Security News

Microsoft President urges tech leaders to follow lessons from Apollo missions and "War Games"
2021-01-22 22:26

President Brad Smith said that national security is threatened by the industry's inability to learn lessons from the past.

Greg Brown joins Udemy as president
2021-01-18 00:00

Udemy announced that Greg Brown has joined the company as president. Brown brings over 20 years of executive experience leading high-growth and mission-driven technology companies and joins Udemy to help thousands of global customers achieve better business outcomes and drive innovation through learning.

New Relic promotes Bill Staples to President and Chief Product Officer
2021-01-13 00:00

New Relic announced the promotion of Bill Staples to President and Chief Product Officer. "Bill Staples is an execution-focused leader and innovator who builds and scales cloud-based businesses around a compelling vision delivered through industry-leading user experiences," said Lew Cirne, Founder and CEO at New Relic.

SAS appoints Bryan Harris as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
2021-01-10 23:30

SAS announced the appointment of Bryan Harris to the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. "Analysts have long recognized the value SAS brings to our customers," said SAS CEO Jim Goodnight.

Malwarebytes promotes Thomas R. Fox to President
2021-01-08 00:00

Malwarebytes announced Thomas R. Fox, its current chief financial officer, has been promoted to President, in recognition of his significant and diverse contributions since joining the company in 2018. In doing so he has led the refinement and amplification of the company's strategic vision; made critical improvements to a wide range of business systems and processes; rearchitected the company's end-to-end planning infrastructure; and established a vital new operating cadence that has dramatically improved internal alignment and execution across the business.

United States Congress stormed by violent followers of defeated president, Biden win confirmation halted
2021-01-06 21:38

Supporters of defeated American president Donald Trump this morning stormed the capital's legislative halls, shutting down the process to confirm his replacement. Within minutes of the president speaking at a rally on the nearby Mall in Washington DC, in which he urged his followers to march to the Capitol and put a stop to Joe Biden being officially approved as the next national leader by lawmakers, fights broke out on the steps of the building as thousands attempted to force their way past the relatively few cops present and break into the building.

Banner Bank appoints Janet Brown as Executive Vice President and CIO
2021-01-04 23:30

The Banner Bank executive leadership team announced that Janet Brown has joined the bank as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer. Brown is replacing Steve Rust who announced his retirement after more than 40 years in information technology, the last 15 years as CIO at Banner Bank.

May Mitchell joins iboss as Senior Vice President of Marketing
2020-12-21 23:45

Iboss announces that May Mitchell has joined the firm as Senior Vice President of Marketing. In her new role, Mitchell will oversee sales and marketing of the company's industry-leading Secure Access Service Edge cloud network security services and Zero Trust Network Access solution.

Haiyan Song joins F5 Networks as Executive Vice President of Security
2020-12-21 00:00

F5 Networks announced that Haiyan Song will be joining the company as Executive Vice President of Security, starting January 4, 2021. Song joins F5 from Splunk where she led the Security business as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Security Markets.

Rajiv Ramaswami joins Nutanix as President and Chief Executive Officer
2020-12-09 23:45

Nutanix announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Rajiv Ramaswami as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective Wednesday, December 9, 2020, and as a member of the Board of Directors, effective Monday, December 14, 2020. Ramaswami will succeed co-founder Dheeraj Pandey, who previously announced his plans to retire as CEO of Nutanix upon the appointment of a successor.