Press Release
Returning chair John De Santis to lead board with incoming vice chair Jamie Norton
Bangalore, India (31st July 2025) – ISACA, a global professional association championing the workforce advancing trust in technology worldwide, installed its 2025-2026 Board of Directors during the association’s Annual General Meeting held today in Chicago, Illinois, USA, and virtually. This group of top global experts in cybersecurity, IT audit, governance, privacy and risk professions will be headed by returning board chair John De Santis and new board vice chair Jamie Norton.
De Santis is a technology executive and past chairman and CEO of HyTrust, an IT infrastructure security software company that was acquired by Entrust in January 2021. A company-builder based in New Hampshire, USA, he has more than 40 years of international and US-based experience at venture-backed technology start-ups as well as at large global public companies in the telecom and IT fields. He currently serves on the fiduciary boards of Cequence Security and ValiMail, leading innovators in the cybersecurity space.
Prior to HyTrust, he was vice president, Cloud Services for VMware, chairman & CEO of TriCipher, entrepreneur-in-residence at Trident Capital, and CEO at Sygate Technologies, where they developed the technical foundation of Symantec’s Enterprise Endpoint Protection suite. In his earlier experience, he led European operations for various software, hardware and telecom networking companies, as well as co-founded and led to exit a start-up that built the first optical fiber networking capability for IBM mainframes.
“Leadership is a responsibility I take very seriously. For me, it’s about walking alongside others instead of leading from above, listening more than speaking, lifting others up and creating an environment where everyone feels heard, valued, and empowered. It’s about relentless curiosity, constant learning, and doing the right thing,” says DeSantis. “The board is committed to working hard for the good of the association, its members and stakeholders, ensuring transparency, unity, innovation and progress. I commit wholeheartedly to help fulfill our noble mission, instantiate our vision, and accomplish the goals we set together.”
Advancing to board vice chair is Jamie Norton, a highly respected cybersecurity, AI safety, risk, governance and assurance expert based in Australia who currently serves as chief information security officer for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Prior to ASIC, Jamie was a partner with corporate advisory and restructuring firm McGrathNicol and chief information security officer (CISO/CSO) for the Australian Taxation Office. He also currently serves on the board or as an advisor to several leading organizations, including Australian startup Crisis Commanded, enabling clients to decisively take control during crisis response. He has contributed to many industry initiatives and programs, including ISACA’s CISM certification, Australian Cyber Security Strategy and the ASD IRAP and Cloud programs.
