Cohesity, a leader in innovative data management, today announced the addition of Kelly Bissell, CVP of Microsoft Security Services, to Cohesity's Security Advisory Council.
The seventh member of the board, Bissell brings nearly 30 years of IT and cybersecurity experience, with previous security leadership roles at Accenture and Deloitte.
The Security Advisory Council di Cohesity, led by Kevin Mandia, CEO of Mandiant, brings together visionary industry leaders with deep security and IT expertise from numerous companies and government agencies – including Mandiant, Netflix, Facebook and the National Security Agency (NSA) – and now from Microsoft, Accenture and Deloitte. Bissell's addition demonstrates Cohesity's top priority in helping customers and partners improve the data security and cyber resilience of their environments while addressing emerging and ongoing cyber attacks, including ransomware.
"Cyber attacks continue to increase in complexity, sophistication and volume. Cybersecurity and data security and management leaders must join forces to protect data from these attacks," Bissell said. "I am thrilled to join Cohesity's Security Advisory Council. The company plays a critical role in helping enterprises improve their security posture through a modern security and data management platform that makes data protection, cyber vaulting, classification and rapid recovery simple and seamless, which is essential to helping customers get their businesses back to normal in the event of an attack."
“Just like in healthcare, where the best doctors are needed to overcome the worst diseases, in the current cyber threat landscape, protecting businesses from sophisticated attacks like ransomware requires the best security minds working together,” he said Sanjay Poonen, CEO and President of Cohesity. "Bissel is one of the security industry's most seasoned veterans, and his mission – to transform the security market to better serve customers – is a great addition that complements our efforts at Cohesity. I am pleased to partner with him and the other experts on the Cohesity Security Advisory Council to join forces and create a more secure world for our customers."
Build an authoritative Security Advisory Council
With the new addition, Cohesity's Security Advisory Council will advise the Cohesity team, customers and partners on security trends and emerging cyber threats and vulnerabilities. The council is made up of industry leaders who have decades of experience developing technologies and standards to help organizations protect their data and increase cyber resilience. The council will work with industry groups and the broader technology ecosystem to prevent the impact of cyber attacks.
In addition to Bissell, the board is made up of industry experts, including:
- Kevin Mandia: Current board member of Cohesity and CEO of Mandiant, Inc.
- Alex Stamos: Director of the Stanford Internet Observatory, partner of the Krebs Stamos Group and former CSO of Facebook and Yahoo!
- Jason Chan: Già Vice president of Information Security di Netflix
- Marianne Bailey: Partner at Guidehouse and former Senior Cybersecurity Executive at the NSA
- Laura Barrowman: Current advisor of Cohesity and Chief Information Officer of Credit Suisse
- Sheila Jordan: Current advisor at Cohesity and Chief Digital Technology Officer at Honeywell, former CIO at Symantec.
