Zscaler has appointed Dr. Swamy Kocherlakota as Executive Vice President of Agentic AI Security Engineering. He joins Zscaler from S&P Global where he most recently served as EVP & Chief Digital Solutions Officer.

Jaime Romero has joined Cato Networks as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). He joins the SASE platform provider from Fortinet, where he most recently served as Executive Vice President of Marketing.

The National Security Agency (NSA) announced the appointment of Timothy Kosiba as its 21st Deputy Director. A veteran of the Intelligence Community with over 30 years of federal service, Kosiba returns to the agency as its most senior civilian leader.

Eric Zielinski has joined retail technology solutions provider Jumpmind as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). In his new role, Zielinski will lead Jumpmind’s security and cloud operations, overseeing safe information system scaling amid AI-powered innovation.

DDoS protection firm Corero Network Security has appointed Michelle Ragusa-McBain as Vice President (VP) of Channel Sales. She has over two decades of experience across cybersecurity, SaaS, and SMB-to-enterprise IT, previously serving in leadership positions at Cisco, CompuCom, and SonicWall. In her new role, Ragusa-McBain will be responsible for Corero’s global channel strategy.

Cybersecurity firm Forcepoint has announced the appointment of Eva Klein as Chief Customer Officer (CCO). In her new role, Klein will oversee the company’s global customer success organization, including onboarding, adoption, and retention. She has over 25 years of experience, previously serving as VP at Mimecast, HubSpot, and Rapid7.

vCISO Platform provider Cynomi has appointed Shane Deegan as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Deegan joins Cynomi from ThreatLocker, where he served as CRO.

Coalfire has appointed Brad Little as its new chief executive officer. He previously served as global head of professional services for Google Cloud. Prior to Google, he spent over two decades at Capgemini, most recently as executive vice president and global head of application services.

Zscaler has appointed Sunil Frida as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Prior to Zscaler, he served as SVP of Product Marketing and Analyst Relations at CrowdStrike. Earlier in his career, he spent more than seven years at Amazon Web Services, and served as VP Product Marketing at GE Digital.

Jennifer Leggio has joined at TrustCloud as Chief Marketing Officer. She has previously held CMO and executive level marketing roles at companies including Netography, Virsec, Claroty, Flashpoint, Digital Shadows and Cisco.

Cowbell, a cyber and specialty insurance solutions provider for SMBs, has appointed John Botros as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Botros will oversee global finance operations at Cowbell. Before joining Cowbell, Botros served as CFO at cyberinsurance and risk management company Resilience.

The US Senate has confirmed Kirsten Davies as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Department of Defense. Originally nominated for the position in May, Davies will take over from Katie Arrington, who served as DOD’s CIO since March. Davies previously served as CISO at Unilever and Estée Lauder Companies. Before that, she held cybersecurity positions at Barclays Africa, HP, and Siemens.

Hardware-backed authentication solutions provider Yubico has appointed Jerrod Chong as its acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Currently the company’s Chief Operating Officer (COO), Chong has served in senior leadership positions at Yubico for 12 years. Stepping down from its CEO role, Mattias Danielsson will be available for guidance for the next six months.

Cybersecurity veteran Joel Fulton has joined Cyderes as the company’s SVP Cybermesh & CISO after the company acquired Lucidum, which he founded. Founder of Silicon Valley CISO Investments (SVCI), Fulton served as Lucidum’s CEO, and was previously CISO at Splunk, deputy CSO at Symantec, and Global Head of Risk at Google.

Chris Castaldo has joined public safety solutions provider Flock Safety as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). He previously served as CISO at Crossbeam and is a fellow at the National Security Institute.

Cloudflare has named Jeffrey Samuels as its new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Samuels has over two decades of experience as a marketing, product, and go-to-market executive. At Cloudflare, he will help drive growth, strengthen marketing efforts, and elevate the brand.