure requirements and related effects on financial and other risks, and it reports any findings and recommendations, as appropriate, to the full board of directors for consideration.”
Person named in the filing
not identified
Experience, as stated
not identified
Material incident
The filing states none
“As of the date of this Form 10-K, to the best of our knowledge and based on available data, we have not experienced a material cybersecurity incident that has resulted in a material adverse impact to our business or operations.”
Read by claude-sonnet-5-5 on October 15, 2026; every quote verified in the stored text by code.
ITEM 1C. CYBERSECURITY
Cyberse curity Risk Management and Strategy
GitLab's cybersecurity program was designed in alignment with industry standards and recognized best practices to identify, assess, and manage material risks from cybersecurity threats. Our processes assess the likelihood and impact of various threats and risks including, but not limited to, our business operations, organizational output, brand reputation, business continuity, customers and stakeholders, legal, regulatory, and financial impact. Identified risks are assessed for criticality, prioritized for remediation, and reported by GitLab's security teams to various levels of our management. We also make judgments based on current data, assumptions about the risk, the company's risk tolerance, impact to confidentiality, integrity and availability, and reasonable analysis of costs associated with mitigating or reducing the severity of the risk. Our global incident response team iteratively evaluates security events for impact, using both qualitative and quantitative factors. Security incidents that are assessed as potentially material are escalated to designated members of our management and board of directors, as applicable.
Our security program accounts for our significant interactions with relevant external third-parties and analyzes the potential risks introduced from doing business with them. These risks are continually assessed throughout the vendor lifecycle from onboarding to offboarding. We also engage in continuous monitoring of our cyber security risks and perform security assurance activities via independent, external third parties such as consultants, auditors, and assessors during our robust security certification audits, penetration tests, and bug bounty programs.
As of the date of this Form 10-K, to the best of our knowledge and based on available data, we have not experienced a material cybersecurity incident that has resulted in a material adverse impact to our business or operations. However, there can be no guarantee that we will not experience such an incident in the future. See Item 1A Risk Factors of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for more information on our cybersecurity risks and product vulnerability risks.
Governance
Our board of directors is responsible for overseeing and advising our company so that it functions as effectively as possible. The audit committee consists of a subset of the board of directors. The audit committee has oversight responsibility for risks and incidents relating to cybersecurity threats, including compliance with disclosure requirements and related effects on financial and other risks, and it reports any findings and recommendations, as appropriate, to the full board of directors for consideration. The audit committee performs oversight functions and meets regularly with management to review the company's business and operations, including the oversight of risks from cybersecurity threats. Management is responsible for and regularly discusses identifying, assessing, and managing material cybersecurity risks on an ongoing basis through programs led by the Chief Information Security Officer, Chief Legal Officer, and the Chief Financial Officer.
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