Cost options supplier Allied Cost Community has appointed James Dixon as chief info safety officer (CISO). Dixon, who was most lately CISO for accounts receivable know-how supplier Versapay, has greater than 25 years of know-how and {industry} expertise. He has additionally held government and senior management positions with fee know-how corporations together with 2Checkout (now Verifone), Vesta Company, Official Funds (now ACI Funds) and InComm Funds. “With him on the helm, we’re assured in our skill to navigate the evolving risk panorama and uphold the best requirements of information safety,” Allied CEO Geoff Knapp stated in a press release.
Attila Torok named CISO of GoTo
GoTo, a Boston-based IT administration, help, and enterprise communication agency, has named Attila Torok as its chief info safety officer. Torok is returning to the corporate, having served in management positions within the firm’s safety division from 2014 to 2019. He was most lately head of safety at Zapier. “Attila’s experience in cloud and product safety and his confirmed document of seamlessly integrating safety in all features of the product growth course of make him ideally suited to steer GoTo as we deepen our dedication to offering our clients with best-in-industry progressive and safe SaaS merchandise,” GoTo CTO Olga Lagunova stated in a weblog on the corporate web site.
Google Cloud CISO Phil Venables named to Veza board
Famous cybersecurity chief Phil Venables has been named to the board of administrators of identification safety agency Veza. “Phil is essentially the most revered cybersecurity chief on this planet, and we’re actually honored to welcome Phil Venables to the Veza Board,” Veza founder and CEO Tarun Thakur stated in a press release. “Phil shall be instrumental in guiding our product improvements and roadmap. We’re humbled to have Phil be a part of us in constructing an iconic identification know-how firm.” Venables, who’s at present the CISO of Google Cloud, has acted a White Home advisor and because the first CISO for Goldman Sachs.
New CISO appointments, June 2023
Hoxhunt appoints Petri Kuivala as chief info safety officer advisor
Cybersecurity habits change software program firm Hoxhunt has named Petri Kuivala chief info safety officer (CISO) advisor. Kuivala will work carefully with the CISOs and safety groups of present and potential clients of the Finladn-based firm to guage human-centred safety vulnerabilities and assist devise danger mitigation methods. Kuivala has held positions as vp of common IT and UX at NXP Semiconductors and as a safety government at Nokia, serving as the corporate’s CISO and CSO for greater than a decade. He was additionally a senior director of world safety at Microsoft.
Brown & Brown identify Barry Hensley chief safety officer and Rob Burch chief info safety officer
Insurance coverage supplier Brown & Brown has appointed Barry Hensley as its first chief safety officer and Rob Burch as chief info safety officer. Hensley is a world cybersecurity chief who served because the chief risk intel officer and senior vp for Secureworks and is the previous director of the US Military’s International Community Operations and Safety Heart. Burch was previously senior vp and chief info safety officer for Constancy Nationwide Monetary.
Josh Lemos turns into CISO at GitLab
DevSecOps platform GitLab has named 20-year cybersecurity veteran Josh Lemos as CISO. Lemos joins GitLab from his publish as CISO at Block (previously referred to as Sq.), and beforehand held senior safety government roles at Cylance and ServiceNow.
Scott Putnam appointed CISO at New Constitution Applied sciences
Managed IT Companies supplier New Constitution has appointed Scott Putnam as its chief info safety officer. Putnam, a founding accomplice of New Constitution, beforehand served as president for managed safety service suppliers Cyber74 and Digital Umbrella and as president of Apex Expertise Administration, an IT managed providers supplier. A 30-year veteran of the IT and cybersecurity {industry} Putnam can be co-author of “Cyber SWAT: Hackers are solely a part of the issue.”
New CISO appointments, Could 2023
Former Twitter CISO Lea Kissner named CISO of Lacework
Cloud safety firm Lacework has appointed Lea Kissner as its new chief info safety officer. The previous Twitter CISO shall be chargeable for main the event and implementation of Lacework’s general safety technique and packages. Kissner has labored in cybersecurity for greater than 20 years together with as chief privateness officer at Humu and world lead of privateness know-how at Google.
Maria Milosavljevic to turn out to be chief info safety officer at ANZ
Former Companies Australia CISO and chief knowledge officer Maria Milosavljevic has been appointed CISO of ANZ Banking Group, changing Lynwen Connick, who will retire in October. Milosavljevic is at present the chief knowledge integration officer on the Australian Division of Defence. Milosavljevic shall be chargeable for guaranteeing ANZ’s info safety technique continues to handle the difficult cyber safety panorama and helps the financial institution’s digital transformation. She is going to start working at ANZ on Monday, August 28.
Lee Buttke named CISO of AgileBlue
AgileBlue, an autonomous cyber safety operations heart (SOC) and safety orchestration and automatic response (SOAR) platform, has named Lee Buttke as its new chief info safety officer. Buttke will even take a place as managing director at AgileBlue. Buttke has held positions as director of danger, safety, and privateness at On-line Enterprise Techniques and director at penetration testing agency NetSPI and is the previous president of software program {and professional} providers supplier Truonix.
Safety and compliance automation platform Drata appoints Matt Hilary as vp of safety and CISO
Matt Hilary has been named vp of safety and CISO at Safety and compliance automation platform Drata. Hilary was previously senior vp methods and safety and CISO at Lumio and beforehand held CISO and lead safety roles at Weave and Workfront, Instructure, Adobe, MX, and Amazon Net Companies.
Invoice O’Hern named CISO of Vacationers
Former AT&T chief safety officer Invoice O’Hern has been appointed as a senior vp and CISO of insurance coverage agency Vacationers. O’Hern spent greater than 20 years in security-related roles at AT&T and was beforehand common supervisor for the Midwest US area at Handex Environmental.
Earl Duby appointed CISO at Auxiom
Earl Duby has been named the first-ever CISO of Michigan-based managed service supplier Auxiom. A CSO50 Award winner, Duby was previously CISO of Lear Corp. and has 20 years of expertise in cybersecurity, together with management roles at GE, Affina Group, and Federal Mogul.
New CISO appointments, April 2023
UK appoints Anne Keast-Butler as first feminine GCHQ director
The UK authorities has appointed Anne Keast-Butler as the brand new director of intelligence, safety, and cyber company Authorities Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). Keast-Butler was appointed following a cross-government recruitment course of and can succeed Sir Jeremy Fleming, who’s stepping down after six years within the function. Keast-Butler, at present serving as deputy director common at home counterintelligence and safety company MI5, will turn out to be the primary feminine director of GCHQ. She is going to take up her publish in Could.
Bryce Carter turns into first CISO of Arlington, Texas
Bryce Carter has been appointed as the primary chief info safety officer for town of Arlington, Texas. Mr. Carter was beforehand a senior info safety analyst for Bellingham, Washington, and has served in senior security-related roles in Miami County, Kansas, and at corporations together with Clover Safety Advisors, United Launch, and FlyPage. In a press release, Mr. Carter stated he intends to “talk safety in a means that everybody can perceive” and can concentrate on creating an enterprise-wide safety program, decreasing safety outsourcing.
Brian Contos appointed chief technique officer at Sevco Safety
Cyber asset assault floor administration (CAASM) firm Sevco Safety has appointed Brian Contos as its chief technique officer. Mr. Contos is a 25-year veteran of the safety {industry}, having served beforehand as CISO at Verodin “Enemy on the Water Cooler” and a co-author of “Bodily & Logical Safety Convergence.” Mr. Contos stated he believes safety “wants a disruptive strategy. Sevco Safety basically adjustments how organizations get worth from their present safety and IT operations investments by having essentially the most correct and well timed asset intelligence.”
James Hill named CISO of cloud infrastructure software program developer CYTRACOM
James Hill has been appointed as CISO of CYTRACOM. Mr. Hill has 20 years of expertise in “enterprise growth, cybersecurity, folks growth, and technical experience,” in response to a press release. His function on the firm shall be to make sure CYTRACOM and its workers are working securely, minimizing publicity and danger with an efficient and sustainable cybersecurity technique and program.
IntelePeer appoints Gary Starling as new CISO
Communications Automation supplier IntelePeer has named Gary Starling as CISO. Mr. Starling lately served as vp of IT and safety at IntelePeer and led the corporate’s compliance program. Mr. Startling was beforehand interim CIO, assistant vice chancellor of IT infrastructure, and CISO, on the College of Denver. He additionally served as director of world IT, networks and safety for EchoStar/Hughes Community Techniques and was an avionics communications methods specialist within the US Air Power and as telecommunications specialist, tech management for NORAD. He has been tasked with streamlining IT and safety options throughout IntelePeer’s enterprise models, steering the corporate to develop a high-performance safety group in opposition to new and rising threats.
New CISO appointments, March 2023
Andrea Simpson named CISO of Howard College
Ms. Simpson, a extremely regarded skilled in cybersecurity, has greater than 20 years {of professional} expertise within the {industry}. She has held the CISO function with the Federal Communications Fee, the place she directed the pilot program for government-issued laptop computer deployment for the company’s telework initiative as a part of its pandemic response plan, and AmeriCorps. Simpson says working at Howard will assist her create an area for younger adults to realize hands-on cyber expertise.
Meredith Griffanti appointed as world head of cybersecurity and knowledge privateness communications at FTI
Ms. Griffanti, who relies in New York, will oversee the expansion of FTI Consulting’s cybersecurity communications capabilities. She most lately served as Americas co-leader of cybersecurity and knowledge privateness communications on the enterprise consulting agency, specializing in disaster communications throughout incident response and cybersecurity preparedness planning. Ms. Griffanti will concentrate on partnering with leaders and groups globally to additional strengthen the agency’s holistic cybersecurity communications capabilities and improve new ranges of collaboration to help shoppers.
Sebastian Welsh appointed CISO of vitality know-how firm SwitchDin
Mr. Welsh turns into the primary CISO at SwitchDin and can work to ascertain safety frameworks for rising applied sciences. With 17 years of expertise as a frontrunner specializing in constructing a whole-of-enterprise protection mannequin inside companies, he held roles as the pinnacle of safety at Canva and employees safety engineer at Google earlier than becoming a member of SwitchDin.
Joshua Reedy turns into new CISO at New Zealand know-how providers agency Kordia
Mr. Reedy will take duty for Kordia’s Group’s inner cyber safety posture, integrating finest practices and main a group of safety specialists. He was beforehand safety providers supervisor at Vodaphone, the place he oversaw safety operations, design, and supply and led inner offensive safety groups.
David Dunn named CISO at world danger and monetary advisory service supplier Kroll
Mr. Dunn, who had served as deputy CISO at Kroll since 2016, is tasked with persevering with to strengthen the agency’s safety program to handle the evolving and sophisticated risk panorama. With greater than 25 years of expertise, he was beforehand a member of the US Secret Service Digital Crimes Job Power — the place he was a lead investigator on a world stolen bank cards rip-off involving hundreds of thousands of {dollars} — and can be a 19-year veteran of the Seattle Police Division.
Jaya Baloo named CSO at cloud risk detection supplier Rapid7
Ms. Baloo shall be tasked with strengthening Rapid7’s inner safety program and furthering the corporate’s mission to ship better entry to cybersecurity throughout industries. With greater than 20 years of cybersecurity expertise, she has beforehand held roles at Avast and was CISO at Dutch telecom agency KPN. Ms. Baloo is a member of the advisory boards of The Netherlands Nationwide Cyber Safety Centre and the EU Quantum Flagship’s Strategic Advisory Board.
New CISO appointments, February 2023
Doug Clare appointed as head of cyber technique for ISS Company Options
Mr. Clare will assume general duty for ICS’ cyber options technique, together with evolving its cyber risk-related choices and shopper expertise. He will even lead the cyber-risk product and shopper groups tasked with enhancing and increasing ICS’ danger monitoring and broader suite of associated merchandise. He has greater than 25 years of expertise at Truthful Isaac (FICO) and served most lately as FICO’s vp of fraud, compliance, and authentication options.
Keith Anderson named CISO of JetBlue
Mr. Anderson will oversee JetBlue’s info safety and can oversee the airline’s methods, insurance policies and procedures designed to attenuate info safety danger and proactively detect and deal with new threats. He beforehand served as CISO at Warner Bros. Discovery and held safety management roles at AT&T, Goldman Sachs, and Citi. Mr. Anderson holds a grasp’s diploma in cybersecurity from New York College and a grasp’s diploma in administration info methods from Stevens Institute of Expertise.
Melissa Knight appointed as CISO of Tego Cyber
Cybersecurity software-as-a-service supplier Tego Cyber has named Melissa Knight as chief info safety officer. Ms. Knight has been as CISO and cybersecurity government for 20 years, working in authorities and business sectors. She has held management roles with the US Division of Protection and US Division of Power’s Nationwide Nuclear Safety Administration safety operations groups. She has additionally labored at Sands Corp., Herjavec Group, and Brier & Thorn.
Mike Housch named CISO of banking digital transformation options supplier Q2 Holdings
Mr. Housch has greater than 25 years of safety expertise within the monetary know-how sector. He beforehand served as CISO for Black Night time and as info safety officer for Lender Processing Companies. He spent greater than 10 years as chief info officer at First Federal Financial institution of Florida.
John Paul Cunningham joins identification safety agency Silverfort as CISO
Mr. Cunningham brings greater than 24 years of expertise managing cyber danger, constructing working fashions designed to cut back price and cyber danger, whereas additionally adhering to compliance requirements as CISO at Financial institution of Hope, Docupace, Ares Administration and J.P. Morgan Asset Administration. He’ll design and implement Silverfort’s cybersecurity program.
Claudia Plattner appointed as President of German Federal Workplace for Data Safety (BSI)
Ms. Plattner is previously Director Common Data Techniques of the European Central Financial institution (ECB) and was chief info officer at DB Systel, the IT supplier for Deutsche Bahn. She is the primary feminine president to be named to the function at BSI. She is going to start within the place on 1 July 2023. Plattner replaces former president Arne Sch?nbohm, who was dismissed in October over allegations of ties with Russian intelligence businesses.
Heather Lowrie appointed as first CISO for the College of Manchester
Ms. Lowrie will lead the strategic transformation of knowledge safety and identification and entry administration providers on the College of Manchester and can design and implement a imaginative and prescient for the safety of the college’s digital footprint. She previously held the place of head of cybersecurity, danger, and resilience for Nationwide Data of Scotland. Ms. Lowrie supplied cybersecurity assurance, oversight, and operational administration for Scotland’s first digital-first census. She is going to be a part of the college at first of Could 2023.
New CISO appointments, January 2023
Chris Hodson employed as CSO at Cyberhaven
Mr. Hodson shall be chargeable for all areas of safety to guard each workers and clients. This contains cloud and utility safety, operations, and danger administration. He involves knowledge detection and response resolution vendor Cyberhaven from Contentful, and beforehand has held CISO roles at Tanium and Zscaler. Mr. Hodson is a board advisor at workforce growth platform Cybrary and a fellow on the Chartered Institute of Data Safety. He’s additionally the writer of the guide Cyber Threat Administration.
Amanda Fennel named CISO and CIO at Show Id
Ms. Fennel will oversee safety operations at Show, a supplier of digital identification options. She will even play a task in educating the safety market about digital identification authentication applied sciences. She was beforehand CISO and CIO at Relativity and earlier had labored in digital forensics and cybersecurity at corporations akin to Symantec, Dell SecureWorks, Zurich Insurance coverage Group, Booz Allen Hamilton, and Steerage Software program.
Harold Rivas joins Trellix as CISO
Mr. Rivas will lead the prolonged detection and response vendor’s world safety and compliance initiatives. He involves Trellix from LoanDepot, the place he served as CISO. Previous to that, Mr. Rivas’s 20-plus-year profession embody senior info safety roles at Santander Shopper, Fujitsu America, and Citigroup. He’s additionally a member of the FBI InfraGard.