Executive record
Daniel Langley
Career profile: Daniel Langley on CISO Spotlights ↗
Daniel Langley is Chief Information Security Officer at State of Oklahoma. The appointment was announced on October 6, 2025, per StateScoop.
Before the appointment: Deputy CISO for Security Operations at Washington Technology Solutions, per the same source.
1 tracked move on the Wire · Updated
Career timeline
Every move the record holds for Daniel Langley, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.
· Appointment
Named Chief Information Security Officer at State of Oklahoma
Source: StateScoop ↗ · Move record
Before October 2025· Earlier role
Deputy CISO for Security Operations at Washington Technology Solutions
Named in the announcement of the State of Oklahoma appointment · Source: StateScoop ↗
The appointment
Announced October 6, 2025 · Source: StateScoop ↗ · Move record
Oklahoma named Daniel Langley as the state's Chief Information Security Officer, heading IT security policy under state CIO Dan Cronin. Langley previously served as deputy CISO for security operations at Washington Technology Solutions and as CISO of the Washington state lottery. The appointment was reported on October 6, 2025.
The company: State of Oklahoma
- Region
- North America
- Company record
- Who runs security at State of Oklahoma: 1 confirmed move on the record
Appointed in the same period
Other security chiefs in Government & Public Sector whose appointment was announced within 90 days of Daniel Langley's, nearest first. The Government & Public Sector bench
Shannon Lawson, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at City of San Antonio
Chris Gergen, Chief Information Security Officer at State of North Dakota
Record facts
- Time in the seat
- 1 year 1 month since the appointment was announced (October 6, 2025), as of November 2026
- Moves on the record
- 1 confirmed move, each with its source
- On the record since
- September 30, 2026
- Government & Public Sector in 2026
- 14 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 Daniel Langley
- Who is the CISO of State of Oklahoma?
- Daniel Langley is Chief Information Security Officer at State of Oklahoma. The appointment was announced on October 6, 2025, per StateScoop.
- When did Daniel Langley become CISO of State of Oklahoma?
- The appointment was announced on October 6, 2025, per StateScoop. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
- Where did Daniel Langley work before State of Oklahoma?
- Before the appointment, Daniel Langley was Deputy CISO for Security Operations at Washington Technology Solutions, according to the announcement (StateScoop).
Sources
- 1.StateScoop ↗: the appointment at State of Oklahoma, October 6, 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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