Executive record
Alfredo Hickman
Career profile: Alfredo Hickman on CISO Spotlights ↗
Alfredo Hickman is Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Kai. The appointment was announced in the week of March 16, 2026, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves.
Before the appointment: CISO at Obsidian Security, per the same source.
1 tracked move on the Wire · Updated
Career timeline
Every move the record holds for Alfredo Hickman, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.
· Appointment
Named Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Kai
Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2026-03-16) ↗ · Move record
Before March 2026· Earlier role
CISO at Obsidian Security
Named in the announcement of the Kai appointment · Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2026-03-16) ↗
The appointment
Announced week of March 16, 2026 · Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2026-03-16) ↗ · Move record
Agentic AI cybersecurity platform Kai appointed Alfredo Hickman as CISO. Hickman most recently served as CISO at Obsidian Security and previously led Rackspace Managed Security's product engineering.
According to the company, Hickman is responsible for overseeing the security of the systems and data at Kai, while strengthening customer trust as it scales. The release says he will lead work to develop a security program that is designed for the machine-speed era. Kai also says Hickman will operate its agentic AI platform inside the company's own environment, helping to mature, shape and stress-test it in real time.
The company says Hickman has nearly 20 years of cybersecurity leadership experience across military service, national security and the private sector. At Rackspace Managed Security, the release says, Hickman helped to build a global managed security services business, and he architected offerings such as managed detection and response with AWS, Google and Microsoft as partners. SecurityWeek reports that his earlier career included various roles at the US Department of Defense and at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Kai says Hickman also founded SystemsSec, a cybersecurity consultancy, and was a United States Marine Corps infantry sergeant.
According to the company, Kai was founded by the creators of Claroty and SecurityMatters. The release says the appointment follows Kai's recent emergence from stealth, with funding of $125 million.
The company: Kai
- Sector
- Cybersecurity Vendors
- Region
- North America
- Company record
- Who runs security at Kai: 1 confirmed move on the record
- Vendor directory
- Kai sells security products, filed under AI SOC analysts. What it sells
In their own words
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Elsewhere
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Appointed in the same period
Other security chiefs in Cybersecurity Vendors whose appointment was announced within 90 days of Alfredo Hickman's, nearest first (8 of 12). The Cybersecurity Vendors bench
Israel Barak, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at 7AI
Dom Glavach, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Black Duck
John Podboy, Chief Information Security Officer at Semperis
William Bengtson, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at ConductorOne
Adam Dimopoulos, Chief Information Security Officer at Entrust
Paul Black, Chief Information Security Officer at Tanium
Drew McCombs, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer at Cylerity
Record facts
- Time in the seat
- About 7 months since the appointment was announced (week of March 16, 2026), as of November 2026
- Moves on the record
- 1 confirmed move, each with its source
- On the record since
- September 24, 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 Alfredo Hickman
- Who is the CISO of Kai?
- Alfredo Hickman is Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Kai. The appointment was announced in the week of March 16, 2026, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves.
- When did Alfredo Hickman become CISO of Kai?
- The appointment was announced in the week of March 16, 2026, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
- Where did Alfredo Hickman work before Kai?
- Before the appointment, Alfredo Hickman was CISO at Obsidian Security, according to the announcement (SecurityWeek Industry Moves).
Sources
- 1.SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2026-03-16) ↗: the appointment at Kai, week of March 16, 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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