Executive record
Dennis Leber
Career profile: Dennis Leber on CISO Spotlights ↗
Dennis Leber is Chief Information Security Officer at Erlanger Health System. The appointment was announced on February 7, 2026, per Becker's Hospital Review.
Before the appointment: Cybersecurity Solutions Architect at Avalon, per the same source.
1 tracked move on the Wire · Updated
Career timeline
Every move the record holds for Dennis Leber, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.
· Appointment
Named Chief Information Security Officer at Erlanger Health System
Source: Becker's Hospital Review ↗ · Move record
Before February 2026· Earlier role
Cybersecurity Solutions Architect at Avalon
Named in the announcement of the Erlanger Health System appointment · Source: Becker's Hospital Review ↗
The appointment
Announced February 7, 2026 · Source: Becker's Hospital Review ↗ · Move record
Dennis Leber, PhD, has been appointed chief information security officer of Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Erlanger Health System. He announced the move on LinkedIn on February 7, 2026, Becker's Hospital Review reported. Leber most recently served as a cybersecurity solutions architect for legal services company Avalon, and earlier worked in information security at UConn Health, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Hardin Memorial Health.
The company: Erlanger Health System
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Region
- North America
- Company record
- Who runs security at Erlanger Health System: 1 confirmed move on the record
Appointed in the same period
Other security chiefs in Healthcare whose appointment was announced within 90 days of Dennis Leber's, nearest first. The Healthcare bench
Gordon Groschl, Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at City of Hope
Kathy Jobes, Chief Information Security Officer at Cook Children's Health Care System
Robert Carvajal, Chief Information Security Officer at BayCare
Joseph Adu, Chief Information Security Officer at CentralReach
Tim McKnight, Senior Vice President, IT Risk Management & Security and Chief Information Security Officer at Merck
Record facts
- Time in the seat
- 9 months since the appointment was announced (February 7, 2026), as of November 2026
- Moves on the record
- 1 confirmed move, each with its source
- On the record since
- February 7, 2026
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 Dennis Leber
- Who is the CISO of Erlanger Health System?
- Dennis Leber is Chief Information Security Officer at Erlanger Health System. The appointment was announced on February 7, 2026, per Becker's Hospital Review.
- When did Dennis Leber become CISO of Erlanger Health System?
- The appointment was announced on February 7, 2026, per Becker's Hospital Review. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
- Where did Dennis Leber work before Erlanger Health System?
- Before the appointment, Dennis Leber was Cybersecurity Solutions Architect at Avalon, according to the announcement (Becker's Hospital Review).
Sources
- 1.Becker's Hospital Review ↗: the appointment at Erlanger Health System, February 7, 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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