Israel-based forensic investigation solutions provider Cellebrite announced that Thomas E. Hogan has been named Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective immediately. Hogan had served as interim CEO since January 2025, and prior to that he was the company’s Executive Chairman since August 2023. Cellebrite recently announced the acquisition of virtualization software firm Corellium in a $200 million deal.

Post-quantum cryptography firm QuSecure has appointed Jennifer Leggio as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Revenue Operations. Leggio, a SecurityWeek contributor, previously held leadership roles at W2 Communications, Netography, Virsec, Claroty, Flashpoint, Digital Shadows, Cisco, and Fortinet. QuSecure also appointed Gregory Donovan to the role of Vice President of Revenue.

Application security firm OX has announced the appointment of Ohad Cohen as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Cohen has been promoted from the role of Vice President of Sales. Prior to OX, Cohen led sales at Cider Security, a company acquired by Palo Alto Networks.

Cyber risk management and threat intelligence firm Outpost24 has appointed Ariel Katz as Chief Corporate Development Officer, tasked with driving strategic growth and identifying opportunities to strengthen the company. Over the past 20 years, Katz held various roles at companies such as PwC, Deloitte, KPMG, Visa, EverC, and Payset.

SASE firm Cato Networks announced the promotion of Eyal Heiman to Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Prior to being named CTO, Heiman led Cato’s engineering group as Vice President of Engineering. He will continue overseeing more than 400 developers.

Identity security and governance solutions provider Saviynt has hired Kevin Spurway as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Spurway joined Saviynt from Feedzai, where he also served as CMO. Prior to Feedzai, he was CMO at Similarweb and Appian.

IT services firm New Charter Technologies announced the appointment of Ryan Davis as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Davis joins New Charter from IBM, where he served as a business unit CISO. Prior to IBM he served as CISO and interim CIO at Veracode.

Cloud networking and security services firm Infoblox has announced the appointment of Phil Venables to its board of directors. Venables in the past held CISO and other security leadership positions at several major organizations, including Google Cloud, Goldman Sachs, and Deutsche Bank. Earlier this year Venables joined cybersecurity-focused venture capital firm Ballistic Ventures as a Venture Partner.

Huntress has appointed Jen Easterly, former Director of the US cybersecurity agency CISA, to its Strategic Advisory Board. Huntress said Easterly will help the company drive innovation, forge partnerships, and advance its mission to protect businesses against cyber threats. Easterly held leadership roles at the NSA, the White House and Morgan Stanley prior to being named the Director of CISA in 2021.

Bug bounty platform Bugcrowd announced that Trey Ford, the company’s Americas CISO, has been appointed Chief Strategy and Trust Officer, being tasked with leading strategy, compliance, and long-term vision.

Agentic AI security company Noma Security has appointed Diana Kelley as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Mavi Grizer as Vice President of Customer Success. Prior to joining Noma, Kelley served as CISO at Protect AI, Microsoft Cybersecurity Field CTO, Global Executive Security Advisor at IBM Security, and GM at Symantec. Grizer previously held leadership roles at cloud security firm Wiz and Microsoft.

Amit Spitzer has been appointed CTO and CISO at Israeli venture capital fund Glilot Capital Partners. Spitzer previously served as CISO and DPO at Cato Networks, and held senior leadership positions at companies such as ControlUp, Dome9 (acquired by Check Point), ClickSoftware (acquired by Salesforce), as well as in Israel’s National Digital Agency. Spitzer has served as a Security Advisor within Glilot’s Advisory Board for the past three years.

The US Senate confirmed Sean Cairncross as the National Cyber Director, more than five months after he was nominated for the position. Cairncross, who was senior advisor to the White House chief of staff during President Trump’s first administration, will be President Trump’s principal advisor on national cybersecurity policy and strategy.

Tõnis Saar has assumed command of NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) in Tallinn, Estonia, succeeding Mart Noorma as the Director of the CCDCOE. Saar has served in public administration for over 20 years, including as Secretary General of the Ministry of Justice and Digital Affairs, Director at the National Audit Office, and Undersecretary for Administrative Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Software supply chain management firm Sonatype announced the appointment of Bhagwat Swaroop as its new Chief Executive Officer. Swaroop replaces Wayne Jackson, who will transition to the role of Executive Chairman. Prior to joining Sonatype, Swaroop served as President of the Digital Security Solutions business unit at Entrust, and President and General Manager at One Identity. He also held leadership roles at companies such as Symantec, Proofpoint, NetApp and McKinsey. 

Federal Chief Information Officer Greg Barbaccia has also been assigned to the role of Federal Chief AI Officer following the Trump administration’s release of the AI Action Plan. As Federal Chief AI Officer, Barbaccia is likely to take on a key role in helping the administration operationalize the AI Action Plan, particularly in terms of AI adoption by the federal government.