Executive record
Michael Sikorski
Career profile: Michael Sikorski on CISO Spotlights ↗
Michael Sikorski is Chief Information Security Officer at Coinbase. The appointment was announced in the week of July 6, 2026, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves.
Before the appointment: CTO and VP of Engineering at Palo Alto Networks, per the same source.
1 tracked move on the Wire · Updated
Career timeline
Every move the record holds for Michael Sikorski, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.
· Appointment
Named Chief Information Security Officer at Coinbase
Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2026-07-06) ↗ · Move record
Before July 2026· Earlier role
CTO and VP of Engineering at Palo Alto Networks
Named in the announcement of the Coinbase appointment · Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2026-07-06) ↗
The appointment
Announced week of July 6, 2026 · Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2026-07-06) ↗ · Move record
Michael Sikorski has been appointed CISO at Coinbase. He previously served as CTO VP of Engineering at Palo Alto Networks and VP at Mandiant and FireEye, and was an adjunct assistant professor at Columbia University at the time of the announcement.
SecurityWeek lists the appointment in its Industry Moves roundup for the week of July 6, 2026. The announcement says Michael Sikorski has been appointed Chief Information Security Officer at Coinbase. The entry is one of several people-on-the-move items in the roundup.
According to the announcement, Sikorski previously served as CTO and VP of Engineering at Palo Alto Networks. It also says he held a vice president role at Mandiant and at FireEye. The announcement described him as an adjunct assistant professor at Columbia University at the time of the announcement.
The announcement gives no start date, no reporting line, and no description of what the CISO role covers at Coinbase. It also says nothing about who held the position before him or about tenure at any of his earlier employers.
The company: Coinbase
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Region
- North America
- Company record
- Who runs security at Coinbase: 1 confirmed move on the record
Appointed in the same period
Other security chiefs in Financial Services whose appointment was announced within 90 days of Michael Sikorski's, nearest first (8 of 28). The Financial Services bench
Joe Harrington, Chief Information Security Officer at Stock Yards Bank & Trust
Tera Ladner, Senior Vice President and Global Chief Information Security Officer at Aflac
Vikas Bangia, Chief Information Security Officer at Bessemer Trust
Ann Barron-DiCamillo, Executive Vice President and Global Chief Information Security Officer at U.S. Bank
Christian Winward, Chief Information Security Officer at PNC
David Nolan, Chief Security Officer at Trimont
Sean Cassidy, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Plaid
Record facts
- Time in the seat
- About 4 months since the appointment was announced (week of July 6, 2026), as of November 2026
- Moves on the record
- 1 confirmed move, each with its source
- On the record since
- September 16, 2026
- Financial Services in 2026
- 42 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 Sikorski
- Who is the CISO of Coinbase?
- Michael Sikorski is Chief Information Security Officer at Coinbase. The appointment was announced in the week of July 6, 2026, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves.
- When did Michael Sikorski become CISO of Coinbase?
- The appointment was announced in the week of July 6, 2026, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
- Where did Michael Sikorski work before Coinbase?
- Before the appointment, Michael Sikorski was CTO and VP of Engineering at Palo Alto Networks, according to the announcement (SecurityWeek Industry Moves).
Sources
- 1.SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2026-07-06) ↗: the appointment at Coinbase, week of July 6, 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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