Chaim Mazal has joined GitLab as Chief Information Security Officer. He will lead the company’s global security organization and oversee security across GitLab’s operations and platform. The company announced the appointment on June 9 from San Francisco.
GitLab said Mazal’s expertise in artificial intelligence and security operations will strengthen protections for AI-driven software development. The company aims to address emerging threats while supporting secure adoption of AI agents and automation technologies.
“The faster agents move, the more critical it becomes that developers find and fix security vulnerabilities before code hits production. It’s a defining issue in software engineering right now, and something GitLab solves with Ultimate and GitLab Duo Agent Platform,” said Bill Staples, CEO at GitLab. “Having spent years as a GitLab customer, Chaim understands the GitLab platform the way builders do. That practitioner instinct, combined with his security leadership depth, is exactly what we need to make GitLab the most trusted platform in the agentic era.”
Mazal Brings AI Security Leadership to Strengthen GitLab Platform
Mazal brings 15 years of security leadership experience to the role. Most recently, he served as Chief AI and Security Officer at Gigamon. There, he led the company’s security operations and artificial intelligence processes while monitoring governance and responsible AI adoption programs.
Before joining Gigamon, Mazal held senior security leadership positions at Kandji and ActiveCampaign. Throughout his career, he focused on adversarial security, enterprise security programs, and embedding security practices directly into engineering workflows.
Mazal also serves on advisory boards for Cloudflare, Rapid7, Axonius, and Bugcrowd. In addition, he was a GitLab customer for more than eight years before joining the company. He later became a member of GitLab’s advisory board and helped shape product strategy before accepting the CISO position.
“Frontier models are rewriting what’s possible in software security. AI-driven attacks are compressing exploitation timelines, while agents expose teams to risks they aren’t equipped to govern yet,” said Chaim Mazal, CISO at GitLab. “We have a real opportunity to define what a world-class AI security program looks like for us and our customers.”
GitLab said Mazal will help set security standards for the next generation of AI-powered software development. He is accountable for securing the GitLab platform, evolving enterprise security programs and combatting AI-powered cyber threats.
This comes as organizations increasingly call for stronger security controls around AI-assisted development. GitLab said Mazal’s practitioner experience and deep security expertise will help the company remain a trusted platform as agentic AI technologies rapidly expand.
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Source: Businesswire
