Executive record
Marshall Erwin
Career profile: Marshall Erwin on CISO Spotlights ↗
Marshall Erwin is Chief Information Security Officer at Fastly, Inc. The appointment was announced on July 31, 2023, per Business Wire.
Before the appointment: Chief Security Officer at Mozilla, per the same source.
The seat was verified again on October 25, 2026, per fastly.com.
1 tracked move on the Wire · Updated
Career timeline
Every move the record holds for Marshall Erwin, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.
· Appointment
Named Chief Information Security Officer at Fastly, Inc.
Source: Business Wire (company announcement) ↗ · Move record
Before July 2023· Earlier role
Chief Security Officer at Mozilla
Named in the announcement of the Fastly, Inc. appointment · Source: Business Wire (company announcement) ↗
The appointment
Announced July 31, 2023 · Source: Business Wire (company announcement) ↗ · Move record
Fastly, a global edge cloud platform provider, announced that Marshall Erwin has joined the company as Chief Information Security Officer. Erwin was previously Chief Security Officer at Mozilla and has served in the US intelligence community on cybersecurity and counterterrorism matters. The appointment was announced July 31, 2023.
The company: Fastly, Inc.
- Sector
- Technology
- Region
- North America
- Company record
- Who runs security at Fastly, Inc.: 1 confirmed move on the record
Appointed in the same period
Other security chiefs in Technology whose appointment was announced within 90 days of Marshall Erwin's, nearest first. The Technology bench
Fredrick Lee, Chief Information Security Officer at Reddit
Danny Rittman, Chief Information Security Officer at Avant Technologies, Inc.
Attila Torok, Chief Information Security Officer at GoTo
Gregory Thompson Jr., Inaugural Chief Information Security Officer at Vantage Data Centers
Josh Lemos, Chief Information Security Officer at GitLab
Tim Roemer, Chief Security Officer at Global Market Innovators
Scott Putnam, Chief Information Security Officer at New Charter Technologies
Record facts
- Time in the seat
- 3 years 3 months since the appointment was announced (July 31, 2023), as of November 2026
- Moves on the record
- 1 confirmed move, each with its source
- On the record since
- September 30, 2026
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 Marshall Erwin
- Who is the CISO of Fastly, Inc.?
- Marshall Erwin is Chief Information Security Officer at Fastly, Inc. The appointment was announced on July 31, 2023, per Business Wire.
- When did Marshall Erwin become CISO of Fastly, Inc.?
- The appointment was announced on July 31, 2023, per Business Wire. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
- Where did Marshall Erwin work before Fastly, Inc.?
- Before the appointment, Marshall Erwin was Chief Security Officer at Mozilla, according to the announcement (Business Wire).
Sources
- 1.Business Wire (company announcement) ↗: the appointment at Fastly, Inc., July 31, 2023
- 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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