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Gerald Beuchelt

CISO Tribune executive record: Gerald Beuchelt, CISO at Keyfactor

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.

  1. · Appointment

    Named Chief Information Security Officer at Keyfactor

    Source: PR Newswire (company announcement) ↗ · Move record

  2. · Appointment

    Named Chief Information Security Officer at Acronis

    Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2025-01-06) ↗ · Move record

  3. 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

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

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Appointed in the same period

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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

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. 1.PR Newswire (company announcement) ↗: the appointment at Keyfactor, November 4, 2026
  2. 2.SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2025-01-06) ↗: the appointment at Acronis, week of January 6, 2025
  3. 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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