Executive record
Zach Furness
Career profile: Zach Furness on CISO Spotlights ↗
Zach Furness was named Chief Information Security Officer at MITRE. The appointment was announced in the week of October 28, 2024, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves.
Before the appointment: Deputy CISO and Director of Cyber Risk Management at Children's National Hospital, 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 Zach Furness, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.
· Appointment
Named Chief Information Security Officer at MITRE
Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2024-10-28) ↗ · Move record
Before October 2024· Earlier role
Deputy CISO and Director of Cyber Risk Management at Children's National Hospital
Named in the announcement of the MITRE appointment · Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2024-10-28) ↗
The appointment
Announced week of October 28, 2024 · Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2024-10-28) ↗ · Move record
Zach Furness joined MITRE as CISO, having most recently served as Deputy CISO and Director of Cyber Risk Management at Children's National Hospital. He previously worked at MITRE for over 29 years before leaving in 2018 to join Inova Health as Director of IT Security.
The company: MITRE
- Region
- North America
- Company record
- Who runs security at MITRE: 1 confirmed move on the record
Appointed in the same period
Other security chiefs in Government & Public Sector whose appointment was announced within 90 days of Zach Furness's, nearest first. The Government & Public Sector bench
Chad Smith, State Chief Information Security Officer at State of Alabama
Merlin Namuth, Chief Information Security Officer at City and County of Denver
Jamie Rossato, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
Jeff Harris, Chief Information Security Officer at Federal Housing Finance Agency
Ron Davis, Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at ASRC Federal
Bo Berlas, Chief Information Security Officer at Conference of State Bank Supervisors
Christopher Carter, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at V2X
Steven Hernandez, CISO and Deputy CIO at United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Record facts
- Moves on the record
- 1 confirmed move, each with its source
- On the record since
- September 26, 2026
- Government & Public Sector in 2026
- 14 security-leadership appointments announced in the sector on the record
Questions about Zach Furness
- When did Zach Furness become CISO of MITRE?
- The appointment was announced in the week of October 28, 2024, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
- Is Zach Furness still the CISO of MITRE?
- The newest source the record holds for this seat is the appointment announced in the week of October 28, 2024. It holds no later verification, so it does not state who holds the seat today.
- Where did Zach Furness work before MITRE?
- Before the appointment, Zach Furness was Deputy CISO and Director of Cyber Risk Management at Children's National Hospital, according to the announcement (SecurityWeek Industry Moves).
Sources
- 1.SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2024-10-28) ↗: the appointment at MITRE, week of October 28, 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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