Executive record
Harold Rivas
Career profile: Harold Rivas on CISO Spotlights ↗
Harold Rivas was named Chief Information Security Officer at Absolute Security. The appointment was announced in the week of March 10, 2025, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves.
Before the appointment: CISO at Trellix, 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 Harold Rivas, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.
· Appointment
Named Chief Information Security Officer at Absolute Security
Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2025-03-10) ↗ · Move record
Before March 2025· Earlier role
CISO at Trellix
Named in the announcement of the Absolute Security appointment · Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2025-03-10) ↗
The appointment
Announced week of March 10, 2025 · Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2025-03-10) ↗ · Move record
Absolute Security announced Harold Rivas as its new CISO. Prior to Absolute, Rivas served as CISO at Trellix, loanDepot, Santander Consumer USA, and Mr. Cooper.
According to the release, Rivas will oversee global cybersecurity and information technology at Absolute Security, covering threat management, security operations, cyber risk and compliance, and security for products and services.
The release says Rivas has more than two decades of experience in the cybersecurity industry. Trellix also names Fujitsu America among the companies where he previously held CISO roles. According to Trellix, Rivas earlier led global cybersecurity programs at Citigroup. The release says his work has included navigating complex government regulations, helping to fuel growth and contributing to the development of cybersecurity legislation.
According to the company, Western Governors University awarded Rivas both a Bachelor of Science in Business Management and an MBA. Trellix says he maintains several industry certifications, among them the Certified Information Systems Security Professional credential, or CISSP. He is a member of the FBI's InfraGard and an active public speaker, according to Trellix.
According to the company, Absolute Persistence, a patented technology built into endpoint device firmware, powers the Absolute Cyber Resilience Platform. The company says the platform uses real-time telemetry from endpoint device fleets to detect risk, remediate disruptions and recover devices and network connections to a secure state. Absolute says thousands of global enterprise customers use these capabilities and that, through partnerships with device manufacturers, it is embedded in firmware on 600 million endpoints.
The company: Absolute Security
- Sector
- Cybersecurity Vendors
- Region
- North America
- Company record
- Who runs security at Absolute Security: 1 confirmed move on the record
- Vendor directory
- Absolute Security sells security products, filed under Firmware and device supply chain security. What it sells
Appointed in the same period
Other security chiefs in Cybersecurity Vendors whose appointment was announced within 90 days of Harold Rivas's, nearest first (8 of 17). The Cybersecurity Vendors bench
Guy Shamilov, Chief Information Security Officer at Forcepoint
Mike Rosen, Chief Information Security Officer at iVerify
Paul Calatayud, Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Strategy Officer at Archipelo
Richard Bird, Chief Security Officer at Singulr AI
Greg Akers, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Dispersive Stealth Networking
Sandy Dunn, Chief Information Security Officer at SplxAI
Bill O'Connell, Chief Security Officer (CSO) at Commvault
Ryan Gurney, Chief Information Security Officer at LVT (LiveView Technologies)
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 Harold Rivas
- When did Harold Rivas become CISO of Absolute Security?
- The appointment was announced in the week of March 10, 2025, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
- Is Harold Rivas still the CISO of Absolute Security?
- The newest source the record holds for this seat is the appointment announced in the week of March 10, 2025. It holds no later verification, so it does not state who holds the seat today.
- Where did Harold Rivas work before Absolute Security?
- Before the appointment, Harold Rivas was CISO at Trellix, according to the announcement (SecurityWeek Industry Moves).
Sources
- 1.SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2025-03-10) ↗: the appointment at Absolute Security, week of March 10, 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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