CISO Conversations: Noopur Davis, the Accidental Global CISO at Comcast
SecurityWeek, Monday, September 21st, 2026
Comcast Global CISO Noopur Davis credits her unplanned rise from developer to security leader to seizing interesting opportunities.
Noopur Davis, Comcast's Global CISO overseeing 1,500 security professionals, began as a software developer at Intergraph before moving into software engineering process work at Carnegie Mellon, where collaboration with Microsoft on trustworthy computing drew her into cybersecurity.
Leadership roles at Intel followed en route to her CISO role, and she emphasizes pairing technical expertise with business acumen. She favors a calm, "no-drama" management style during crises, builds teams that balance cohesion with individual brilliance, and works to prevent burnout by ensuring downtime after intense projects.
Davis attributes her success to flexibility and avoiding rigid career planning in favor of pursuing interesting opportunities as they arise.