Executive record
Roland Palmer
Career profile: Roland Palmer on CISO Spotlights ↗
Roland Palmer is Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Vice President of Security at JumpCloud. The appointment was announced in the week of March 2, 2026, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves.
Before the appointment: VP of Security and Compliance at Sumo Logic, per the same source.
1 tracked move on the Wire · Updated
Career timeline
Every move the record holds for Roland Palmer, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.
· Appointment
Named Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Vice President of Security at JumpCloud
Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2026-03-02) ↗ · Move record
Before March 2026· Earlier role
VP of Security and Compliance at Sumo Logic
Named in the announcement of the JumpCloud appointment · Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2026-03-02) ↗
The company: JumpCloud
- Sector
- Technology
- Region
- North America
- Company record
- Who runs security at JumpCloud: 1 confirmed move on the record
- Vendor directory
- JumpCloud sells security products, filed under Workforce IAM and SSO. What it sells
Appointed in the same period
Other security chiefs in Technology whose appointment was announced within 90 days of Roland Palmer's, nearest first (8 of 14). The Technology bench
Kathy Wang, Chief Information Security Officer at micro1
Latha Maripuri, Chief Information Security Officer at Nscale
Peter Liebert, Chief Information Security Officer at Clari + Salesloft
Iain Mulholland, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Salesforce
Ken Ricketts, Chief Information Security Officer at Teradata
Lucas Moody, Chief Information Security Officer at Astera Labs
Julia Lake, Chief Information Security Officer at 6sense
Leslie Kershaw, Chief Information Security Officer at IonQ
Record facts
- Time in the seat
- About 8 months since the appointment was announced (week of March 2, 2026), as of November 2026
- Moves on the record
- 1 confirmed move, each with its source
- On the record since
- September 24, 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 Roland Palmer
- Who is the CISO of JumpCloud?
- Roland Palmer is Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Vice President of Security at JumpCloud. The appointment was announced in the week of March 2, 2026, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves.
- When did Roland Palmer become CISO of JumpCloud?
- The appointment was announced in the week of March 2, 2026, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
- Where did Roland Palmer work before JumpCloud?
- Before the appointment, Roland Palmer was VP of Security and Compliance at Sumo Logic, according to the announcement (SecurityWeek Industry Moves).
Sources
- 1.SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2026-03-02) ↗: the appointment at JumpCloud, week of March 2, 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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