Data security company Cyera, which recently raised $400 million at a $9 billion valuation, has appointed Brandon Sweeney as President. Sweeney previously served as President and COO at Dbt Labs, and Chief Revenue Officer at HashiCorp. He also held leadership roles at VMware. In addition to Sweeney, Cyera announced the appointment of Shira Azran as Chief Legal Officer, Joseph Iantosca as Chief Financial Officer, and Sharon Shaked as Chief People Officer.

Robert Carvajal has been named as chief information security officer (CISO) at BayCare Health System. He most recently served as BayCare’s director of Information Services security and threat management.

KnowBe4 has appointed Kelly Morgan as Chief Customer Officer to oversee end-to-end global lifecycle and lead Customer Success, Customer Support, Managed Services and Professional Services organizations. Prior to KnowBe4, Morgan served as Chief Customer Officer at DocuSign, and Chief Customer Officer and General Manager at Sykes. He also founded SaaS and tech company consultancy Seven TwoSeven.

CrowdStrike has named Jonathon Dixon as Vice President and Managing Director for the Japan and Asia Pacific (JAPAC) region. Dixon has been tasked with accelerating the adoption of the CrowdStrike Falcon platform. Prior to CrowdStrike, Dixon served as VP and Managing Director of JAPAC at Verkada. He also held leadership roles at AWS and Cisco.

CIP cybersecurity solutions provider OPSWAT has appointed Jan Miller as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), to lead its new Technology Center and oversee research, engineering, and product development. Miller has over a decade of experience in malware analysis and threat detection. Also a board member of the Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization (AMTSO), he joined OPSWAT in 2022.

Salesforce has named former Google Cloud deputy CISO Iain Mulholland as its Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Mulholland has over 25 years of experience, having previously served in various leading positions at Google Cloud, VMware, MSRC, and other companies.

Financial services firm First Horizon (NYSE: FHN) announced that Leilani Farol has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Farol most recently served as Head of Governance, Risk and Compliance for Fidelity Investments. Prior to that, she was SVP, Cyber Security – Global Information Security for Bank of America.

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has named Andy Ritter as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Jim Sipe as executive deputy Chief Information Officer (CIO). With over three decades of experience, Ritter has been with the Pennsylvania state for nine years, most recently serving as deputy CISO. Sipe, who served as CISO starting November 2023, was moved to executive deputy CIO in October 2025.

Microsoft has announced that Hayete Gallot has been named Executive Vice President (VP) of Security. Gallot, who held various leadership positions at Microsoft for 15 years, rejoins the company after serving as President, Customer Experience for Google Cloud. Additionally, Microsoft has named Ales Holecek as Chief Architect for Security.

Agentic security operations firm Torq has announced the appointment of John White as its Field Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). With over two decades of experience, White has served as CISO for Virgin Atlantic, and previously held various security leadership positions at ASOS, Liberty Global, AEG Europe, and KPMG.

Unified identity security provider One Identity has appointed Gihan Munasinghe as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to lead its engineering organization and technology strategy. Munasinghe has over 15 years of experience, previously serving in senior leadership positions within enterprise software firms.

Threat intelligence firm Intel 471 has announced the appointment of Michael DeBolt as President. A Marine corps veteran, DeBolt will continue to serve as the company’s Chief Intelligence Officer (CINO). He has over two decades of experience, previously serving as the US representative and head of cybercrime intelligence at INTERPOL, and special agent at NCIS.

Cyber-focused, global venture capital firm Ten Eleven Ventures has appointed Grace Cassy as Partner, with a focus on seed and early-stage security investments. Cassy, who also chairs Ten Eleven’s Security Trust and Resilience (STAR) network, has over a decade of experience in supporting early-stage founders. Additionally, Ten Eleven Ventures promoted Operating Partner and CTO Scott Lundgren and Operating Partner and CMO Megan Dubofsky to Partners, to evaluate and secure new investment opportunities.

Human and agentic AI risk management firm KnowBe4 has appointed Harlan Parrott as VP of AI Innovation, to oversee its expansion of AI capabilities across products and internal operations. Parrott has over two decades of experience in building SaaS and cloud platforms.

Industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos officially announced the appointment of Dawn Mitchell as Chief People Officer. Mitchell previously served as Chief People Officer at HackerOne.

Identity security provider ConductorOne has appointed William Bengtson as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), to lead its security strategy and ensure ConductorOne’s platform delivers enterprise-grade security. With over two decades of experience, Bengtson previously served in leadership roles at HashiCorp, Netflix, Capital One, and Nuna. In November 2025, ConductorOne announced a Series B funding round that brought its total funding to over $110 million.