HDI Global Insurance Company (HGIC), the US carrier of insurer HDI Global, announced that Todd Spight has joined the company as its new Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Prior to HGIC, Spight held cybersecurity leadership roles at several companies.

Incident response and cyber readiness firm Sygnia has appointed industry veteran Guy Segal as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). In his new role, Segal will focus on accelerating the company’s global growth and expanding its MDR and proactive service offerings. Segal has decades of experience in cybersecurity. Prior to becoming CEO, he held various leadership roles at Sygnia.

Rohit Ghai has been appointed the new CEO of Barracuda Networks and has joined the company’s board of directors. Ghai replaces Hatem Naguib, who has stepped down as CEO and member of Barracuda’s board. Ghai previously held executive leadership roles at companies such as RSA, EMC, Symantec, and CA Technologies.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has appointed Stephen L. Casapulla as Executive Assistant Director for Infrastructure Security. Prior to joining CISA, Casapulla served as Director for Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity in the Office of the National Cyber Director. He previously held senior roles at CISA and its predecessor for more than 13 years.

Cloud networking and security services firm Infoblox has appointed Justin Kappers as Chief Information Officer (CIO). He joined Infoblox from NetApp, where he served as VP of Enterprise Applications. Prior to NetApp, Kappers held leadership positions at Broadcom.

Cybersecurity and risk management solutions provider HITRUST has appointed Gregory Webb as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). HITRUST Founder Daniel S. Nutkis will transition to the role of Executive Chairman. Webb most recently served as CEO and Board Chairman of AppViewX. He also held leadership roles at Venafi and Bromium.

Financial services giant Northwestern Mutual has promoted Igor Zabara to the role of Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Zabara joined the company in 2021 as VP of Enterprise Cyber Security and Identity Access Management. He previously served at Moody’s, S&P Global, Bloomberg, and Morgan Stanley.

Data loss prevention (DLP) company MIND has promoted Jimmy Tsang to Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Tsang joined MIND in 2023 and until now served as VP of Marketing. Prior to MIND, Tsang was Vice President of Marketing at Pondurance and led product and content marketing for IBM Security.

Cybersecurity training company Immersive has named Aniket Menon as Chief Product Officer (CPO) and Thanos Karpouzis as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Menon previously served as VP of Product at Rapid7. Karpouzis has been promoted from Vice President of Engineering at Immersive. Prior to Immersive, he was CTO at CoachHub.

Vishal Salvi has joined IT services giant Cognizant as Global Head of Cyber Security Service-Line. Prior to Cognizant, Salvi served as CEO of Quick Heal, CISO at Infosys, and held CISO and other leadership roles at several banks.

Anti-ransomware and cyber resilience firm Halcyon has named Tony Spinelli as Vice President and Field Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Spinelli previously held leadership roles at companies such as Capital One, Tyco International, Equifax, and First Data Corporation.

Managed detection and response (MDR) company Binary Defense appointed Dennis Hon as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Prior to joining Binary Defense, Hon served as Chief Revenue Officer at Red Canary. He previously also held leadership roles at Okta and Oracle.

Nicholas Andersen has been appointed Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Andersen is a decorated US Marine veteran and former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Department of Energy’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response during the first Trump administration. His expertise spans cybersecurity strategy, risk management, and intelligence operations.

Check Point Software Technologies announced the appointment of Brett Theiss as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Prior to joining Check Point, Theiss served as CMO at BeyondTrust and Anaplan. He also held leadership roles at Xactly, Lumen Technologies, and AT&T.

Quantum computing company D-Wave Quantum (NYSE: QBTS) has appointed Stan Black as chief information security officer (CISO).

Leslie Nielsen has joined cybersecurity firm Mimecast as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Nielsen joins Mimecast from Klaviyo, where he served as SVP and CISO. Prior to Klaviyo, Nielsen held SVP and CISO roles at Nuance Communications, SAP Concur and SuccessFactors.