Executive record
David Dunn
Career profile: David Dunn on CISO Spotlights ↗
David Dunn was named Chief Information Security Officer at Kroll. The appointment was announced on March 6, 2023, per Kroll newsroom.
Before the appointment: Deputy Chief Information Security Officer at Kroll, per the same source.
The record holds no later verification of the seat.
1 tracked move on the Wire · Updated
Career timeline
Every move the record holds for David Dunn, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.
· Appointment
Named Chief Information Security Officer at Kroll
Source: Kroll newsroom ↗ · Move record
Before March 2023· Earlier role
Deputy Chief Information Security Officer at Kroll
Named in the announcement of the Kroll appointment · Source: Kroll newsroom ↗
The appointment
Announced March 6, 2023 · Source: Kroll newsroom ↗ · Move record
Kroll appointed David Dunn as Chief Information Security Officer. Dunn previously served as deputy chief information security officer at Kroll since joining the firm in 2016. He succeeds Wayne Peterson, who retired and remained an advisor to the firm at the time of the announcement.
Kroll's profile of Dunn says his teams manage vendor security risk and vulnerability management as well as security architecture, threat intelligence, security engineering, incident response and the global security operations center. The profile says his teams also coordinate the SOC2 and ISO certifications held by Kroll.
Before joining Kroll, Dunn spent three years as Vice President of Incident Response and Threat Intelligence at FIS Global, his Kroll profile says. Kroll President Shai Waisman said Dunn brings more than 25 years of security experience in the public and private sectors, covering law enforcement, electronic crimes and incident response. The release says Dunn served 19 years with the Seattle Police Department, which named him Detective of the Year in 2012. According to the profile, he spent 13 years on the U.S. Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Force and was a part-time strategic advisor and detective for the last six. The release says Dunn won the Forensic Examiner of the Year award from the U.S. Secret Service three times. According to his profile, Dunn graduated from Washington State University, is a graduate of the FBI CISO Academy and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional.
The company says Dunn will help it strengthen security, bolster corporate resilience and improve information sharing as it grows its product portfolio globally in 2023.
The company: Kroll
- Sector
- Professional Services
- Region
- North America
- Company record
- Who runs security at Kroll: 1 confirmed move on the record
- Vendor directory
- Kroll sells security products, filed under Incident response and forensics. What it sells
Appointed in the same period
Other security chiefs in Professional Services whose appointment was announced within 90 days of David Dunn's, nearest first. The Professional Services bench
David Cook, Chief Information Security Officer at Sequoia
Record facts
- Moves on the record
- 1 confirmed move, each with its source
- On the record since
- September 30, 2026
- Professional Services in 2026
- 6 security-leadership appointments announced in the sector on the record
Questions about David Dunn
- When did David Dunn become CISO of Kroll?
- The appointment was announced on March 6, 2023, per Kroll newsroom. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
- Is David Dunn still the CISO of Kroll?
- The newest source the record holds for this seat is the appointment announced on March 6, 2023. It holds no later verification, so it does not state who holds the seat today.
- What was David Dunn's role before this appointment?
- Before the appointment, David Dunn was Deputy Chief Information Security Officer at Kroll, according to the announcement (Kroll newsroom).
Sources
- 1.Kroll newsroom ↗: the appointment at Kroll, March 6, 2023
- 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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