Patrick Blanc

Patrick Blanc is the CISO at Nexthink, where he enjoys solving tough problems with great teams and advising early-stage startups. He is a hands-on technical leader with deep experience in cloud-native environments and in guiding AI-focused companies. Patrick builds and leads security organizations that excel at the intersection of advanced technology and high-stakes business strategy. His leadership philosophy is grounded in technical mastery. He believes a CISO must be able to design enterprise-wide risk strategy while still going deep into the technical layers, whether threat-modeling a Kubernetes cluster or securing an ML training pipeline. Patrick’s passion lies in applying modern technology to complex security challenges, enabling teams to move fast and build securely.