Executive record
Shane Barney
Career profile: Shane Barney on CISO Spotlights ↗
Shane Barney is Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Keeper Security. The appointment was announced in the week of May 19, 2025, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves.
Before the appointment: CISO at US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), per the same source.
1 tracked move on the Wire · Updated
Career timeline
Every move the record holds for Shane Barney, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.
· Appointment
Named Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Keeper Security
Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2025-05-19) ↗ · Move record
Before May 2025· Earlier role
CISO at US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
Named in the announcement of the Keeper Security appointment · Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2025-05-19) ↗
The appointment
Announced week of May 19, 2025 · Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2025-05-19) ↗ · Move record
Keeper Security appointed Shane Barney as its CISO. Prior to joining Keeper, Barney served as CISO at USCIS, and in his new role he will lead cybersecurity strategies and protect customer data.
According to the release, Keeper counts Barney as part of its AI strategy and its work protecting digital borders against cyber threats.
The company says Barney spent 20 years with the Department of Homeland Security, working within USCIS as a federal employee and as a contractor. In 2014 he became Chief of Cyber Intelligence in the Office of Information Technology at USCIS, where Keeper says he set up the agency's first insider threat and threat intelligence programs. Keeper says he was promoted to Deputy CISO in 2016 and then named the agency's CISO in 2018. The release says Barney held the CISO post at USCIS for six years before moving to Keeper.
According to the company, USCIS under Barney became the first federal agency with 100% single-sign on across all of its systems. Keeper says he led the automation of certificate lifecycle management, the centralization of secrets management and the deployment of role-based access throughout the agency. The release says Barney received the DHS Secretary's Meritorious Service Silver Medal Award in 2023 for work moving the organization's cyber defenses from reactive to proactive. Keeper says Barney earned two Master's degrees and a Bachelor's degree at the University of Vermont.
SecurityWeek identifies Keeper Security as a provider of privileged access management. According to the release, Keeper's privileged access management product combines remote browser isolation and zero-trust network access with enterprise password, secrets and connections management. The release says Keeper works with thousands of organizations and millions of individuals around the world.
The seat before and after
Who the record names in the same seat before and after Shane Barney. Only what a dated record states.
Keeper Security
Before
- James Scobey: named Chief Information Security Officer, announced in the week of October 14, 2024 · record
The company: Keeper Security
- Sector
- Cybersecurity Vendors
- Region
- North America
- Company record
- Who runs security at Keeper Security: 2 confirmed moves on the record
- Vendor directory
- Keeper Security sells security products, filed under Privileged access management. What it sells
In their own words
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Elsewhere
Public profiles we matched to Shane Barney by exact name and the company on our record. Links only; we do not copy from them.
Appointed in the same period
Other security chiefs in Cybersecurity Vendors whose appointment was announced within 90 days of Shane Barney's, nearest first (8 of 14). The Cybersecurity Vendors bench
Lane Sullivan, Chief Information Security and Strategy Officer at Concentric AI
Rinki Sethi, Chief Security Officer (CSO) at Upwind
Sean Malone, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at BeyondTrust
Bill O'Connell, Chief Security Officer (CSO) at Commvault
Sandy Dunn, Chief Information Security Officer at SplxAI
Guy Shamilov, Chief Information Security Officer at Forcepoint
Paul Calatayud, Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Strategy Officer at Archipelo
Record facts
- Time in the seat
- About 1 year 5 months since the appointment was announced (week of May 19, 2025), as of November 2026
- 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
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 Shane Barney
- Who is the CISO of Keeper Security?
- Shane Barney is Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Keeper Security. The appointment was announced in the week of May 19, 2025, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves.
- When did Shane Barney become CISO of Keeper Security?
- The appointment was announced in the week of May 19, 2025, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
- Where did Shane Barney work before Keeper Security?
- Before the appointment, Shane Barney was CISO at US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), according to the announcement (SecurityWeek Industry Moves).
- Who held the seat at Keeper Security before Shane Barney?
- James Scobey: named Chief Information Security Officer, announced in the week of October 14, 2024.
Sources
- 1.SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2025-05-19) ↗: the appointment at Keeper Security, week of May 19, 2025
- 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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