Executive record
Randolph Barr
Career profile: Randolph Barr on CISO Spotlights ↗
Randolph Barr was named Chief Information Security Officer at Cequence Security. The appointment was announced in the week of October 14, 2024, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves.
Before the appointment: Chief Information Security Officer, per the same source.
The record holds no later verification of the seat.
1 tracked move on the Wire · Updated
Career timeline
Every move the record holds for Randolph Barr, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.
· Appointment
Named Chief Information Security Officer at Cequence Security
Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2024-10-14) ↗ · Move record
Before October 2024· Earlier role
Chief Information Security Officer
Named in the announcement of the Cequence Security appointment · Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2024-10-14) ↗
The appointment
Announced week of October 14, 2024 · Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2024-10-14) ↗ · Move record
Cequence Security announced the appointment of Randolph Barr as Chief Information Security Officer. Barr previously served as CISO at several major companies including Zoom, Qualys, and WebEx.
Barr says he plans to build on the internal security program foundation at Cequence and enhance it for customers in different regions and industries, according to the release.
According to the release, Barr brings more than 20 years of experience in cybersecurity, IT and risk management. The company says Barr has also held a key leadership role at InterVenn Biosciences. The company says that over his career Barr has led incident response efforts, advised executive leaders, and identified and addressed security gaps. The release says Barr has helped organizations achieve third-party attestations and security certifications. The company says Barr holds a CISSP certification and dual bachelor's degrees in business administration and computer science. The company says Barr has also completed advanced studies in artificial intelligence at UC Berkeley.
According to the company, Cequence works in API security and bot management and offers Unified API Protection, combining protection, compliance and discovery for internal, external and third-party APIs. The company says its deployment model supports hybrid, on-premises and SaaS installations, and that APIs can be onboarded in under 15 minutes. According to the company, Cequence safeguards more than 10 billion API transactions daily and defends over $10 trillion in assets for Fortune and Global 500 enterprises.
The company: Cequence Security
- Sector
- Cybersecurity Vendors
- Region
- North America
- Company record
- Who runs security at Cequence Security: 1 confirmed move on the record
- Vendor directory
- Cequence Security sells security products, filed under API security. What it sells
Elsewhere
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Appointed in the same period
Other security chiefs in Cybersecurity Vendors whose appointment was announced within 90 days of Randolph Barr's, nearest first (8 of 15). The Cybersecurity Vendors bench
James Scobey, Chief Information Security Officer at Keeper Security
Lakshmi Hanspal, Chief Trust Officer at DigiCert
Mario Duarte, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Aembit
Karl Mattson, Chief Information Security Officer at Endor Labs
Ian Thornton-Trump, Chief Information Security Officer at Inversion6
Jacob DePriest, Chief Information Security Officer at 1Password
Pauli Haikonen, Chief Information Security Officer at SSH Communications Security
Sergej Epp, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Sysdig
Record facts
- Moves on the record
- 1 confirmed move, each with its source
- On the record since
- September 26, 2026
- Cybersecurity Vendors in 2026
- 25 security-leadership appointments announced in the sector on the record
Questions about Randolph Barr
- When did Randolph Barr become CISO of Cequence Security?
- The appointment was announced in the week of October 14, 2024, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
- Is Randolph Barr still the CISO of Cequence Security?
- The newest source the record holds for this seat is the appointment announced in the week of October 14, 2024. It holds no later verification, so it does not state who holds the seat today.
- What was Randolph Barr's role before this appointment?
- Before the appointment, Randolph Barr was Chief Information Security Officer, according to the announcement (SecurityWeek Industry Moves).
Sources
- 1.SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2024-10-14) ↗: the appointment at Cequence Security, week of October 14, 2024
- 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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