Application security company Checkmarx has appointed Scott Gainey as its Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Prior to Checkmarx, Gainey held CMO and other leadership roles at companies such as Nile, Palo Alto Networks, SentinelOne, Cisco, and NetApp.

CYPFER, a cybersecurity firm specializing in incident response, ransomware advisory, forensics and resilience, appointed Jason Hogg as its Executive Chairman. Hogg previously held leadership roles at Acima, Blackstone’s B2R Finance, Aon Cyber Solutions, American Express, and MBNA.

HUB Cyber Security has appointed Paul Parisi as its Global Chief Revenue Officer. Prior to HUB Cyber Security, Parisi served as President of PayPal Canada, Vice President & General Manager of Global Commercial Payments at American Express, and, most recently, he held leadership roles at Silicon Valley Bank.

Cloud security startup Upwind has appointed Rinki Sethi as Chief Security Officer. Sethi brings over two decades of cybersecurity experience at companies such as Twitter, BILL, Rubrik, Walmart, IBM, Palo Alto Networks, and eBay/PayPal, while serving on the boards of Vaultree and ForgeRock.

SAP security firm SecurityBridge announced the appointment of Roman Schubiger as the company’s new Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Prior to SecurityBridge, Schubiger served as Vice President of Cyber Security Enterprise Europe at OpenText. Prior to OpenText, he held leadership roles at Micro Focus.

Cybersecurity training and simulations provider SimSpace has appointed Peter Lee as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Prior to SimSpace, Lee served as CEO of RapidMiner and Executive Vice President at TIBCO Software. William Hutchison, co-founder and initial CEO of SimSpace, will remain a member of the company’s Board of Directors.

Identity-first security orchestration provider Orchid Security has appointed Tal Herman as Chief Product Officer. She is joined by Karl McGuinness, Darran Rolls, and Oliver Newbury, who will serve as senior advisors. Previously, Herman led strategy for Okta’s PAM and IGA product lines, and served as product manager at OneLogin, ForgeRock, and CA Technologies. Karl McGuinness served as SVP and chief product architect at Okta, Rolls was CTO and CISO at SailPoint, while Newbury served as CISO and CTO at Barclays and BT.

IT management and cybersecurity software provider Kaseya has appointed Rania Succar as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Succar joins Kaseya from Intuit, where she led the QuickBooks Money and the Mailchimp platforms. Previously, she held various roles at Google, McKinsey, and Merrill Lynch.

Identity security company Silverfort has appointed Howard Greenfield as President and Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Greenfield previously served as CRO at Axis Security (acquired by HPE), Centrify (acquired by TPG), and SailPoint. He also held leadership roles at Citrix.

Application risk management company Veracode has appointed Simon Adell as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Over the past two decades, Adell held CFO and other leadership positions at companies such as Covarity, iLevel Solutions, Prove, Knoa Software, TripleLift, and DataCamp.

Amy Herzog is the new Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at AWS. For the past two years, Herzog has served as CISO of Amazon’s Ads & Devices and Specialized Business organizations. Herzog was named AWS CISO following the departure of Chris Betz, who held the role for nearly two years.

Cloud detection and response company Mitiga has appointed John Vecchi as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and John Stockel as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Previously, Vecchi held CMO and executive roles at various cybersecurity firms, including Zscaler, Blue Coat, Check Point, and McAfee. Before joining Mitiga, Stockel helped Deepwatch grow from an early-stage startup to a top MDR provider.

Cloud and data security firm Forcepoint has announced the appointment of Matt Derdeyn as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), to oversee the company’s financial strategy and operations. Derdeyn, who has over 20 years of experience in high-growth technology companies, previously served as CFO at Archer Technologies, as CFO at LionTree, and as EVP/CFO of Answers Corporation.

European SIEM and NDR firm Logpoint has named Milad Aslaner as Chief Product Officer (CPO), to supervise the company’s product strategy, with a focus on critical national infrastructure customers and MSSPs. Aslaner has over 15 years of experience in cybersecurity, previously holding various positions at SentinelOne and Microsoft. 

Industry veteran Mikko Hypponen has joined the Finnish anti-drone company Sensofusion as Chief Research Officer (CRO). Hypponen has served as CRO at F-Secure and WithSecure for 25 years. 

Financial market infrastructure company Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has announced the appointment of Laura Deaner as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Prior to DTCC, Deaner served as CISO at Northwestern Mutual, S&P Global and PR Newswire. She also held leadership roles at Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan Chase.