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    Top CSOs to Watch in 2025: MANTECH’s Dan Payne

    By Staff WriterSeptember 9, 2025
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    Dan Payne

    Senior Vice President & Chief Security Officer, MANTECH

    Dan Payne’s biggest recent achievement was bringing the cleared industry together to raise awareness of the national security risks of remote worker fraud. At MANTECH, he convened insider threat teams from across industry to jointly address the issue, and he helped the current director of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency establish regular meetings with CEOs of cleared contractors to foster greater dialogue and collaboration.

    Why Watch

    Payne will continue to educate both industry and government on the importance of strong insider threat programs within industry “because industry is the biggest target of our adversaries, and actions the government can take to help industry,” he said.

    Fun fact: “My role in the Intelligence Community was portrayed in the 1998 movie, Traitor Within, starring Timothy Hutton, and in a Showtime television series called The Assets,” he said. “My work has also been featured in a popular podcast documentary: The Redefector.” Payne also interviewed and participated in the Redefector podcast discussion live.

    See the entire Top CSOs to Watch in 2025 list here. 

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