Judy Security appoints Christopher Leach as CISO
Small and medium business cybersecurity services provider Judy Security has appointed 30-year cybersecurity veteran Christopher Leach as CISO. Leach was formerly CISO for Bank One, which was later acquired by JPMorgan Chase where he continued in the role. He has also held senior positions at Hewlett Packard and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, where he collaborated with CISOs, CTOs, and CIOs on security strategies and emerging threats.
Vanta appoints Jadee Hanson as CISO
Trust management platform Vanta announced it has appointed Jadee Hanson as its CISO. Hanson will oversee the company’s security, enterprise engineering, privacy and governance, and risk and compliance initiatives. She has previously served as CISO and CIO at Code42 and held senior leadership roles in the security department of Target Corp. and as a security consultant at Deloitte. She is also the founder and CEO of the non-profit organization Building Without Borders, which serves those in poverty-stricken areas throughout the world through housing services.
Former SAP CSO Tim McKnight appointed as operating partner by SYN Ventures
CISO-founded venture capital firm SYN Ventures has appointed former SAP global chief security officer Tim McKnight as an operating partner. McKnight is the third former Fortune 500 CISO to be named a partner by SYN Ventures. He will focus on the firm’s $75-million cybersecurity seed fund, which invests in transformational and disruptive solutions where there is an opportunity to reduce technology risk, address the talent gap and help automate and enhance security programs. Before joining SAP, McKnight served as CISO for Thomson Reuters and as CISO for General Electric.
