Executive record
Stan Black
Career profile: Stan Black on CISO Spotlights ↗
Stan Black is Chief Information Security Officer at D-Wave Quantum. The appointment was announced in the week of September 1, 2025, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves.
1 tracked move on the Wire · Updated
Career timeline
Every move the record holds for Stan Black, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.
The company: D-Wave Quantum
- Sector
- Technology
- Region
- North America
- Company record
- Who runs security at D-Wave Quantum: 1 confirmed move on the record
- Annual report
- Cybersecurity section of the fiscal 2025 Form 10-K, filed February 26, 2026
- Reporting line
- The filing describes the role that runs security as Chief Information Security Officer, reporting to the entire Board.
- Board oversight
- Named in the filing: Cybersecurity Committee.
Appointed in the same period
Other security chiefs in Technology whose appointment was announced within 90 days of Stan Black's, nearest first. The Technology bench
Ravi Soin, Chief Information Security Officer at Smartsheet
Eric Freeman, Chief Information Security Officer at WRITER
Ryan Davis, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at New Charter Technologies
Aanchal Gupta, Chief Security Officer (CSO) at Adobe
Douglas Merrill, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Equinix
Kieren Lovell, Chief Information Security Officer at Pragmatic Solutions
Elyse Gunn, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Nasuni
Record facts
- Time in the seat
- About 1 year 2 months since the appointment was announced (week of September 1, 2025), as of November 2026
- Moves on the record
- 1 confirmed move, each with its source
- On the record since
- September 26, 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 Stan Black
- Who is the CISO of D-Wave Quantum?
- Stan Black is Chief Information Security Officer at D-Wave Quantum. The appointment was announced in the week of September 1, 2025, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves.
- When did Stan Black become CISO of D-Wave Quantum?
- The appointment was announced in the week of September 1, 2025, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
- Who does the head of security at D-Wave Quantum report to?
- In its fiscal 2025 annual report (Form 10-K, filed February 26, 2026), D-Wave Quantum describes the role that runs security as Chief Information Security Officer, reporting to the entire Board.
Sources
- 1.SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2025-09-01) ↗: the appointment at D-Wave Quantum, week of September 1, 2025
- 2.SEC EDGAR: Form 10-K, fiscal 2025 ↗: the company's cybersecurity disclosure
- 3.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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