Executive record
Dale Hoak
Career profile: Dale Hoak on CISO Spotlights ↗
Dale Hoak is Chief Information Security Officer at RegScale. The appointment was announced on July 8, 2025, per PR Newswire.
1 tracked move on the Wire · Updated
Career timeline
Every move the record holds for Dale Hoak, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.
The appointment
Announced July 8, 2025 · Source: PR Newswire (company announcement) ↗ · Move record
RegScale promoted Dale Hoak to Chief Information Security Officer. Hoak joined RegScale as its first security hire and had led the company's security program through its FedRAMP High authorization.
According to the release, Hoak will lead all aspects of the company's cybersecurity strategy as CISO, together with its risk management, resilience and compliance efforts.
According to the release, Hoak served in the U.S. Navy and was one of RegScale's first employees. He also architected and implemented the company's full end-to-end security framework and built a 24/7/365 Security Operations Center, according to the release. The release describes Hoak as an advocate of the company's CCM platform. The release says RegScale achieved the SOC 2 Type 2 and CSA STAR certifications under his leadership.
His career spans decades of service in both the private and public sectors, according to the release. In the Department of Defense, he held cybersecurity leadership roles and managed operations for a Network Operations Center, according to the release. The release lists his expertise as covering SOC leadership, cloud technologies, AI-enhanced security, global security transformations and embedding security into the DevSecOps lifecycle.
The company says its Continuous Controls Monitoring platform uses AI-driven automation to streamline GRC, bridging security, compliance and risk. RegScale says customers using the platform achieve 60% less audit prep effort and certifications that come up to 90% faster.
The company: RegScale
- Sector
- Cybersecurity Vendors
- Region
- North America
- Company record
- Who runs security at RegScale: 1 confirmed move on the record
- Vendor directory
- RegScale sells security products, filed under Compliance automation. What it sells
Talks and interviews
Conference sessions, podcast episodes and videos with Dale Hoak that the record holds, each from the event or the show's own page. The speaking circuit · Podcasts
March 25, 2026· Podcast appearance, CyberWire Daily
Dale Hoak, Chief Information Security Officer at RegScale
Your private call isn’t so private.
On privacy risks in phone calls and voice communications
Listen at CyberWire Daily ↗
Appointed in the same period
Other security chiefs in Cybersecurity Vendors whose appointment was announced within 90 days of Dale Hoak's, nearest first (8 of 9). The Cybersecurity Vendors bench
Quincy Castro, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Chainguard
Diana Kelley, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Noma Security
Rinki Sethi, Chief Security Officer (CSO) at Upwind
Olivia Brännlund, CISO at Outpost24
Aman Sirohi, Chief Information Security Officer at Cyberhaven
Lane Sullivan, Chief Information Security and Strategy Officer at Concentric AI
Shane Barney, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Keeper Security
Leslie Nielsen, Chief Information Security Officer at Mimecast
Record facts
- Time in the seat
- 1 year 4 months since the appointment was announced (July 8, 2025), as of November 2026
- Moves on the record
- 1 confirmed move, each with its source
- On the record since
- September 30, 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 Dale Hoak
- Who is the CISO of RegScale?
- Dale Hoak is Chief Information Security Officer at RegScale. The appointment was announced on July 8, 2025, per PR Newswire.
- When did Dale Hoak become CISO of RegScale?
- The appointment was announced on July 8, 2025, per PR Newswire. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
Sources
- 1.PR Newswire (company announcement) ↗: the appointment at RegScale, July 8, 2025
- 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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