Executive record
Pamela McLeod
Career profile: Pamela McLeod on CISO Spotlights ↗
Pamela McLeod is Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at State of New Hampshire. The appointment was announced in the week of April 6, 2026, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves.
Before the appointment: Cybersecurity Director at City of Iowa, per the same source.
1 tracked move on the Wire · Updated
Career timeline
Every move the record holds for Pamela McLeod, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.
· Appointment
Named Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at State of New Hampshire
Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2026-04-06) ↗ · Move record
Before April 2026· Earlier role
Cybersecurity Director at City of Iowa
Named in the announcement of the State of New Hampshire appointment · Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2026-04-06) ↗
The company: State of New Hampshire
- Region
- North America
- Company record
- Who runs security at State of New Hampshire: 2 confirmed moves on the record
Appointed in the same period
Other security chiefs in Government & Public Sector whose appointment was announced within 90 days of Pamela McLeod's, nearest first. The Government & Public Sector bench
Bertrum Carroll, Chief Information Security Officer at State of Nevada
Hemant Baidwan, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Knox Systems
Alex Burinskiy, Chief Information Security Officer at Accela
Andy Ritter, Chief Information Security Officer at Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
James 'Aaron' Bishop, Deputy Chief Information Officer (Cybersecurity) and Chief Information Security Officer at US Department of Defense
Chad Holmes, Chief Information Security Officer at Texas Office of the Attorney General
James L. Wilkinson, Chief Information Security Officer at City of Dallas
Record facts
- Time in the seat
- About 7 months since the appointment was announced (week of April 6, 2026), as of November 2026
- Moves on the record
- 1 confirmed move, each with its source
- On the record since
- September 24, 2026
- Government & Public Sector in 2026
- 14 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 Pamela McLeod
- Who is the CISO of State of New Hampshire?
- Pamela McLeod is Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at State of New Hampshire. The appointment was announced in the week of April 6, 2026, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves.
- When did Pamela McLeod become CISO of State of New Hampshire?
- The appointment was announced in the week of April 6, 2026, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
- Where did Pamela McLeod work before State of New Hampshire?
- Before the appointment, Pamela McLeod was Cybersecurity Director at City of Iowa, according to the announcement (SecurityWeek Industry Moves).
Sources
- 1.SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2026-04-06) ↗: the appointment at State of New Hampshire, week of April 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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