Executive record
Adam Dimopoulos
Career profile: Adam Dimopoulos on CISO Spotlights ↗
Adam Dimopoulos is Chief Information Security Officer at Entrust. The appointment was announced on May 13, 2026, per Entrust newsroom.
Before the appointment: Vice President of Information Security at Synchrony, per the same source.
1 tracked move on the Wire · Updated
Career timeline
Every move the record holds for Adam Dimopoulos, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.
· Appointment
Named Chief Information Security Officer at Entrust
Source: Entrust newsroom (release, May 13, 2026) ↗ · Move record
Before May 2026· Earlier role
Vice President of Information Security at Synchrony
Named in the announcement of the Entrust appointment · Source: Entrust newsroom (release, May 13, 2026) ↗
The appointment
Announced May 13, 2026 · Source: Entrust newsroom (release, May 13, 2026) ↗ · Move record
Entrust appointed Adam Dimopoulos as Chief Information Security Officer, responsible for the company's security posture and resilience. He joins from Synchrony, where he was Vice President of Information Security leading identity security and Zero Trust programs, and previously held leadership and advisory roles at Microsoft and Gartner.
According to the Entrust release, Dimopoulos will focus on customer trust, the protection of critical systems and data, and support for secure innovation and business growth.
According to the release, Dimopoulos has more than 20 years of experience heading risk management, identity and global information security programs in highly regulated enterprises. The company adds that his work has spanned technology transformations, identity security and enterprise security in highly regulated industries. Entrust says the enterprise-wide identity security and Zero Trust work Dimopoulos led at Synchrony produced measurable improvements in operational resilience and risk reduction for the business and its customers. In his roles at Microsoft and Gartner, the company says, Dimopoulos partnered with organizations to advance security strategy, products and execution at scale.
Dimopoulos said in the release that he has viewed identity security from both sides, having helped build platforms and products and having been accountable for the outcomes.
According to the company, its ongoing monitoring supports compliance and safeguards certificates, secrets and keys. The company says it serves customers in over 150 countries and has a global partner network. At the time of the announcement, Business Wire listed the headquarters of Entrust as Minneapolis, Minnesota, with 3000 employees and Tony Ball as CEO.
The company: Entrust
- Sector
- Cybersecurity Vendors
- Region
- North America
- Company record
- Who runs security at Entrust: 2 confirmed moves on the record
- Vendor directory
- Entrust sells security products, filed under Machine identity and PKI. What it sells
Appointed in the same period
Other security chiefs in Cybersecurity Vendors whose appointment was announced within 90 days of Adam Dimopoulos's, nearest first (8 of 15). The Cybersecurity Vendors bench
Paul Black, Chief Information Security Officer at Tanium
John Podboy, Chief Information Security Officer at Semperis
Drew McCombs, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer at Cylerity
Jacob Berry, Chief Information Security Officer at Fable Security
Mark Carter, Chief Information Security Officer at Socure
Henrik Smith, Chief Information Security Officer at Infoblox
Stephen Garcia, Chief Information Security Officer at BreachRx
Record facts
- Time in the seat
- 6 months since the appointment was announced (May 13, 2026), as of November 2026
- Moves on the record
- 1 confirmed move, each with its source
- On the record since
- September 16, 2026
- Cybersecurity Vendors in 2026
- 25 security-leadership appointments announced in the sector on the record
How these are counted. Time in the seat: Counted in whole months from the announcement of the appointment, the date the record holds; announcements rarely give a start date.
Questions about Adam Dimopoulos
- Who is the CISO of Entrust?
- Adam Dimopoulos is Chief Information Security Officer at Entrust. The appointment was announced on May 13, 2026, per Entrust newsroom.
- When did Adam Dimopoulos become CISO of Entrust?
- The appointment was announced on May 13, 2026, per Entrust newsroom. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
- Where did Adam Dimopoulos work before Entrust?
- Before the appointment, Adam Dimopoulos was Vice President of Information Security at Synchrony, according to the announcement (Entrust newsroom).
Sources
- 1.Entrust newsroom (release, May 13, 2026) ↗: the appointment at Entrust, May 13, 2026
- 2.CISO Spotlights career profile ↗: a fuller career profile on a sister site
This record begins with CISO Tribune's tracking in 2026.
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