Chris Jacquet

Sr Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Unisys Corporation

Jacquet is responsible for enterprise information security, establishing and maintaining a corporate-wide information security program to protect Unisys information assets and ensure compliance. He and his team identify, evaluate and report on information security risks to meet compliance and regulatory requirements. Jacquet also leads enterprise security programs including security operations, incident response, vulnerability management, identity management, network security, disaster recovery and risk policies. He also ensures the products and services Unisys’ customers use are secured from a cyber standpoint.

Prior to Joining Unisys, Jacquet was the global CISO for Hertz where he led the rebuilding of the security organization post IPO.

Previously, Jacquet was the global CISO for Hitachi Vantara as well as the Information Security Expert for the 70+ Hitachi companies in the America’s region. Before this, his roles included senior director of global IT Security, compliance, risk management and governance at Symantec, and multiple leadership roles at Hewlett-Packard during his 26-year tenure there.

Jacquet holds a marketing certificate from UC Berkeley and an engineering degree in computer science from Institut National des Sciences Appliqués (Lyon, France). He is fluent in French and conversational in German.

He holds a private pilot’s certificate and is an active member pilot of Angel Flight, a volunteer organization that arranges free air travel for children and adults who have serious medical conditions and need transportation to treatment facilities.