Executive record
Chris Burger
Chris Burger was named Chief Information Security Officer at F5. The appointment was announced in the week of April 21, 2025, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves.
The record holds no later verification of the seat.
1 tracked move on the Wire · Updated
Career timeline
Every move the record holds for Chris Burger, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.
The seat before and after
Who the record names in the same seat before and after Chris Burger. Only what a dated record states.
F5
Before
- Samir Sherif: named Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, announced on January 22, 2024 · record
The company: F5
- Sector
- Technology
- Region
- North America
- Company record
- Who runs security at F5: 2 confirmed moves on the record
- Annual report
- Cybersecurity section of the fiscal 2025 Form 10-K, filed November 25, 2025
- Board oversight
- Named in the filing: Risk Committee.
- Incident filings
- 1 cybersecurity incident disclosure under Form 8-K Item 1.05 on the record; the newest filed October 15, 2025 (filing). All incident filings
- Vendor directory
- F5 sells security products, filed under WAF and WAAP. What it sells
Appointed in the same period
Other security chiefs in Technology whose appointment was announced within 90 days of Chris Burger's, nearest first (8 of 12). The Technology bench
Michael Adams, Group Vice President (GVP) and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Docusign
Joan Pepin, Chief Information Security Officer at Edge Delta
Kyle Draisey, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Head of Cybersecurity at Sagent
Vari Bindra, Chief Information Security Officer at Life360
Anupam Saha, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Biz2X
Amy Herzog, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at AWS
Elyse Gunn, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Nasuni
Jim Higgins, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at CoreWeave
Record facts
- Moves on the record
- 1 confirmed move, each with its source
- On the record since
- September 26, 2026
Questions about Chris Burger
- When did Chris Burger become CISO of F5?
- The appointment was announced in the week of April 21, 2025, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
- Is Chris Burger still the CISO of F5?
- The newest source the record holds for this seat is the appointment announced in the week of April 21, 2025. It holds no later verification, so it does not state who holds the seat today.
- Who held the seat at F5 before Chris Burger?
- Samir Sherif: named Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, announced on January 22, 2024.
Sources
- 1.SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2025-04-21) ↗: the appointment at F5, week of April 21, 2025
- 2.SEC EDGAR: Form 10-K, fiscal 2025 ↗: the company's cybersecurity disclosure
- 3.SEC EDGAR: Form 8-K, filed October 15, 2025 ↗: an Item 1.05 incident disclosure
This record begins with CISO Tribune's tracking in 2026.
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