Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

SecurityWeekSecurityWeek

CISO Strategy

F5 Names Samir Sherif as New CISO

F5 names Samir Sherif as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), taking over the role from Gail Coury who will retire March 1st.

F5 CISO

Application delivery and security firm F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV) announced this week that Samir Sherif has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).

In this role, Sherif will lead Seattle-based F5’s enterprise cybersecurity strategy and security culture and oversee cybersecurity standards and programs for F5’s products and services.

Sherif previously served as CISO at Absolute Software (acquired by Crosspoint Capital in 2023) and Imperva (now owned by Thales), and had a career spanning 21-plus years at Citigroup—culminating as the Global Head of Application Security.

Sherif takes over F5’s CISO role for Gail Coury, who is retiring on March 1 after leading the company’s enterprise security efforts for the past three years.

Written By

Trending

Daily Briefing Newsletter

Subscribe to the SecurityWeek Email Briefing to stay informed on the latest threats, trends, and technology, along with insightful columns from industry experts.

Join the session as we discuss the challenges and best practices for cybersecurity leaders managing cloud identities.

Register

SecurityWeek’s Ransomware Resilience and Recovery Summit helps businesses to plan, prepare, and recover from a ransomware incident.

Register

People on the Move

Mike Dube has joined cloud security company Aqua Security as CRO.

Cody Barrow has been appointed as CEO of threat intelligence company EclecticIQ.

Shay Mowlem has been named CMO of runtime and application security company Contrast Security.

More People On The Move

Expert Insights

Related Content

CISO Strategy

SecurityWeek spoke with more than 300 cybersecurity experts to see what is bubbling beneath the surface, and examine how those evolving threats will present...

CISO Conversations

Joanna Burkey, CISO at HP, and Kevin Cross, CISO at Dell, discuss how the role of a CISO is different for a multinational corporation...

CISO Conversations

SecurityWeek talks to Chief Information Security Officers from Bill.com, FreedomPay, and Tassat about their role and experience as CISOs.

CISO Conversations

SecurityWeek talks to Dennis Kallelis (CSO at Idemia) and Jason Kees (CISO at Ping), two of industry’s identity giants. The idea, as always, is...

CISO Conversations

While the BISO might appear to be a new role, it is not – and understanding its past provides insights into its present.

CISO Conversations

U.S. Marine Corps and SAIC CISOs Discuss the Differences Between Government and Private Industry

CISO Conversations

SecurityWeek talks to Field CISOs, Fawaz Rasheed (VMware Carbon Black) and Nabil Hannan (NetSPI), about this emerging role.

CISO Conversations

In this issue of CISO Conversations we talk to two CISOs about solving the CISO/CIO conflict by combining the roles under one person.