Container, kubernetes, and cloud security firm Sysdig has appointed William Welch as CEO on its path to an IPO. Welch has joined Sysdig after holding senior executive roles at Duo Security, Zscaler, and Symantec. He most recently served as President and COO of Talkdesk.

Dave Scher has been promoted to Deputy Chief Information Officer at MITRE. Scher has been with MITRE for over 13 years, most recently serving as Managing Director of the MITRE Labs Infrastructure & Networking Innovation Center.

Anti-ransomware platform provider Arms Cyber announced the appointment of cybersecurity veteran Bob Kruse as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Kruse recently served as CEO of security automation platform Revelstoke, which he co-founded. He also held executive roles at Arctic Wolf, Obsidian, Demisto, FireEye, and Optiv.

Darren Sankbeil has been named Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos. Sankbeil previously served as CFO at Dragos, and prior to that, ​Vice President of Finance and Strategy at the company.

Mark Packham has been named Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Dragos. Packham most recently served as Executive Vice President of Marketing at DigiCert.

OT cybersecurity firm Dragos has appointed ​Mark Matheos as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Matheos joins Dragos from Appian, where he oversaw the growth of the company from 500 employees to over 2,000, and helped drive the company through the IPO process.

Cybersecurity automation firm Cyware has appointed Jawahar Sivasankaran as president. Sivasankaran previously held leadership roles at Cisco, Splunk, and Appgate.

Steve Frank has joined KPMG and KPMG Americas as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Frank previously held cybersecurity leadership roles at Kaiser Permanente and the CIA, where he served for more than 15 years.

Erica Smith will become Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at CyberArk, effective January 1, 2025. Smith joined CyberArk in 2015 and was appointed Deputy CFO in 2024 after serving as SVP of Finance and Investor Relations. Current CyberArk Josh Siegel will step down and transition into an advisory role.

AI-powered identity verification provider Vouched has appointed Neal Oman as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Patrick Williams as Senior Director of Marketing. As CTO of Vouched, Oman, who has extensive technical background in AI and ML and over 25 years of experience in the technology industry, will oversee product development and delivery. In his new role, Williams will lead and oversee all marketing initiatives for the company.

Todd Chronert has joined managed detection and response (MDR) company Red Canary as its Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Chronert will be succeeding Dennis Hon, who is retiring after nearly three years at Red Canary. Chronert was most recently CRO at Recorded Future, and previously held leadership roles at RSA, Secureworks, and Absolute Software.

SIEM and XDR company Blumira announced the appointment of Richard Chang as chief of staff. Chang will collaborate with Blumira CEO Jim Simpson on strategic growth initiatives, capital allocation and team building. Chang has co-founded multiple organizations, including NewFoundry, Clean Fun, and Kestrel Medical.

Secure enterprise browser provider Menlo Security has appointed Bill Robbins as President. Robbins previously served as President of Worldwide Field Operations at Sophos and as Chief Revenue Officer and Executive Vice President at Mandiant and FireEye.

Erik Rolf has joined Booz Allen Hamilton’s Commercial Sector as Business Information Security Officer (BISO). Prior to Booz Allen Hamilton, Rolf held security leadership roles at Capital One, ShorePoint, and Discovery Communications.

Secure access management provider Trustle has named Gant Redmon, former CEO of Cloud FastPath and Hopara, as its new CEO and Board Director. Redmon replaces Trustle founder Emiliano Berenbaum, who will move to the role of Chief Technology Officer. Trustle also announced the appointment of Carl Herberger, CEO of Corero Network Security, to its board of directors.

Application security firm Black Duck, formerly known as the Synopsys Software Integrity Group, has named Sean Forkan as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Forkan most recently led the Worldwide Sales and Go-To-Market team for Carbon Black and security solutions at VMware/Broadcom. He previously held leadership roles at Cisco, Oracle, Symantec and Veritas.