XONA Systems Appoints Ron Fabela as Field CTO

XONA Systems, the frictionless secure user access platform deployed on a Zero-Trust Architecture and purpose-built for operational technologies (OT), today announced the addition of a recognized ICS security expert as its Field CTO.

Ron worked onsite at power generation stations, offshore oil rigs, oil refineries, and more and is an expert in performing NERC CIP, NIST, and NEI 08-09 assessments. He also performed hundreds of vulnerability assessments, penetration tests, and threat assessments against live production systems in the Electricity and Oil & Gas sectors.  More recently, Ron applied his field knowledge to products and technologies that support security and industrial operators.

A key focus at XONA will be to ensure that the XONA Platform best reflects the needs of the OT operators and Administrators using our secure user access solution. In that capacity, Ron will work closely with our customers, prospects and cybersecurity experts across various critical infrastructure sectors, and our Field, Marketing, and Product teams. 

Before joining XONA, Ron was CTO & Co-Founder of SynSaber – creator of a highly regarded industrial asset and network monitoring solution that provides continuous insight into the status, vulnerabilities, and threats at the industrial edge.  For the past 25 years, he has held various ICS cybersecurity roles at companies such as Gravwell, Dragos, Lockheed Martin, and Booz Allen Hamilton and served active duty in the United States Air Force defending systems worldwide.  

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