Executive record
James Scobey
Career profile: James Scobey on CISO Spotlights ↗
James Scobey was named Chief Information Security Officer at Keeper Security. The appointment was announced in the week of October 14, 2024, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves.
Before the appointment: Chief Information Security Officer at SEC (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission), per the same source.
The newest appointment at Keeper Security on the record is Shane Barney, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), announced in the week of May 19, 2025.
1 tracked move on the Wire · Updated
Career timeline
Every move the record holds for James Scobey, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.
· Appointment
Named Chief Information Security Officer at Keeper Security
Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2024-10-14) ↗ · Move record
Before October 2024· Earlier role
Chief Information Security Officer at SEC (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission)
Named in the announcement of the Keeper Security appointment · Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2024-10-14) ↗
The appointment
Announced week of October 14, 2024 · Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2024-10-14) ↗ · Move record
Keeper Security appointed James Scobey as its Chief Information Security Officer. Scobey previously served as CISO at the SEC since 2022, and prior to that held roles including President and CEO of SigmaCyber and CTO and Assistant Director of Cybersecurity Operations at the SEC.
The release says Scobey is the first Chief Information Security Officer at Keeper Security. The release says Scobey will lead global cybersecurity strategy for the company, keeping company data protected and reinforcing defenses against emerging cyber threats.
Scobey's experience spans almost three decades of roles in cybersecurity, information technology and leadership across the private and public sectors, according to the release. The release says Scobey oversaw zero-trust principles being implemented at the SEC to modernize the agency's cybersecurity defenses. Scobey earlier worked at MITRE, a federally funded research and development organization, as Cyber Performance Systems Engineer and Principal Systems Engineer, the company's author page says. Keeper Security says Scobey has also held leadership and engineering roles at SMS Data Products Group, By Light Professional IT Services, USmax Corporation, Federal Data Systems and S2i2. According to the release, George Washington University awarded Scobey his Master of Engineering in Cybersecurity Policy & Compliance. The University of Maryland Global Campus granted him a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and a Master of Business Administration, the company says.
The release says Keeper's end-to-end encryption model holds FedRAMP Moderate Authorization, ISO 27001, 27017 and 27018 certifications and over 10 years of SOC 2 compliance. The release adds that the company's cloud infrastructure is certified to over 325 security and enhancement controls aligned with NIST guidelines.
The seat before and after
Who the record names in the same seat before and after James Scobey. Only what a dated record states.
Keeper Security
After
- Shane Barney: named Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), announced in the week of May 19, 2025 · record
The company: Keeper Security
- Sector
- Cybersecurity Vendors
- Region
- North America
- Company record
- Who runs security at Keeper Security: 2 confirmed moves on the record
- Vendor directory
- Keeper Security sells security products, filed under Privileged access management. What it sells
Appointed in the same period
Other security chiefs in Cybersecurity Vendors whose appointment was announced within 90 days of James Scobey's, nearest first (8 of 15). The Cybersecurity Vendors bench
Randolph Barr, Chief Information Security Officer at Cequence Security
Lakshmi Hanspal, Chief Trust Officer at DigiCert
Mario Duarte, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Aembit
Karl Mattson, Chief Information Security Officer at Endor Labs
Ian Thornton-Trump, Chief Information Security Officer at Inversion6
Jacob DePriest, Chief Information Security Officer at 1Password
Pauli Haikonen, Chief Information Security Officer at SSH Communications Security
Sergej Epp, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Sysdig
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 James Scobey
- When did James Scobey become CISO of Keeper Security?
- The appointment was announced in the week of October 14, 2024, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
- Who holds the seat at Keeper Security now?
- The newest appointment at Keeper Security on the record is Shane Barney, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), announced in the week of May 19, 2025.
- Where did James Scobey work before Keeper Security?
- Before the appointment, James Scobey was Chief Information Security Officer at SEC (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission), according to the announcement (SecurityWeek Industry Moves).
Sources
- 1.SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2024-10-14) ↗: the appointment at Keeper Security, week of October 14, 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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