Executive record
Michael Lockhart
Career profile: Michael Lockhart on CISO Spotlights ↗
Michael Lockhart is Chief Information Security Officer at Vensure Employer Solutions. The appointment was announced on August 20, 2026, per prnewswire.com.
Before the appointment: Chief Information Security Officer at EagleView, per the same source.
1 tracked move on the Wire · Updated
Career timeline
Every move the record holds for Michael Lockhart, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.
· Appointment
Named Chief Information Security Officer at Vensure Employer Solutions
Source: prnewswire.com ↗ · Move record
Before August 2026· Earlier role
Chief Information Security Officer at EagleView
Named in the announcement of the Vensure Employer Solutions appointment · Source: prnewswire.com ↗
The appointment
Announced August 20, 2026 · Source: prnewswire.com ↗ · Move record
Vensure Employer Solutions appointed Michael Lockhart as CISO, responsible for leading cybersecurity strategy, governance, and enterprise risk management across the company and its family of employer services brands. Lockhart most recently served as CISO at EagleView and previously held leadership positions at Salesforce, including Director of Governance for MuleSoft's API platform.
According to the announcement, published on August 20, 2026, Vensure Employer Solutions appointed Michael Lockhart as Chief Information Security Officer. The role is responsible for leading cybersecurity strategy, governance, and enterprise risk management initiatives across Vensure Employer Solutions and its family of employer services brands. The announcement says he will oversee efforts to strengthen Vensure's security capabilities and support its growth across global operations.
The announcement says Lockhart has nearly 30 years of technology and cybersecurity experience, spanning DevOps, software engineering, security operations, penetration testing, and at-scale architecture. Before joining Vensure, he held several leadership positions at Salesforce, including Director of Governance for MuleSoft's application programming interface (API) platform. He most recently served as Chief Information Security Officer for EagleView. The announcement also says he has guided organizations through mergers and acquisitions and advanced compliance initiatives, including SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certifications.
It describes his approach as a security operating model built around four pillars: minimum viable security, security maturity, cyber-risk management, and external governance. Lockhart is quoted as saying, "Security should enable growth, not slow it down."
The company: Vensure Employer Solutions
- Sector
- Professional Services
- Region
- North America
- Company record
- Who runs security at Vensure Employer Solutions: 1 confirmed move on the record
Appointed in the same period
Other security chiefs in Professional Services whose appointment was announced within 90 days of Michael Lockhart's, nearest first. The Professional Services bench
Jordan Avnaim, Global Chief Information Security Officer at Allied Universal
Christopher Porter, Global Chief Information Security Officer at Booz Allen Hamilton
George Totev, VP of Security and Chief Information Security Officer at Clio
Joe Giannetti, Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer at Lexitas
Dave McKenna, Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer at IDC
Record facts
- Time in the seat
- 2 months since the appointment was announced (August 20, 2026), as of November 2026
- Moves on the record
- 1 confirmed move, each with its source
- On the record since
- September 8, 2026
- Professional Services in 2026
- 6 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 Michael Lockhart
- Who is the CISO of Vensure Employer Solutions?
- Michael Lockhart is Chief Information Security Officer at Vensure Employer Solutions. The appointment was announced on August 20, 2026, per prnewswire.com.
- When did Michael Lockhart become CISO of Vensure Employer Solutions?
- The appointment was announced on August 20, 2026, per prnewswire.com. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
- Where did Michael Lockhart work before Vensure Employer Solutions?
- Before the appointment, Michael Lockhart was Chief Information Security Officer at EagleView, according to the announcement (prnewswire.com).
Sources
- 1.prnewswire.com ↗: the appointment at Vensure Employer Solutions, August 20, 2026
- 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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