Software supply chain security company Chainguard has named Quincy Castro as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Eyal Bar as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The company also promoted Grace Shiell to Vice President of People. Castro previously served as CISO of Redis, and held security leadership roles at Fortune 500 organizations such as GE Transportation and Wabtec. Bar previously held leadership roles at Monday.com, Motorola Solutions, Ernst & Young, and Wix.com.

Natalie Polson has joined Trellix as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Polson will oversee global sales and go-to-market strategies. She will also join Trellix’s executive leadership team, reporting directly to CEO Vishal Rao. Prior to Trellix, Polson held senior leadership roles at companies such as Citrix and IBM.

General Timothy D. Haugh has joined Ballistic Ventures as Strategic Advisor. For over three decades, Gen. Haugh served in the US Air Force and held senior roles in the national security and intelligence communities, serving as Director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and Commander of US Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) until he was fired by the Trump administration in April 2025. In his new role, he will mentor the venture capital firm’s portfolio founders and help identify next generation cyber entrepreneurs.

Adobe has appointed Aanchal Gupta as its new Chief Security Officer (CSO). Prior to Adobe, Gupta held cybersecurity leadership roles at Microsoft for more than five years, most recently serving as CVP, Office Product Group. Prior to Microsoft, Gupta served as CISO at Meta and Skype, and also held a Director of Engineering role at Yahoo.

Cybersecurity compliance and advisory firm CyberGuard Advantage has appointed Harmeet Singh as its Chief Executive Officer to help the company accelerate growth and expand cybersecurity advisory services. Singh previously served as CEO at Procurement Partners, and at RateGain, and held leadership roles at j2 Global.

Deepfake detection firm Reality Defender has named Alex Lisle as its Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to help the company strengthen its core technology. Prior to Reality Defender, Lisle held CTO and other leadership roles at SecurityScorecard, Hubble Technology, Kryptowire, and AlienVault.

David Nolan has joined Asurion as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). He previously served as CISO at The Aaron’s Company.

Angela Pierce has been named Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at fraud prevention and compliance firm SEON. Pierce previously served as CFO at Literati, and President and CFO at Anaconda.

May Mitchell has joined Qualys as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). She previously served as CMO at Iboss, Ontinue, and Human Security, and held leadership roles at Cylance, Symantec, and McAfee.

Check Point has named Jonathan Zanger as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to help boost the company’s capabilities through the use of AI. Prior to Check Point, Zanger was the CTO of Trigo.

Morgan Adamski has joined PwC and will be a US leader of the consulting giant’s Cyber, Data & Technology Risk business. Prior to PwC, Adamski served as the highest ranking civilian and third in command at the United States Cyber Command. She also served as Senior Executive at the National Security Agency, the inaugural Director of the NSA’s Cybersecurity Collaboration Center, and Senior Cyber Policy Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense (Cyber Policy).

Coro, a provider of cybersecurity solutions for SMBs, has appointed Joe Sykora as Chief Executive Officer. Sykora previously held leadership roles at Proofpoint, Bitdefender, and Fortinet. Sykora succeeds Coro co-founder Guy Moskowitz, who will assume the role of President.

SonicWall has hired Rajnish Mishra as Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer. Mishra previously served as Senior Vice President of Engineering at Zscaler, where he worked for nearly 14 years. He also held leadership roles at Cisco. 

Empirical Security has announced that Ed Bellis has joined the company as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Bellis co-founded Kenna Security, which was acquired by Cisco in 2021. He has three decades of experience in technology and cybersecurity, and he is currently serving as advisor for numerous organizations. Empirical Security has just closed a $12 million seed funding round.

Robert Shaker II has joined Canadian application security firm ActiveState as Chief Product and Technology Officer. Prior to ActiveState, Shaker held leadership roles at major cybersecurity companies such as Trellix, Malwarebytes, NortonLifeLock, and Symantec.

Cybersecurity advisory firm MorganFranklin Cyber announced that Nick Stallone and Ferdinand Hamada, two longtime leaders at the company, have been promoted into newly created roles. Stallone has been named Head of Strategy & Planning and Chief of Staff, while Hamada has been appointed Head of Sectors and Chief Revenue Officer.