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10 Bank of America security leaders
These ten current and former Bank of America security leaders have held managing director, director and CISO roles in Bank of America's global information security organization. A reader can learn how security leaders work at Bank of America from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Barbara Musen
LinkedInExperience: Director, Global Cybersecurity · Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Director, Global Cybersecurity at Bank of America Merrill Lynch since November 2017, a role the profile places at Director level in engineering and technical. Other roles shown are Executive Director, Cyber Security Program & Strategy at J.P. Morgan Asset Management (2015–2017) and Director, Security Management at GE Capital (2010–2015).
Bharat Laul
LinkedInExperience: Former Managing Director, International Information Security Officer (EMEA, APAC, LATAM, CANADA) · Bank of America
Former Managing Director, International Information Security Officer (EMEA, APAC, LATAM, Canada) at Bank of America (2023–2025) and former Managing Director, Regional Information Security Officer (Asia Pacific) at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (2017–2023). Now Managing Director, Chief Business Officer CISO Group & CISO EMEA at UBS since July 2025.
David Steele
LinkedInExperience: Former SVP - Managing Director, Third Party Cyber Assurance · Bank of America
Former SVP - Managing Director, Third Party Cyber Assurance at Bank of America (2016–2019), now SVP - Global Information Security at Bank of America since May 2019, where the profile describes initiatives including public cloud security controls assessment. Other Bank of America roles shown are SVP Managing Director & Chief Engineer, Consumer Banking Big Data Services (2012–2016) and SVP Managing Director & Chief Engineer, eCommerce Infrastructure (2009–2016).
Erin Cassell
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director · Bank of America
Managing Director in Global Information Security at Bank of America since April 2023, in cyber security technology according to the profile. Other Bank of America roles shown are Global Cyber Security Engineering & EMEA Information Security (2020–2023), SVP; Cyber Security Engineering Executive (2020) and SVP; Business Information Security Office (2016–2020).
George Smirnoff
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director | Global InfoSec, Data Mgmt Tech, & Ent Arch, Compliance & Op Risk Executive II · Bank of America
Managing Director and Global InfoSec, Data Management Technology and Enterprise Architecture, Compliance and Operational Risk Executive at Bank of America since November 2025, after a Global Information Security, Compliance and Operational Risk Executive role there (2024–2025). Other roles shown are Group Head of Operational Risk (2022–2024) and Group Head of Cybersecurity, Technology, Data, and Change Risk (2020–2022) at Barclays.
Kristopher Fador
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Security Officer · Bank of America
Chief Information Security Officer at Bank of America since April 2023. Other Bank of America roles shown are Deputy CISO and Head of Cyber Security Operations (2022–2023), Cyber Security Defense Executive (2019–2022), Business Information Security Officer (2014–2019) and Senior Manager Cyber Security (2010–2014); the profile lists membership of the FS-ISAC Board of Directors.
Reuben Wells
LinkedInExperience: Former Managing Director, Information Security · Bank of America
Former Managing Director, Information Security at Bank of America (2018–2020), based in London, a role the profile places at Director level in general management and describes in part as head of access management. Other roles shown are Managing Director at Morgan Stanley (1996–2016) and Senior Research Engineer at Nortel Networks (1993–1996).
Steve Clarke
LinkedInExperience: Former Managing Director - Global Information Security · Bank of America
Former Managing Director - Global Information Security at Bank of America (2017–2022), where the profile says Steve Clarke oversaw the design and execution of the bank's global security program for institutional and commercial banking operations and developed a cloud security strategy. Other roles shown are Senior Director - Security Engineering at Meta (2022–2025) and Managing Director - Cyber Security/Risk Management at JPMorganChase since 2026.
Terrelle Carswell
LinkedInExperience: MD - Consumer, Retail, Preferred Banking, and Wealth Management BISO Executive · Bank of America
MD - Consumer, Retail, Preferred Banking, and Wealth Management BISO Executive at Bank of America since November 2025. Other Bank of America roles shown are SVP - Global Support Functions BISO Executive (2021–2025), SVP - Business Information Security Officer (2018–2021), SVP - Senior Information Security Officer (2015–2018) and SVP - ATM Security and Fraud Manager (2010–2015).
Tristan Morgan
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director, Information Security · Bank of America
Managing Director, Information Security at Bank of America since April 2026; the profile headline names the role as Managing Director, Global Information Security. Other roles shown are Managing Director BT Security (2022–2026) and Global Director - BT Security (2019–2022) at BT Group, and Non Executive Director at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero since 2024.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a large bank align information security officers with its consumer, wealth and corporate businesses?
- 02How do global banks run information security across regions with different regulators?
- 03How does a large bank assess the cybersecurity of its third-party suppliers?
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