Executive record
Gerald Beuchelt
Career profile: Gerald Beuchelt on CISO Spotlights ↗
Gerald Beuchelt is Chief Information Security Officer at Keyfactor. The appointment was announced on November 4, 2026, per PR Newswire.
Before the appointment: CISO at Acronis, per the same source.
2 tracked moves on the Wire · Updated
Career timeline
Every move the record holds for Gerald Beuchelt, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.
· Appointment
· Appointment
Named Chief Information Security Officer at Acronis
Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2025-01-06) ↗ · Move record
Before January 2025· Earlier role
CISO at Sprinklr
Named in the announcement of the Acronis appointment · Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2025-01-06) ↗
The moves, from the record
Joining Keyfactor
Announced November 4, 2026 · Source: PR Newswire (company announcement) ↗ · Move record
Keyfactor announced the appointment of Gerald Beuchelt as CISO on November 4, 2026. Beuchelt brings over 25 years of security leadership experience, having previously held executive roles at Acronis, Sprinklr, LogMeIn, and Demandware.
According to the announcement, Keyfactor appointed Gerald Beuchelt as Chief Information Security Officer on November 4, 2026. The announcement says he will lead the company's enterprise-wide security strategy, governance, risk management, and compliance programs. It describes the aim as protecting customer data, product integrity, and corporate assets.
The announcement says Beuchelt has more than 25 years of experience leading security, IT, and compliance organizations in SaaS and cloud-native companies. He has held executive roles at Sprinklr, LogMeIn, Demandware, and Acronis. A subheading on the announcement describes him as a former Acronis CISO. His experience includes overseeing security during Sprinklr's $4 billion IPO, integrating security teams through LogMeIn's $5 billion merger with GetGo, and supporting security due diligence for Salesforce's $3 billion acquisition of Demandware.
The announcement says he will also partner closely with product and engineering teams and oversee Keyfactor's certification, authorization, and audit programs, including ISO 27001, SOC 2, FedRAMP, and ISO 42001.
Joining Acronis
Announced week of January 6, 2025 · Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2025-01-06) ↗ · Move record
Acronis announced the appointment of Gerald Beuchelt as its new CISO. Beuchelt previously served as CISO at Sprinklr and LogMeIn, and also held leadership roles at Demandware and MITRE.
According to the release, Beuchelt will lead execution of the global information security strategy at Acronis and ensure protection of its information, systems and technologies. The release says he will lead a global team of compliance, security and IT professionals as a member of executive leadership responsible for security. Acronis says he will also oversee its corporate IT infrastructure, including server and network management and help desk operations. The release says he will support expanding the company's impact in the cybersecurity community with threat intelligence, reports and new research from the Acronis Threat Research Unit.
Acronis says his most recent position was Senior Vice President of Information Security and CISO at Sprinklr, where he oversaw risk assessment and security implementation for its $4 billion IPO. According to Acronis, during a $5 billion merger with GetGo, Beuchelt expanded and merged the security teams at LogMeIn. The release lists earlier roles at The MITRE Corporation as Principal Information Security Engineer and at Demandware as Chief Security Officer. According to Acronis, security efforts Beuchelt led as Chief Security Officer at Demandware contributed to the $3 billion Salesforce acquisition of Demandware. He has served as a board Director and Treasurer for the Boston Chapter of Infragard, which the release describes as the FBI public-private partnership program. Acronis says Beuchelt holds a master's in Mathematical Physics from the University of Cologne and a bachelor's in Physics from Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich.
Acronis describes its business as AI-native cyber protection that unifies hybrid infrastructure, IT operations, cybersecurity and data protection. According to Acronis, which is headquartered in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, more than 21,000 service providers trust it to protect over 750,000 businesses across 150 countries.
The company: Keyfactor
- Sector
- Cybersecurity Vendors
- Region
- North America
- Company record
- Who runs security at Keyfactor: 1 confirmed move on the record
- Vendor directory
- Keyfactor sells security products, filed under Machine identity and PKI. What it sells
In their own words
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Elsewhere
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Appointed in the same period
Other security chiefs in Cybersecurity Vendors whose appointment was announced within 90 days of Gerald Beuchelt's, nearest first. The Cybersecurity Vendors bench
Kobi Sivilya, Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Information Officer at Checkmarx
Mathieu Rigotto, Chief Information Security Officer at Filigran
Alex Stamos, Chief Information Security Officer at Cognition
Grant Yacomeni, Chief Information Security Officer at Gigamon
Chris Jones, Chief Trust and Security Officer at Axonius
David Soto, Chief Information Security Officer at Trellix
Andrew Park, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at UltraViolet Cyber
Record facts
- Time in the seat
- under a month since the appointment was announced (November 4, 2026), as of November 2026
- Moves on the record
- 2 confirmed moves, each with its source
- On the record since
- September 26, 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 Gerald Beuchelt
- Who is the CISO of Keyfactor?
- Gerald Beuchelt is Chief Information Security Officer at Keyfactor. The appointment was announced on November 4, 2026, per PR Newswire.
- When did Gerald Beuchelt become CISO of Keyfactor?
- The appointment was announced on November 4, 2026, per PR Newswire. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
- Where did Gerald Beuchelt work before Keyfactor?
- Before the appointment, Gerald Beuchelt was CISO at Acronis, according to the announcement (PR Newswire).
Sources
- 1.PR Newswire (company announcement) ↗: the appointment at Keyfactor, November 4, 2026
- 2.SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2025-01-06) ↗: the appointment at Acronis, week of January 6, 2025
- 3.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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