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Pavilion Data Systems announced the appointment of Dario Zamarian as the company's Chief Executive Officer. "Pavilion's current technology is unmatched, and its next generation will create even more innovation that delivers unrivaled customer outcomes," said Dario Zamarian, incoming Pavilion CEO. "As artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data-driven requirements accelerate, Pavilion is best suited to meet the needs of organizations adapting to data-centric decision making. I'm excited to be joining a world class team and accelerating the company forward."
The board of directors of EfficientIP named Norman Girard as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective June 28, 2021. Girard, a customer-focused and energetic business leader, brings more than 20 years of experience in cybersecurity, networking, driving revenue growth, and scaling organizations at an international level; he aims to continue building EfficientIP as a leader in the secure DDI space.
While 60% of organizations have experienced a cyberattack in the last two years and spend approximately $38 million on security activities, only 7% of security leaders are reporting to the CEO, a LogRhythm report reveals. Based on a global survey of 1,426 chief information, technology and security executives, the report sought to learn about the role and responsibilities of today's cybersecurity leaders and the challenges they face in creating a strong security posture.
TrapX Security announced that Steve Preston has been appointed Chief Executive Officer. An experienced cybersecurity leader who has served as Senior Vice President of Strategy and Growth for the company for the past year, Mr. Preston will succeed Ori Bach and assume day-to-day leadership of TrapX Security.
The boss of Colonial Pipeline has appeared before a Senate Committee to explain the events which led to US East Coast fuel supplies running dry last month and some $5m being handed over in ransom. Last week, Charles Carmakal, senior VP at cybersecurity firm Mandiant, which responded to the incident, revealed in an interview, that crooks accessed Colonial Pipeline's network using an old VPN and password thought to have fallen into the wrong hands via the dark web, although investigations are still ongoing.
A pipeline company CEO on Tuesday defended his decisions to abruptly halt fuel distribution for much of the East Coast and pay millions to a criminal gang in Russia as he faced down one of the most disruptive ransomware attacks in U.S. history. Colonial Pipeline CEO Joseph Blount said he had no choice, telling senators uneasy with his actions that he feared far worse consequences given the uncertainty the company was confronting as the attack unfolded last month.
Linksys announces the appointment of Harry Dewhirst to chief executive officer effective immediately. Dewhirst takes on the role after leading product and business development for the company as vice president.
Exabeam, a late-stage startup in the data analytics and SIEM space, has landed a new $200 million funding round that values the company at $2.4 billion. The announcement of Exabeam's latest Series F funding, described as a "Growth round," coincides with news that co-founder and CEO Nir Polak will be replaced by former ForeScout chief executive Michael DeCesare.
Colonial Pipeline chief executive Joseph Blount has confirmed the company shelled out $4.4 million to purchase a decryption key to recover from the disruptive ransomware attack that caused gasoline shortages in parts of the U.S. A Wall Street Journal report said Colonial Pipeline made the $4.4 million payment on the evening of May 7 in the form of bitcoin. "Colonial Pipeline is critical to the economic and national security of our nation," a company spokesperson told SecurityWeek.
New Relic announced the promotion of Bill Staples to CEO effective July 1, 2021. "When we recruited Bill into the company, we thought that he would be the natural successor to me as CEO at the right time," said Lew Cirne, founder & CEO at New Relic.