Executive record
Lea Kissner
Career profile: Lea Kissner on CISO Spotlights ↗
Lea Kissner was named Chief Information Security Officer at LinkedIn. The appointment was announced in the week of August 26, 2024, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves.
Before the appointment: Chief Information Security Officer (implied: security chief) at Twitter, per the same source.
The record holds no later verification of the seat.
2 tracked moves on the Wire · Updated
Career timeline
Every move the record holds for Lea Kissner, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.
· Appointment
Named Chief Information Security Officer at LinkedIn
Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2024-08-26) ↗ · Move record
Before August 2024· Earlier role
Chief Information Security Officer (implied: security chief) at Twitter
Named in the announcement of the LinkedIn appointment · Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2024-08-26) ↗
· Appointment
Named Chief Information Security Officer at Lacework
Source: Dark Reading (press release) ↗ · Move record
The appointment
Announced May 15, 2023 · Source: Dark Reading (press release) ↗ · Move record
Lacework appointed Lea Kissner as its Chief Information Security Officer to lead the cloud security company's overall security strategy and programs. Kissner previously served as Chief Information Security Officer at Twitter, Chief Privacy Officer at Humu, and Global Lead of Privacy Technology at Google.
The company: LinkedIn
- Sector
- Technology
- Region
- North America
- Company record
- Who runs security at LinkedIn: 1 confirmed move on the record
Elsewhere
Public profiles we matched to Lea Kissner 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 Technology whose appointment was announced within 90 days of Lea Kissner's, nearest first (8 of 11). The Technology bench
Alicia Lynch, Chief Information Security Officer at TD SYNNEX
Alexis Wales, Chief Information Security Officer at GitHub
Jason Lord, Chief Information Security Officer at AutoRABIT
Becca Harness, Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Deltek
Andrew Smeaton, Chief Information Security Officer at Jamf
Pritesh Parekh, Chief Information Security Officer at PagerDuty
Fahmi Megdiche, Chief Information Security Officer at Medius
Record facts
- Moves on the record
- 2 confirmed moves, each with its source
- On the record since
- September 26, 2026
Questions about Lea Kissner
- When did Lea Kissner become CISO of LinkedIn?
- The appointment was announced in the week of August 26, 2024, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
- Is Lea Kissner still the CISO of LinkedIn?
- The newest source the record holds for this seat is the appointment announced in the week of August 26, 2024. It holds no later verification, so it does not state who holds the seat today.
- Where did Lea Kissner work before LinkedIn?
- Before the appointment, Lea Kissner was Chief Information Security Officer (implied: security chief) at Twitter, according to the announcement (SecurityWeek Industry Moves).
Sources
- 1.SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2024-08-26) ↗: the appointment at LinkedIn, week of August 26, 2024
- 2.Dark Reading (press release) ↗: the appointment at Lacework, May 15, 2023
- 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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