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Crypto CISO: 18 security heads at 18 teams, 16 on LinkedIn

By NAUT Research · · 7 min read

18 Crypto CISO security heads at 18 live crypto teams on NAUT, 16 with LinkedIn on file. Logos: Coinbase, Immunefi, ZetaChain, Digital Currency Group, Certora, Gauntlet, Plasma, Ink Kraken L2, DFNS, Inveniam, Mind Network, 1Money.

NAUT tracks 18 crypto CISO and security head contacts at 18 live crypto teams, read from its database on 14 November 2026, and 16 of them have a LinkedIn profile on file. To find the crypto CISO at a team, search NAUT's People tab for the security titles, open the team's company page to confirm the seat, then check the person's own bio before you write.

Data note. Every count here comes from NAUT's own database, read-only, on 14 November 2026. A contact is counted when their row is live, not archived, not merged into another row, and their current title at their main company is Chief Information Security Officer, Chief Security Officer, head of security (including head of cyber security and head of security labs) or protocol security officer. Former titles, security engineers and directors are out. That matched 19 contacts. 1 of them sits at a team NAUT's record flags as defunct, so it is left out; an outside search found no shutdown notice for that team, so the flag is NAUT's own. That leaves 18 contacts at 18 teams, 1 per team. Research checked 8 claims. 1 was a person's title (Coinbase's), and it was confirmed. The other 17 titles were not checked outside NAUT. Written by the NAUT team.

How do you find the crypto CISO at a team, in 3 steps?

Search the titles, confirm the seat on the company page, then check the bio. A CISO is, in TechTarget's words, "a senior-level executive responsible for developing and implementing an information security program." Crypto teams rarely use 1 title for that job, so search all of them. How do I find the CISO at a crypto team when the seat has another name? The same 3 steps work for each title below.

  • Step 1, the People tab. Search NAUT's People tab for "security officer" and "head of security". Of the 18 contacts, 6 carry the exact title Chief Information Security Officer, 1 carries Chief Information & Security Officer, 5 carry Chief Security Officer, 5 carry a head of security title and 1 is a protocol security officer.
  • Step 2, the company page. Open the team's page and read every name on it. The person's title there should match, and the page shows who else NAUT ties to the team, which is your second route in.
  • Step 3, the bio check. Read the person's own LinkedIn or X bio before you write. A title on any database is a claim about the past, and security heads move between exchanges, chains and audit firms.
Find the crypto CISO in 3 steps
  1. Search the titles18 contacts on NAUT hold a CISO, chief security or head of security title.
  2. Open the company pageConfirm the seat at the team, for example Coinbase.
  3. Check the bioRead LinkedIn or X first: 16 of the 18 have LinkedIn on file, 9 have X.

Which crypto CISO and security heads does NAUT list?

The table lists all 18, by team in alphabetical order, with the title as NAUT stores it and the channels NAUT has on file (LinkedIn, X, Telegram). 3 names are held as a single word on NAUT's record, so they are not printed here; the team page still lists the person.

Team Person, title Channels
, Chief Information Security Officer LinkedIn, X
, Chief Security Officer LinkedIn
Tigran Piliposyan, Head of Security Labs, LinkedIn, X
, Chief Information Security Officer LinkedIn, X
Single-word name on file, Chief Security Officer LinkedIn
, Chief Information Security Officer LinkedIn, X, Telegram
, Head of Security LinkedIn
, Chief Information Security Officer LinkedIn
Single-word name on file, head of security X, Telegram
, Head of Security LinkedIn, X, Telegram
, Chief Security Officer LinkedIn, Telegram
, Chief Information Security Officer LinkedIn
, Chief Security Officer LinkedIn, X
, Chief Security Officer LinkedIn
, Chief Information Security Officer LinkedIn
Single-word name on file, Protocol security officer X, Telegram
, Chief Information & Security Officer LinkedIn
Charlie McCowan, Head of Cyber Security + Head of DevOps LinkedIn, X, Telegram

14 of the 18 have their own person page on NAUT; Tigran Piliposyan at Certora, Charlie McCowan at ZetaChain and the CoinBook and Gauntlet contacts are reached through their team's page. Anyone listed can ask NAUT to remove their page at https://naut.so/legal/data-deletion.

How many people does NAUT tie to each team?

A bigger team on NAUT's record gives you more routes in when the security head does not answer. The chart shows the 11 teams where NAUT's record ties 5 or more people to the team.

People NAUT's record ties to each team, 5 or more
  1. Inveniam23
  2. Plasma16
  3. Digital Currency Group11
  4. Gauntlet9
  5. Immunefi8
  6. Certora7
  7. 1Money5
  8. Deribit5
  9. DFNS5
  10. Mind Network5
  11. ZetaChain5

The other 7 teams have 4 or fewer people on NAUT's record, and CoinBook has 1, so the security head is the whole route in there.

Worked example: the crypto CISO at Coinbase

Coinbase is, per Wikipedia, "an American cryptocurrency exchange". Here are the 3 steps on it.

  • Step 1. Of the 18 security heads on NAUT, Coinbase's is Jeff Lunglhofer, titled Chief Information Security Officer on NAUT's record.
  • Step 2. Open the Coinbase page on NAUT. NAUT's record ties 3 people to Coinbase, so the CISO is 1 of 3 names to try. The company's own X account is @coinbase, which Coinbase's help centre also lists.
  • Step 3. The Block's profile of Jeff Lunglhofer names him Coinbase's Chief Information Security Officer. His NAUT record has LinkedIn and X on file, so open his bio there before you write.

What this tells a BD team selling security

If you sell audits, monitoring, custody or bug bounties, the security head is your buyer. Here is how the 18 split by channel.

How a security vendor can work this list
  1. Start with the 3 on every channelDeribit, Immunefi and ZetaChain have LinkedIn, X and Telegram on file.
  2. Write the 8 on LinkedIn8 of the 18 have LinkedIn and no other channel on file.
  3. Use the team for 4 without a page4 of the 18 have no person page, so go through the team page.

How to reach a crypto security head

Pick 1 channel and send 1 short note that names the team's own product and the 1 risk you cover. 2 of the 18 titles are wider than security alone: ZetaChain's contact also runs DevOps, and VersiFi's covers information and security together, so your note can speak to both jobs.

Related reading on NAUT: Crypto security companies: 25 on NAUT, 19 name a founder and How to find decision makers in a company: 5 steps for crypto.

Can you pull this data through the NAUT API?

Yes: GET https://api.naut.so/v1/people?q=security with the header Authorization: Bearer $NAUT_KEY searches people by title, and GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/coinbase returns 1 company with its team, at 5 credits per call (docs, pricing). Revealing a person's private channels with include=private costs 10 credits the first time and is a permanent unlock. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial.

Crypto CISO FAQ

What does a crypto CISO do?

A CISO, or Chief Information Security Officer, is the senior executive who builds and runs a company's information security program, per TechTarget; Cisco notes the reporting line varies. At the 18 crypto teams NAUT lists, the same seat also goes by Chief Security Officer, head of security or protocol security officer.

How many crypto CISOs and security heads does NAUT list?

NAUT lists 18 security heads at 18 live crypto teams, read on 14 November 2026: 7 CISO titles, 5 Chief Security Officers, 5 heads of security and 1 protocol security officer. 16 have LinkedIn on file, 9 have X and 6 have Telegram.

Where can I find crypto security heads and their contact channels?

NAUT's People tab and company pages list 18 security heads at 18 crypto teams, and the API call GET https://api.naut.so/v1/people?q=security searches people by title words. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial.

Who is the CISO at Coinbase?

Jeff Lunglhofer is Coinbase's Chief Information Security Officer on NAUT's record, read on 14 November 2026, and The Block's profile of him carries the same title.

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