Executive record
Jacob DePriest
Career profile: Jacob DePriest on CISO Spotlights ↗
Jacob DePriest is Chief Information Security Officer at 1Password. The appointment was announced in the week of September 2, 2024, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves.
Before the appointment: Deputy Security Chief at GitHub, per the same source.
The seat was verified again on October 20, 2026, per 1password.com.
1 tracked move on the Wire · Updated
Career timeline
Every move the record holds for Jacob DePriest, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.
· Appointment
Named Chief Information Security Officer at 1Password
Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2024-09-02) ↗ · Move record
Before September 2024· Earlier role
Deputy Security Chief at GitHub
Named in the announcement of the 1Password appointment · Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2024-09-02) ↗
The company: 1Password
- Sector
- Cybersecurity Vendors
- Region
- North America
- Company record
- Who runs security at 1Password: 1 confirmed move on the record
- Vendor directory
- 1Password sells security products, filed under Password and secrets vaults for people. What it sells
In their own words
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Elsewhere
Public profiles we matched to Jacob DePriest by exact name and the company on our record. Links only; we do not copy from them.
Appointed in the same period
Other security chiefs in Cybersecurity Vendors whose appointment was announced within 90 days of Jacob DePriest's, nearest first (8 of 10). The Cybersecurity Vendors bench
Karl Mattson, Chief Information Security Officer at Endor Labs
Mario Duarte, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Aembit
Alex Stamos, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at SentinelOne
Terrence Driscoll, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Cyware
James Scobey, Chief Information Security Officer at Keeper Security
Randolph Barr, Chief Information Security Officer at Cequence Security
Lakshmi Hanspal, Chief Trust Officer at DigiCert
Merritt Baer, Chief Information Security Officer at Reco
Record facts
- Time in the seat
- About 2 years 2 months since the appointment was announced (week of September 2, 2024), as of November 2026
- 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
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 Jacob DePriest
- Who is the CISO of 1Password?
- Jacob DePriest is Chief Information Security Officer at 1Password. The appointment was announced in the week of September 2, 2024, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves.
- When did Jacob DePriest become CISO of 1Password?
- The appointment was announced in the week of September 2, 2024, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
- Where did Jacob DePriest work before 1Password?
- Before the appointment, Jacob DePriest was Deputy Security Chief at GitHub, according to the announcement (SecurityWeek Industry Moves).
Sources
- 1.SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2024-09-02) ↗: the appointment at 1Password, week of September 2, 2024
- 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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