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The US Senate has confirmed Army Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd to lead the National Security Agency (NSA) and US Cyber Command (CYBERCOM). Rudd, nominated for the position in December 2025, takes on a critical national security role that had remained unfilled since April 2025.

Adrian Ludwig has been appointed Chief Security Officer (CSO) at business software company Rippling. Most recently, Ludwig served as Chief Architect and CISO at Tools for Humanity. A US Department of Defense veteran, he previously held cybersecurity leadership roles at Adobe, Google, and Atlassian.

Agentless cloud security company Orca Security has appointed Rachel Nislick as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Nislick recently served as VP of revenue marketing at Darktrace. Previously, she served as VP of Growth Marketing at Mimecast and held senior marketing roles at Veracode and PTC.

Secure access service edge (SASE) solutions provider Netskope has appointed Joseph Welsh as Vice President of US public sector sales. Welsh recently served as regional vice president of public sector sales at Tenable, and previously held leadership roles at RSA Security, Splunk, and other technology companies.

Michael Tetto has started a new position as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at New England energy delivery company Eversource Energy. Tetto has been with Eversource since 2019, serving as OT Cybersecurity Manager and Director of Information Security.

Col. Becky Beers has been named Acting Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at the Department of the Air Force. Beers has served in the Air Force for two decades, including as Deputy CISO. She steps in for James ‘Aaron’ Bishop, who was recently appointed Deputy Chief Information Officer for Cybersecurity and Chief Information Security Officer (DCIO(CS)-CISO), at the Department of Defense.

Ed Jennings has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Darktrace, officially starting in the role on March 23, 2026. He most recently served as CEO of Quickbase and was previously COO at Mimecast.

Email security provider Ironscales has named Steven Malone as Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) and Amit Bluman as Senior Vice President (SVP) of Research & Development. Malone previously held leadership positions at Egress Software Technologies and Mimecast, while Bluman served as SVP of Engineering at Logz.io and Totango.

Security testing company Synack has named Angela Heindl-Schober as its new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). She previously served in various leadership positions at HYCU, Vectra AI, Riverbed Technology, and Infor.