Application security company Black Duck Software has announced the appointment of Ishpreet Singh as Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Bruce Jenkins as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Singh has joined Black Duck’s executive leadership team from Qualys and Jenkins has been promoted internally. Black Duck was established as a newly independent company following the acquisition by Clearlake Capital Group and Francisco Partners of Synopsys Software Integrity Group.

European banking giant ING has appointed Debbie Janeczek as chief information security officer (CISO), effective 13 January 2025. Janeczek joins ING from bank messaging network Swift where she served as CISO.

Ivanti has named current COO Dennis Kozak as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in a planned transition that takes effect on January 1, 2025. Kozak succeeds Jeff Abbott, who will remain on the company’s board of directors.

Integrated identity verification and account protection solutions provider Nametag announced that world renowned cybersecurity and cryptography expert Bruce Schneier has joined its advisory board to help the company enhance strategic direction and accelerate cybersecurity innovation. Schneier has wrote 14 books and regularly publishes insights on his Schneier on Security blog. He is a lecturer in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), a faculty affiliate at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at HKS, and a fellow at the Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.

Paul Kleinschnitz has been named Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) of SAP application security firm Onapsis. Prior to Onapsis, Kleinschnitz served as CRO at Corelight. He also held executive roles at BlueVoyant, Coalfire and First Data.

Nadav Zafrir has been named the new CEO of Check Point Software Technologies. Zafrir, co-founder and managing partner at Israeli tech investment firm Team8, replaces Gil Shwed, who will take on the role of Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors. Shwed, the co-founder of Check Point, announced in early 2024 that he would be stepping down after serving as the company’s CEO for 30 years.

Security operations and SIEM platform provider Exabeam has announced that Mike Byron has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO), being tasked with helping the company scale its operations. Byron previously held leadership roles at Mimecast, Rapid7, Parexel International, and Millipore Corporation.

General Motors has hired former GitHub CTO Mike Hanley as its new Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Prior to GitHub, Hanley held leadership positions at Cisco and Duo Security.

UK-based network security and compliance assurance firm Titania has appointed Victoria Dimmick as CEO. Dimmick previously served as COO of Netacea and EVP of Corporate Development at Maltego. She also held leadership roles at Piriform (makers of CCleaner) and Intechnica.

Browser security company Conceal has appointed Eric Cornelius as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Prior to Concel, Cornelius co-founded Ghost Security, and held leadership roles at iboss, BlackBerry, and Cylance.

Shanta Kohli has been named Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Sysdig. Kohli joined the cloud security firm in 2020 and was promoted into the CMO role.

Cloud security firm Sysdig has appointed Sergej Epp as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). He joins Sysdig from Palo Alto Networks, where he served as CISO, CEMEA.

F5 has appointed John Maddison as the company’s new Chief Product Marketing and Technology Alliances Officer. Maddison joins Seattle-based F5 from Fortinet, where he most recently served as Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President of Product Strategy. Maddison is a longtime SecurityWeek Contributor.

Video platform Vimeo has appointed Ryan Weeks as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), effective immediately. Weeks has been tasked with leading Vimeo’s security, compliance, and risk management functions. Prior to Vimeo, Weeks served as CISO at Datto.

LPL Financial, the largest independent broker-dealer in the United States, announced the strategic hire of Renana Friedlich as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Prior to LPL, Friedlich was Deputy CISO and Senior Director of Cyber Threat Management at PayPal.

Finland-based SSH Communications Security has announced the appointment of Pauli Haikonen as the company’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), effective December 1, 2024. Haikonen has been with SSH since 2018, previously serving as IT Manager.