CISO appointment
Philip Martin named Chief Information Security Officer at Uber
Philip Martin is the Chief Information Security Officer of Uber. Philip joins from Coinbase.
Records: Uber · Philip Martin · Career profile on CISO Spotlights ↗
| Person | Philip Martin |
|---|---|
| New role | Chief Information Security Officer |
| Company | Uber |
| Previous role | Coinbase |
| Announced | June 2026 |
| Added to the record | August 1, 2026 |
| Source | CSO Online — New CISO appointments 2026 |
Context from the record
- Uber is filed under Technology, North America, on our record.
- The appointment to this seat before this one on our record: Uber Philip Martin, Chief Information Security Officer, announced in June 2026.
- Before this move, Philip was at Coinbase; that company's seat on our record is now held by Michael Sikorski (Chief Information Security Officer).
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- Justin Henkel, Chief Information Security Officer, SolarWinds
- Chaim Mazal, Chief Information Security Officer, GitLab
- Paras Malhotra, Chief Information Security Officer, Starburst
- Michael Kipp, Chief Information Security Officer, ChurnZero
- Victor Chang, Chief Information Security Officer, Backstory
- Jeremy Powell, Chief Information Security Officer, Sumo Logic
- Doug Bowers, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), MongoDB
- Julia Lake, Chief Information Security Officer, 6sense
9 on our record that quarter. Who runs security in Technology.
What this move signals
Uber appointed Philip Martin as Chief Information Security Officer, announced in June 2026; day-level precision has not been established from available coverage. Martin previously led security at Coinbase.
One of the most consequential seats in consumer tech — Uber's security chief inherits both a global platform and the long shadow of the 2016 breach cover-up case that made CISO personal liability a mainstream concern. Together with Remitly hiring Jeff Lyon from the same company, June–July 2026 saw two Coinbase security leaders exit into major operator roles.
What the sources say
According to SecurityWeek, Martin had served as Chief Security Officer at Coinbase since April 2016 before he joined the ride-hailing company. SecurityWeek reports that at Coinbase he led a global team of more than 250 employees covering business resilience, risk and compliance, technology governance, physical security, Trust & Safety and cybersecurity. That remit spanned both the enterprise and consumer businesses of Coinbase, according to SecurityWeek.
Earlier, Martin built and led the Security Engineering and Incident Response teams at Palantir Technologies, SecurityWeek reports. He also helped develop virtual infrastructure at Amazon’s A9, according to SecurityWeek. SecurityWeek reports that Martin spent a decade early in his career as an Arabic linguist and counterintelligence agent in the U.S. Army. In that Army work he served in strategic and tactical roles overseas as well as in the United States, according to SecurityWeek.
CSO Online reports that Coinbase appointed Michael Sikorski as CISO and that he joins from Unit 42, where he was CTO for four years.
Sources
- CSO Online — New CISO appointments 2026
- Philip Martin Joins Uber as Chief Information Security Officer. SecurityWeek, published June 26, 2026.
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