Many companies are rethinking full cloud adoption. Costs surged, outages increased, and data governance rules became harder to meet. As a result, organizations now move some workloads back on-prem or shift to hybrid models that offer more control. The CISOs below lead some of the most notable reversals and set the tone for how modern hybrid strategies evolve.
Mark Houpt, CISO at DataBank
Houpt works with enterprises migrating workloads out of hyperscalers and into colocation and private data centers for cost and governance reasons.
Emily Heath, former CISO at DocuSign
Heath oversaw hybrid redesign efforts that brought critical signing and trust services back into controlled infrastructure.
David Hannigan, CISO at Nubank
Hannigan supports hybrid strategies for financial clients seeking predictable cost models and stronger control over sensitive data sets.
Kevin McKenzie, CISO at Ferguson Enterprises
McKenzie leads efforts to repatriate core retail systems to reduce operational outages and cut cloud dependency across stores.
Alan Daines, CISO, Baker Hughes
Daines directs a hybrid turnaround that brings manufacturing systems and OT workloads back into secure on-prem environments.
Cloud is not going away, but many companies now realize that full cloud adoption does not fit every workload. These CISOs show how a hybrid model improves cost control, performance, and governance without giving up cloud benefits. Their decisions shape a broader movement among enterprises looking for a more practical and resilient infrastructure mix.