Reach CISOs and IT security leaders by direct phone
Get cybersecurity sellers past gatekeepers to CISOs and security directors, a persona that ignores most cold email.
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A selection of teams that run this job on Forager · plus other sales-tech platforms
Uses POST /person_role_search/, POST /person_contacts_lookup/phone_numbers/ · People search API reference
What it costs: 15 credits per mobile found. A mobile or email lookup that returns nothing costs 0 credits. Enrichment and search are charged per request: credit pricing.
- People search
- Mobile numbers
- API
- Waterfall slot
How the data flows
POST /person_role_search/ - name
- Sam Specimen
- role title
- VP Revenue Operations
- phone number
- +1 (512) 555-0133
- work email
- sam@example.com
- company
- Example Inc.
Steps
- Search CISOs and security leads with
POST /person_role_search/(role_title"CISO" OR "RSSI" OR "security" AND director) - Get direct mobiles with
POST /person_contacts_lookup/phone_numbers/ - Sequence call-first with email follow-up
- Measure phone enrichment rate on the core persona
import json, os, requests BASE = "https://api-v2.forager.ai/api/{account_id}/datastorage" HEADERS = {"X-API-KEY": os.environ["FORAGER_KEY"]} body = json.load(open("request.json")) # request fields: see the API reference # 1. Search CISOs and security leads with POST /person_role_search/ # (role_title "CISO" OR "RSSI" OR "security" AND director) r1 = requests.post(f"{BASE}/person_role_search/", headers=HEADERS, json=body) # 2. Get direct mobiles with POST /person_contacts_lookup/phone_numbers/ r2 = requests.post(f"{BASE}/person_contacts_lookup/phone_numbers/", headers=HEADERS, json=body) # 3. Sequence call-first with email follow-up # 4. Measure phone enrichment rate on the core persona
# 1. POST /person_role_search/ curl -X POST \ https://api-v2.forager.ai/api/{account_id}/datastorage/person_role_search/ \ -H "X-API-KEY: $FORAGER_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d @request.json # 2. POST /person_contacts_lookup/phone_numbers/ curl -X POST \ https://api-v2.forager.ai/api/{account_id}/datastorage/person_contacts_lookup/phone_numbers/ \ -H "X-API-KEY: $FORAGER_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d @request.json
Run it yourself: People search API reference
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Inputs and outputs
| Inputs | Outputs |
|---|---|
| target accounts | name |
| security persona titles | role_title |
phone_number |
Questions about this recipe
What's the best way to reach CISOs for cybersecurity sales?
Get cybersecurity sellers past gatekeepers to CISOs and security directors, a persona that ignores most cold email. Security vendors reach their core persona by phone and book more appointments per SDR.
What does it cost to reach CISOs and IT security leaders by direct phone?
People search: people search 1 credit per request and people search: role details 1 credit per request, charged whether or not data comes back. Mobile numbers: 15 credits per mobile number found, and a mobile number lookup that finds nothing costs 0 credits. Growth's 8,250 monthly credits cover 550 mobiles or 8,250 search requests, or a mix. Self-serve plans are Starter, Growth, Pro and Scale. See plans and prices
What do I need to run this recipe, and what comes back?
You send security persona titles and target accounts. You get back name, phone_number and role_title, as JSON. You also need a Forager API key, which comes with a free account.
Where can I find direct phone numbers for IT security leaders?
This recipe uses Forager People search and Mobile numbers. People search: Find the people who hold a role at target companies, filtered by title, seniority, department and location. Get cybersecurity sellers past gatekeepers to CISOs and security directors, a persona that ignores most cold email.
Can I test people search for free?
Yes. Create a free account at app.forager.ai: it comes with $5 in free credits and an API key, and there is no credit card to sign up. Run it on records you already know, or book a demo and send us a list: we run it and show you what we find.
When should I run this workflow?
When a cybersecurity vendor runs a phone-first campaign to security leaders. Security vendors reach their core persona by phone and book more appointments per SDR.
Which Forager products does this recipe use?
People search and mobile numbers. People search: find the people who hold a role at target companies, filtered by title, seniority, department and location. Mobile numbers: direct mobile numbers for a person, from a LinkedIn URL or a Forager person ID, validated before they reach you.
How accurate is Forager data?
Forager ranked #1 of 10 in Clay's 2026 test of mobile data providers, by quality score: Clay's measure of how likely a dialled number reaches the right person. The test that counts is your own: send a list of profiles you care about. We run it and show you what we find, number by number, so you can measure hit rate and connect rate yourself.
How to reach cisos cold calling?
Search CISOs and security leads with POST /person_role_search/ (role_title "CISO" OR "RSSI" OR "security" AND director). Get direct mobiles with POST /person_contacts_lookup/phone_numbers/.
Which tools can run this workflow?
Native in Clay and Zapier, partner-built in Deepline and Cargo and called through the API from your own code, Make and n8n. Or call the endpoints in the steps above from your own code with one API key.
How many steps is this workflow?
4 steps: search CISOs and security leads with POST /person_role_search/ (role_title "CISO" OR "RSSI" OR "security" AND director), get direct mobiles with POST /person_contacts_lookup/phone_numbers/, sequence call-first with email follow-up and measure phone enrichment rate on the core persona.
Do I need a subscription?
Not to test: a free account comes with $5 in credits. To keep using Forager, choose a monthly or yearly plan. Monthly plans cancel anytime and unused credits roll over; yearly plans grant all credits upfront and cost 10% less. Larger volumes are agreed with our team.
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- $5 free credits
- No credit card
- Run your sample
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