Executive record
Greg Akers
Career profile: Greg Akers on CISO Spotlights ↗
Greg Akers was named Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Dispersive Stealth Networking. The appointment was announced in the week of February 24, 2025, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves.
Before the appointment: Senior Vice President CTO of Advanced Security Research Government at Cisco, 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 Greg Akers, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.
· Appointment
Named Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Dispersive Stealth Networking
Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2025-02-24) ↗ · Move record
Before February 2025· Earlier role
Senior Vice President CTO of Advanced Security Research Government at Cisco
Named in the announcement of the Dispersive Stealth Networking appointment · Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2025-02-24) ↗
The appointment
Announced week of February 24, 2025 · Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2025-02-24) ↗ · Move record
Dispersive Stealth Networking appointed Greg Akers as Advisor and CISO. Prior to Dispersive, Akers spent nine years at Cisco as Senior Vice President CTO of Advanced Security Research Government.
According to the release, Akers will guide the security vision and strategy of Dispersive.
The company's page says Akers was also Chief Technology Officer in Cisco's Security & Trust Organization group. According to the release, his responsibilities at Cisco included trust-driven product development, product resiliency initiatives and security awareness. He was also executive sponsor of the Cisco Disability Awareness Network, the company's page says. The company's page says Akers joined Cisco in 1993 and held roles including Senior Vice President-Global Governments Solutions Group, networking engineer and Vice President for the Worldwide Technical Assistance Center. Akers also holds the CCIE certification, according to the company's page. Akers holds a bachelor of science in chemical engineering from the University of Akron, the company's page says.
Before Cisco, Akers spent more than 15 years running, designing and building large networks for Fortune 100 companies, the company's page says. The page says he held senior technical and leadership roles at Procter and Gamble and at Fechheimer Brothers, a Berkshire Hathaway holding. According to the company's page, Akers advised the U.S. government and Cisco customers on Internet security and critical infrastructure protection at the time of the report. He has advised the federal intelligence community and the U.S. Department of Defense for more than fifteen years, according to the company's page. The company's page said that, at the time of the report, Akers advised startup and large commercial organizations and continued to serve as a government advisor. According to the release, he served on multiple nonprofit and corporate boards at the time of the announcement.
According to the release, Dispersive Stealth Networking uses dynamic, multi-path technology to protect and obfuscate data in motion.
The company: Dispersive Stealth Networking
- Sector
- Cybersecurity Vendors
- Region
- North America
- Company record
- Who runs security at Dispersive Stealth Networking: 1 confirmed move on the record
- Vendor directory
- Dispersive Stealth Networking sells security products, filed under SASE and SSE. What it sells
Appointed in the same period
Other security chiefs in Cybersecurity Vendors whose appointment was announced within 90 days of Greg Akers's, nearest first (8 of 18). The Cybersecurity Vendors bench
Richard Bird, Chief Security Officer at Singulr AI
Mike Rosen, Chief Information Security Officer at iVerify
Harold Rivas, Chief Information Security Officer at Absolute Security
Ryan Gurney, Chief Information Security Officer at LVT (LiveView Technologies)
Guy Shamilov, Chief Information Security Officer at Forcepoint
Paul Calatayud, Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Strategy Officer at Archipelo
Sandy Dunn, Chief Information Security Officer at SplxAI
Bill O'Connell, Chief Security Officer (CSO) at Commvault
Record facts
- Moves on the record
- 1 confirmed move, 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
Questions about Greg Akers
- When did Greg Akers become CISO of Dispersive Stealth Networking?
- The appointment was announced in the week of February 24, 2025, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
- Is Greg Akers still the CISO of Dispersive Stealth Networking?
- The newest source the record holds for this seat is the appointment announced in the week of February 24, 2025. It holds no later verification, so it does not state who holds the seat today.
- Where did Greg Akers work before Dispersive Stealth Networking?
- Before the appointment, Greg Akers was Senior Vice President CTO of Advanced Security Research Government at Cisco, according to the announcement (SecurityWeek Industry Moves).
Sources
- 1.SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2025-02-24) ↗: the appointment at Dispersive Stealth Networking, week of February 24, 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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