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10 Google security leaders
These ten current and former Google security leaders include vice presidents of security engineering and infrastructure security, the CISO of Google Public Sector and senior directors and directors in security engineering and Google Cloud's Office of the CISO. A reader can learn how security leaders run security organizations inside Google.
Professionals to explore
01—10Ann Chang
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Cloud Security, Office of CISO, Customer Trust, Sales Enablement, Privacy Engineering · Google
Former Sr. Director, Cloud Security, Office of CISO, Customer Trust, Sales Enablement, Privacy Engineering at Google (2020–2023). The profile also lists VP, Global CISO at The Walt Disney Company (2015–2020), Chief Information Security Officer at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (2023–2025) and SVP, Global CISO at NetJets since 2025.
Chris Betz
LinkedInExperience: VP, Infrastructure Security · Google
VP, Infrastructure Security at Google since 2025, with a profile headline that reads CISO, Google Cloud. The profile also lists CISO at Amazon Web Services (AWS) (2023–2025), EVP & CISO at Capital One (2022–2023), SVP & CISO at Capital One (2020–2022) and SVP & Chief Security Officer at Lumen Technologies (2018–2020).
D. Bilby
LinkedInExperience: Senior Engineering Director, Information and Infrastructure Protection · Google
Senior Engineering Director, Information and Infrastructure Protection at Google since 2025, and Director of Security Engineering, Infrastructure Protection at Google, a title the profile lists from 2019. Other Google roles shown include Security Engineering Manager - Enterprise Platform Security (2015–2019).
Forrest Carr
LinkedInExperience: Director - Product Security and Data Protection · Google
Director - Product Security and Data Protection at Google since 2025, and former Director - Risk Management, Governance & Controls Engineering at Google (2020–2025); the profile describes him as a Director in the Cloud CISO organization. It also lists Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) - Digital Banking at East West Bank (2018–2020).
Heather Adkins
LinkedInExperience: VP, Security Engineering · Google
VP, Security Engineering at Google, a role the profile lists from 2002 to the present and places in the Engineering and Technical department at President/Vice President level. The profile also lists Deputy Chair of the Cyber Safety Review Board, CISA (2022–2025) and a Review Board seat at BlackHat since 2023.
Ismail Oner Sebe
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering, Head of Enterprise Security Platforms · Google
Director of Engineering, Head of Enterprise Security Platforms at Google since 2019; the profile says he leads the Enterprise Security Platforms organization, which builds and runs the infrastructure that keeps Google safe against internal and external security attacks. Other Google roles shown include Senior Engineering Manager at Social Infrastructure (2015–2019).
Jorge Blanco Alcover
LinkedInExperience: Director, Office of the CISO, Iberia & LatAM · Google
Director, Office of the CISO, Iberia & LatAM at Google since 2023, a role within Google Cloud's Office of the CISO whose highlight describes serving as a strategic leader who fosters trusted relationships. The profile also lists Global Head of Security Solutions - Executive Director at BBVA (2018–2023) and Global Head of Forensics & Threat Intelligence at BBVA (2013–2017).
Nick Godfrey
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director · Google
Sr. Director at Google since 2022, after Director at Google (2020–2022); the profile headline reads Senior Director & Global Head, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud. The profile also lists Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Quilter (2017–2020) and Managing Director, Global co-Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Goldman Sachs (2017).
Ronald Bushar
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Security Officer & Managing Director - Google Public Sector · Google
Chief Information Security Officer & Managing Director - Google Public Sector at Google since 2024; the profile says he leads a global team of cyber experts for Google Public Sector. Other roles shown include Head of Mandiant Government Solutions at Google Public Sector (2023–2024) and Senior Vice President and Global Government CTO at Mandiant (part of Google Cloud) (2021–2022).
Sherman Li
LinkedInExperience: Director, Security & Privacy Engineering · Google
Director, Security & Privacy Engineering at Google since 2019; the profile says he leads Google's global security and privacy engineering strategy across products including Search, Gmail, Cloud and Android. Other Google roles shown are Senior Manager, Privacy Engineering Cloud & Enterprise (2015–2019) and Manager, Security Engineering Android & Chrome (2012–2015).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's remit to your question: security engineering and infrastructure protection leaders suit questions about how Google defends its own systems, while Office of the CISO leaders suit questions about advising cloud customers. Check whether the Google role is current or ended before asking about recent practice.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a very large technology company split security work between its internal security engineering teams and customer-facing security advisors?
- 02What does an infrastructure protection team own, and how does it work with product security and privacy engineering?
- 03How should a regulated company use a cloud provider's Office of the CISO when moving sensitive workloads?
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