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SecurityWeek’s ‘People on the Move’ coverage shines a light on fresh hiring announcements, promotions, and career achievements within the cybersecurity community.

Week of January 26, 2026

Ely Kahn has been hired as Chief Product Officer at Okta. Kahn joins Okta from SentinelOne, where he most recently served as Chief Product Officer.

Week of January 19, 2026

AI-native security operations company Stellar Cyber has appointed Eric van Sommeren as Vice President (VP) of EMEA, to lead its regional growth strategy. Eric van Sommeren has broad commercial experience in EMEA, previously serving in regional leadership positions at Corelight, SentinelOne, and Palo Alto Networks.

Managed cybersecurity services firm Cyderes has named Lana Knop as its Chief Product Officer (CPO). In her new role, Knop will oversee the scaling of Cyderes’ product and services portfolio. Knop has over 25 years of experience in security product leadership, previously serving as VP of product management at SentinelOne and in various leading positions at Splunk, Corelight, McAfee, Norton, and Symantec.

Cybersecurity platform Coro has named Eyal Hen as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), to lead its global finance organization amid international growth. A seasoned executive, Hen previously served as CFO at Rekor Systems, leading multiple financings and supporting acquisitions as the company scaled.

Ken Ricketts has joined tech data provider Teradata as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). He joins the company from tech investment firm Insight Partners, where he served as CISO in Residence.

Western Alliance Bank has appointed Stephen McMaster as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Prior to joining the bank, he spent more than 20 years at Wells Fargo, where he most recently served as managing director and head of cloud security, data loss prevention, third-party cybersecurity and the business information security office (BISO).

ID Dataweb has appointed Dr. Torsten George as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Before joining ID Dataweb, he held roles at organizations including ConnectWise, Absolute Software, Centrify, RiskSense, and ActivIdentity. He is also an active contributor at SecurityWeek.

James Love has joined cyber-physical systems protection firm Claroty as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Prior to joining Claroty, Love served as CRO at Radiant Logic, and has held executive roles at other cybersecurity firms including Illumio, Imperva, Orca Security and Arxan Technologies.

Week of January 12, 2026

Former CISA chief Jen Easterly has been appointed the CEO of the RSA Conference (RSAC). Easterly will oversee the world-renowned conference, Innovation Sandbox, the professional membership platform, education initiatives, and other programs. Easterly left CISA just before the Trump administration took office. Prior to the cybersecurity agency, Easterly held leadership roles at the NSA, the White House, and Morgan Stanley.

RunSafe Security announced the appointment of Bob Lyle as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). He joins RunSafe from Medcrypt, where he served as Chief Revenue Officer.

Ryan Hauptman has joined software supply chain security provider NetRise as Vice President of Sales for federal. He joins NetRise from Asc3nd Technologies Group, and previously held sales roles at Sophos and McAfee.

Hardware-level, AI-driven cybersecurity provider HUB Cyber Security has appointed Limor Zur‑Stoller as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). In her new role, Zur-Stoller will oversee the company’s global finance organization. She has over two decades of experience in senior financial leadership, previously serving as CFO and finance leader at various public and private organizations.

Cybersecurity solutions for SAP provider SecurityBridge has named Jesper Zerlang as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Zerlang, who served as the company’s Chairman of the Board for the past 12 months, takes over from SecurityBridge co-founder Christoph Nagy to accelerate global impact.

Identity security provider 1Password has appointed Nancy Wang as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to lead its global engineering organization and drive its AI strategy. Wang, who previously served as General Manager and Director of Engineering and Product at AWS, is a partner at a Felicis Ventures and an active angel investor.

RSA announced the appointment of Ryan Toben as Chief Customer Officer. Prior to joining RSA, Toben served at as SVP of Customer Success & Account Management at Cabrio.

Everfox, formerly Forcepoint Federal, announced the appointment of Dave Wajsgras as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Wajsgras has more than 25 years of senior leadership experience, most recently serving as CEO of satellite communications company Intelsat. Wajsgras succeeds Sean Berg, who is stepping down but will serve in an advisory capacity going forward.

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