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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2026

Registration No. 333

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

CISO GLOBAL, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

83-4210278

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

6900 E. Camelback Road, Suite 900

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

CISO Global, Inc. 2023 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended

(Full Title of the Plan)

David G. Jemmett

Chief Executive Officer

CISO Global, Inc.

6900 E. Camelback Road, Suite 900

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

(480) 389-3444

(Name, Address, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

Copies to:

Katherine A. Beck

Adin J. Tarr

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

2375 E. Camelback Road, Suite 800

Phoenix, Arizona 85016

(602) 445-8000

Debra Gallington

General Counsel

6900 E. Camelback Road, Suite 900

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

(480) 389-3444

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ☐		Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer ☒		Smaller reporting company ☒
		Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

EXPLANATORY NOTE

We are filing this Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) to register an aggregate of 10,000,000 additional shares (the “Additional Shares”) of our common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (“Common Stock”), available for issuance under our 2023 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”). The Additional Shares are being registered in addition to our Common Stock previously registered for issuance under the Plan pursuant to our Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on October 31, 2023 (Registration No. 333-275230) (such prior Registration Statement on Form S-8, the “Prior Registration Statement”).

This Registration Statement relates to securities of the same class as those registered under the Prior Registration Statement and is being filed in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8 regarding the registration of additional securities. Pursuant to such instruction, the contents of the Prior Registration Statement are hereby incorporated by reference and made part of this Registration Statement, except to the extent supplemented, superseded or modified by the specific information set forth below or the specific exhibits attached hereto.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.

Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents, which we have filed with the Commission, are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

	(a)	Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, as filed with the Commission on March 31, 2025;

	(b)	Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, as filed with the Commission on May 15, 2025;

	(c)	Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2025, as filed with the Commission on August 14, 2025;

	(d)	Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, as filed with the Commission on November 13, 2025;

	(d)	Current Reports on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on January 14, 2025 (as amended by Form 8-K filed on January 17, 2025), April 11, 2025, April 28, 2025, May 2, 2025, June 3, 2025, August 5, 2025, September 29, 2025, October 21, 2025, December 16, 2025, December 29, 2025, January 2, 2026, and January 16, 2026, but only to the extent that the items therein are specifically stated to be “filed” rather than “furnished” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”); and

	(e)	The description of our Common Stock contained in Exhibit 4.2 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, as filed with the Commission on March 31, 2025, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

In addition, all documents subsequently filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; except as to any portion of any future annual or quarterly report to stockholders or document or current report furnished under Item 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K that is not deemed “filed” under such provisions. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. Under no circumstances will any information furnished under Item 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K be deemed incorporated herein by reference unless such Form 8-K expressly provides to the contrary.

You should rely only on the information provided or incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement or any related prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information. You should not assume that the information in this Registration Statement or any related prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of the document.

Item 4.

Description of Securities.

Not applicable.

Item 5.

Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

None.

Item 6.

Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits, in general, a Delaware corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party to any proceeding (other than an action by, or in the right of, the corporation) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or served another business enterprise in any capacity at the request of the corporation, against liability incurred in connection with such proceeding, including the expenses (including attorney’s fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such proceeding, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and, in criminal actions or proceedings, additionally had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. A Delaware corporation’s power to indemnify applies to actions brought by or in the right of the corporation as well, but only to the extent of expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of the action or suit, provided that no indemnification shall be provided in such actions in the event of any adjudication of negligence or misconduct in the performance of such person’s duties to the corporation, unless a court believes that in light of all the circumstances indemnification should apply. Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law also permits, in general, a Delaware corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or served another entity in any capacity at the request of the corporation, against liability incurred by such person in such capacity, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability.

We have obtained insurance covering our directors and officers against losses and insuring us against certain of our obligations to indemnify our directors and officers.

Our second amended and restated by-laws provide that we shall indemnify each of our directors and officers against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by reason of the fact that he or she is a director or officer. This right of indemnification conferred in our second amended and restated by-laws is not exclusive of any other right.

In addition, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, includes a provision that eliminates the personal liability of our directors for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duty as directors to the extent permitted by Section 102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

These indemnification provisions may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of our directors and officers for liabilities (including reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act.

Item 7.

Exemption From Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

Item 8.

Exhibits.

Exhibit Number		Exhibit

5.1		Opinion of Greenberg Traurig, LLP

10.1		2023 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (1)

23.1		Consent of Semple, Marchal & Cooper, LLP

23.2		Consent of Baker Tilly Chile Ltda.

23.3		Consent of Greenberg Traurig, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)

24.1		Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of this Registration Statement)

107		Filing Fee Table

(1)	Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed with the Commission on December 16, 2025.

Item 9.

Undertakings.

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

(1)

To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

	(i)	To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

	(ii)	To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Filing Fee Tables” in the effective registration statement; and

	(iii)	To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

Provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

	(2)	That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

	(3)	To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Scottsdale, state of Arizona, on February 13, 2026.

	CISO GLOBAL, INC.

	By:	/s/ David G. Jemmett
		David G. Jemmett
		Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints jointly and severally, David G. Jemmett and Debra L. Smith and each of them, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Name	Title	Date

/s/ David G. Jemmett	Chief Executive Officer and Director	February 13, 2026
David G. Jemmett	(Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Debra L. Smith	Chief Financial Officer (Principal	February 13, 2026
Debra L. Smith	Financial and Accounting Officer)

/s/ Phillip Balatsos	Director	February 13, 2026
Phillip Balatsos

/s/ Andrew Hancox	Director	February 13, 2026
Andrew Hancox

/s/ Mohsen (Michael) Khorassani	Director	February 13, 2026
Mohsen (Michael) Khorassani

/s/ Andrew K. McCain	Director	February 13, 2026
Andrew K. McCain

SEC Form S-8 filed by CISO Global Inc.