Cato Networks

Cato Networks

Field CISO

Phoenix · Exec

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 12 hours ago
Cloud PlatformsCybersecurityNetwork SecurityIncident ResponseSalesCustomer SuccessZero TrustLeadershipPublic SpeakingCISSP

About the role

  • Cato Networks is the first company to converge enterprise networking and security into one centralized and global service that is delivered by cloud.
  • It is led by networking and security pioneer Shlomo Kramer (Check Point, Imperva) and early investor (Palo Alto Networks, Exabeam, Trusteer and more).

Responsibilities

  • Lead peer level security conversations on business risk, cyber resilience, cloud transformation, network modernization, security consolidation, AI security, and regulatory pressure.
  • Leverage your personal network of security executive peers to create trusted conversations, executive access, customer references, roundtables, advisory programs, and market influence.
  • Partner with Sales, Solutions Engineering, Customer Success, Product, Marketing, and leadership to shape strategic opportunities, executive messaging, business cases, and stakeholder alignment.
  • Build repeatable field assets, including executive presentations, CISO narratives, board messaging, security transformation playbooks, and objection handling guides.
  • Build long term trust with the security leadership community by being credible, direct, commercially aware, and intellectually honest.
  • The role supports revenue, but trust comes first.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 10 years as an actual CISO in large private or public companies.
  • Proven experience leading security in complex enterprise environments, including global operations, regulated industries, public companies, or similarly demanding organizations.
  • Willingness and ability to travel extensively for customer meetings, executive briefings, industry events, internal planning, and regional field programs.
  • Strong executive presence, public speaking, writing, and storytelling skills, with the ability to translate complex security topics into clear business language.
  • Commercial judgment, cross functional discipline, integrity, discretion, and the ability to work closely with field teams while preserving the credibility expected of a former CISO.
  • Support strategic evaluations, executive escalations, security reviews, regulatory discussions, adoption programs, and high stakes customer conversations where real CISO credibility is required.

Nice to have

  • Recognized security community profile, including public speaking, publishing, media participation, advisory boards, or peer community leadership.
  • Experience in complex, high stakes environments such as Fortune 1000, Global 2000, regulated industries, critical infrastructure, or large scale transformation programs.
  • Familiarity with Cato, SASE, security platform consolidation, or enterprise network security modernization.

Skills

  • Welcome to the future of cloud networking and security!
  • The Field CISO is a peer level advisor to customer CISOs, CIOs, CTOs, risk leaders, and boards.

This listing is sourced directly from Cato Networks's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.