Cybersecurity within France’s government administration operates under unique pressures. Public institutions must protect sensitive citizen data, ensure continuity of essential services, and comply with strict regulatory and sovereignty requirements, all while operating in highly visible threat environments. The security leaders featured below are responsible for safeguarding national, regional, and municipal systems where resilience, trust, and accountability are paramount.
Johan Schneider — Chief Information Security Officer and Data Protection Officer, Centre Hospitalier Eure-Seine
Johan Schneider serves as Chief Information Security Officer and Data Protection Officer at Centre Hospitalier Eure-Seine, where he has held responsibility for information security and data protection since 2018. His role encompasses governance, compliance, and operational security within a public healthcare institution. With a background in IT architecture, production management, and quality processes, he brings a structured and process-driven approach to securing hospital information systems while ensuring alignment with public sector obligations.
Marie Victorine Sopi — Chief Information Security Officer, Groupe Caisse des Dépôts
Marie Victorine Sopi is Chief Information Security Officer at Groupe Caisse des Dépôts, a cornerstone institution of France’s public financial and administrative ecosystem. With more than fifteen years of experience in IT and network security, she oversees security strategy within a complex public group environment. Her background includes senior security roles at Orange and Orange Cameroun, and she holds ISO 27001 Lead Auditor and ISO 27005 Risk Manager certifications, reinforcing her focus on governance, risk management, and regulatory alignment.
Philippe Dolet — Chief Information Security Officer, CY Cergy Paris Université
Philippe Dolet is Chief Information Security Officer at CY Cergy Paris Université, where he supports the institution’s cybersecurity governance in a public higher education context. His experience spans compliance monitoring, risk assessment, audit coordination, and ISO 27001 implementation. Prior to his academic role, he held senior security leadership positions in the private sector and worked extensively as a cybersecurity consultant, bringing cross-sector expertise into the public education domain.
Dominique Ciupa — Chief Information Security Officer, French Ministry of Higher Education and Research
Dominique Ciupa operates as Chief Information Security Officer within the scope of the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research, attached to university leadership and central IT governance. His responsibilities include defining and enforcing information security policy across a large, multi-entity academic organization comprising tens of thousands of users. His role focuses on regulatory compliance, organizational security measures, and the deployment of technological safeguards at national education scale.
Tsegay Abraham — Chief Information Security Officer, CMA Normandie
Tsegay Abraham serves as Chief Information Security Officer at CMA Normandie, where he leads information security governance for a public-facing educational and administrative institution. With an engineering background in cybersecurity and over twelve years of IT experience, he focuses on risk management, regulatory compliance, and security awareness. His approach emphasizes human factors alongside technical controls in securing institutional information systems.
Hervé Fortin — Chief Information Security Officer and Data Protection Officer, Ville de Lille
Hervé Fortin is Chief Information Security Officer and Data Protection Officer for the City of Lille. His role covers cybersecurity strategy, data protection compliance, and crisis management within a major municipal administration. With experience across public, healthcare, and industrial sectors, he specializes in risk-based security programs, cyber resilience, and regulatory compliance, including GDPR and EBIOS risk management frameworks.
Alexandre Delanoue — Chief Information Security Officer, Brest Métropole
Alexandre Delanoue acts as Chief Information Security Officer for Brest Métropole, where he is responsible for security governance, supervision, awareness, and risk management across the metropolitan authority’s information systems. With a background in network and telecommunications engineering, his role blends strategic security leadership with operational involvement in infrastructure evolution and system resilience for a local government environment.
Géraud de Drouas — Chief Information Security Officer, Présidence de la République
Géraud de Drouas serves as Chief Information Security Officer at the Présidence de la République, following several years as Deputy Chief Information Security Officer within the same institution. His expertise lies in large-scale incident response, forensic analysis of Active Directory and Windows environments, and penetration testing of web applications and networks. His role places him at the center of cybersecurity operations for one of France’s most sensitive government institutions.
Why Government Administration CISOs Matter in France
Government administration cybersecurity is fundamentally about public trust, national resilience, and service continuity. From ministries and municipalities to public universities and hospitals, the leaders featured here operate in environments where failures have immediate societal impact. Their work demonstrates how governance, technical expertise, and regulatory discipline converge to protect France’s public institutions in an increasingly hostile digital landscape.