SecurityWeek

Southwest Airlines announced that Carrie Mills has been promoted from VP Technology, Cybersecurity to VP & Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) effective March 16. In her new role, Mills will be responsible for all aspects of cybersecurity across Southwest’s facilities, airports, and aircraft, comprising security engineering, security operations, incident response, threat intelligence, risk and compliance, and vulnerability management. Mills joined Southwest in 2027 as the Senior Manager Cybersecurity Threat Intelligence and Response.

Australian airline Qantas has appointed Matt Biber as its Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Andre Walduck as Chief Information Officer (CIO). Walduck was previously CIO and chief digital officer of Australia Post. Biber and Walduck were named after the previous CISO and CIO left the airline in recent months.

Risk and financial advisory solutions firm Kroll announced the appointment of Dave Burg, as Global Head of Cyber Risk. Burg joins the company from EY, where he most recently lead cybersecurity for EY Americas. Prior to joining EY, Burg served as Global Cybersecurity Leader for PwC.

Home security systems company ADT has appointed Tim Rains as Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). He previously held cybersecurity leadership roles at T-Mobile, AWS, Las Vegas Sands, and Microsoft. He also served on a subcommittee of the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC).

Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK) announced that Stephen Ford has joined the company as vice president and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). He will report to Chris Nardecchia, senior vice president and Chief Information Officer at Rockwell. Ford joins Rockwell from pharmaceutical giant McKesson Corporation, where he was Vice President, Global Security.