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Snowflake appoints Mayank Upadhyay as Chief Security & Trust Officer.

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Snowflake Inc. hired Mayank Upadhyay as Chief Security & Trust Officer on Apr 1st '26.

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Snowflake appoints Mayank Upadhyay as Chief Security & Trust Officer. At Snowflake, security is foundational and engineered into the platform from day one, not treated as an afterthought or a bolt-on addition. As AI systems become more powerful and pervasive, security is critical to prevent misuse, safeguard sensitive data, and maintain trust in automated decisions. As Snowflake continues to advance its security and trust strategy, enterprise security veteran Mayank Upadhyay, recently joined Snowflake as Chief Security & Trust Officer to lead this area of important work. In this role, Mayank owns the full arc of security at Snowflake, breaking down the traditional boundaries between corporate defense and product engineering. The hyper-connected landscape of the agentic era demands dynamic, intelligent protection as systems interact in novel ways. Mayank's mandate addresses this by bringing Snowflake's internal enterprise and product platform together as a single, unified security foundation. By architecting and deploying AI-native controls across both environments simultaneously, this organization isn't just securing Snowflake. It is establishing the enterprise blueprint that empowers organizations to innovate fast and safely harness agentic AI without compromising their data. In the era of AI, this foundation has never been more critical. "Security isn't a feature...

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Executive hire

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Person
Mayank UpadhyayChief Security & Trust Officer
Takes effect
Apr 1, 2026

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  • Mayank UpadhyayChief Security & Trust Officer · Named in the story

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  • security

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Confidence
88%
Detected
Apr 17, 2026
signal_type
news
signal_subtype
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