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Cyware today announced that CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Matt Courchesne, Head of Channel–North America, as a 2024 Inclusive Channel Leader. In its second year, the list recognizes executives from vendor, distributor, and solution provider organizations who are dedicated to making a positive impact across the IT channel through inclusive leadership.

The CRN 2024 Inclusive Channel Leaders honorees are passionate about advancing equity and diversity within their organizations, the channel, and across the greater technology industry. With this recognition, CRN highlights these executives for their desire to foster inclusion and belonging.

With nearly a decade of senior leadership experience, Matt has consistently championed inclusivity. His dedication fosters a culture where diverse opinions, backgrounds, and experiences are valued, and team members are empowered to approach problems as business owners. This holistic approach not only enriches the workplace but also drives sustainable, long-term.

The 2024 Inclusive Channel Leaders list will be featured in the August issue of CRN Magazine, with online coverage starting July 8 at www.CRN.com/Inclusive-Leaders.

Cyware, a leading provider of threat intelligence management, security orchestration and automation, and cyber fusion solutions, today introduced Cyware Quarterback, a simple-to-use AI-powered interface which will provide its enterprise customers and network members (ISACs, ISAOs, CERTs, MSSPs) a new way to efficiently perform actions on their security infrastructure. 

Cyware Quarterback aims to democratize AI by adding an artificial intelligence layer on any organization’s set of disparate cybersecurity tools to assist in complex decision-making and effectiveness.

It’s understood to be the only AI platform in the cybersecurity industry and AI ecosystem that’s designed to scale, optimize, and accelerate an organization’s security team’s effectiveness to reduce risks.

Cyware Quarterback can perform actions such as investigation and hunting, policy management, threat quarantine, case escalation, and more across 400+ cybersecurity and IT tools in reusable and composable playbooks, reducing overall mean time to respond (MTTR) and increasing threat-hunting productivity. It is purpose-built to empower analysts to make faster, more informed decisions, automating incident response by connecting applications, systems, and people as well as turning threat intel into intelligent actions. 

Investigating large volumes of incidents with specialized custom interfaces of different products is tedious, time consuming, and replete with complex manual processes to locate and distribute pertinent intelligence – creating delays that degrade an organization’s security posture. 

Cyware Quarterback gives security teams another team player that works with security analysts to elevate their capabilities and aid in complex threat response, saving time and effort while keeping them (humans) in control.

Cyware, leaders in threat intelligence management, security collaboration, and orchestrated response, has appointed Stephan Tallent as the new Head of Managed Security Service Providers (MSSP) Program. 

He has a proven track record of propelling organizations towards revenue growth and market leadership, demonstrated through his pivotal roles at Stellar Cyber, Cybereason, Fortinet, and in the telecommunications industry over the last two decades.

This strategic hire will fuel Cyware’s channel-first strategy and enable rapid market adoption of the organization’s modern approach to Cyber Fusion.

Stephen’s expertise lies in creating and launching innovative services, optimizing sales operations, and leading new partner recruitment. These efforts have consistently resulted in improved business outcomes and operational effectiveness in security service delivery for his previous employers and their partners.

At Cyware, Stephan’s role will be crucial in shaping the future of MSSP engagements. His focus will be on the development of valuable service offerings and the deployment of best-in-class solutions that address the current and emerging needs of MSSPs. 

He joins Alex Bender, who was recently appointed as CMO. With 22 years of cybersecurity marketing experience, Alex joined after serving as the CMO of Invicti Security. Prior to Invicti, Alex served as the SVP of Global Marketing at Mimecast, contributing to its growth as the leading cloud email security provider and managing a team of 100+ marketing professionals globally. Alex has also held cybersecurity marketing leadership roles at RSA Security, Archer Technologies, McAfee, and Tripwire.

Cyware is pleased to announce the addition of Australia’s former Prime Minister the Hon Malcolm Turnbull AC, to its advisory board. Mr. Turnbull’s significant experience and expertise will play a pivotal role in guiding the company’s mission to transform traditional security operations centers (SOCs) into modernized cyber fusion centers.

During his tenure as Prime Minister, Mr. Turnbull was instrumental in launching Australia’s first Cyber Security Strategy, a comprehensive plan that enhanced the nation’s cyber defenses, fostered international cyber partnerships, and promoted innovation in the cybersecurity sector. His deep understanding of the cyber landscape and his proactive approach to cyber threats will be indispensable to Cyware in his advisory role.

Malcolm Turnbull’s role on the Advisory Board will focus on leveraging his extensive cybersecurity expertise to guide Cyware’s strategic initiatives, enhance its product offerings, and strengthen its position as a leader in the cybersecurity space. His leadership will also be instrumental in fostering partnerships with governments and industry leaders, furthering Cyware’s commitment to building a safer digital world.

Cyware has announced the appointment of Boyar Naito as its new Senior Director of Partnerships and Business Development. Naito, with his extensive experience in the tech space, will provide invaluable guidance for Cyware’s business growth and partnerships.

Boyar Naito’s expertise lies at the intersection of technology and business development, where he has successfully managed and launched innovative products, forged key partnerships, and led high-performing teams throughout his career. His 15-year tenure at Google, one of the world’s most influential tech giants, has armed him with unique insights and experiences that will be invaluable for Cyware’s next phase of growth.

At Google, Naito held various leadership roles and was instrumental in spearheading numerous strategic partnerships, leaving an indelible mark on the tech industry. His decision to bring his skills and experience to Cyware underscores the company’s position.

Cyware is pleased to announce the addition of renowned cybersecurity expert, Rick Howard, to its advisory board. Mr. Howard brings with him a wealth of experience and expertise that will play a pivotal role in guiding the company’s strategic initiatives and technological advancements.

Rick Howard is a former CSO of Palo Alto Networks, where he founded Unit 42, Palo Alto’s threat intelligence and security consulting team; currently he is the CSO, fellow, and podcaster for The CyberWire. He also helped establish the Cyber Threat Alliance (CTA), an information sharing and analysis organization. Mr. Howard has written the book on cybersecurity strategy and is widely recognized for his meaningful industry contributions in the public and private sectors. With Cyware’s commitment to cyber fusion, threat intelligence operationalization, and collective defense, Mr. Howard’s expertise and experience will be invaluable in his advisory role.

As a member of Cyware’s advisory board, Rick Howard will play a key role in shaping the company’s strategic vision, product roadmap, and market positioning. His unique insights will assist Cyware in continuing to provide innovative solutions that empower enterprises to make intel-led decisions and take action quickly to reduce risk and strengthen defenses.

Rick Howard will also be presenting a joint webinar with Cyware on September 28 titled Improving Security by Reducing Complexity.

Cyware, leading provider of threat intelligence management, security collaboration, and cyber fusion solutions, today announced that security expert and industry leader Jason Keirstead has been appointed Vice President of Collective Threat Defense.  

Keirstead is a distinguished cybersecurity authority with more than 20 years of industry experience – 13 of which he spent at IBM, leading the technical direction of an extensive portfolio of software and security products.  

Keirstead is also co-chair of the Open Cybersecurity Alliance, where he driven to create straightforward, intuitive solutions that effectively address complex security challenges. This, along with his passion for shaping the future of cybersecurity standards, makes Keirstead an ideal fit for Cyware and this role. 

Jason Keirstead will be an instrumental leader at Cyware, guiding the expansion of our solutions and playing a critical role in building our strategic roadmap. His industry expertise is both broad and deep when it comes to building security architecture, understanding threat trends and ecosystems, and connecting the dots between disparate tools, teams, and tactics.

Cyware, the leading provider of threat intelligence management, security collaboration, and cyber fusion solutions, today announced that ZeroFox, an enterprise software-as-a-service leader in external cybersecurity, has been added to the Cyware Partner Advisory Marketplace, making select ZeroFox threat advisories available to Cyware customers including all ISAC and ISAO sharing communities powered by Cyware.

The Cyware Partner Advisory Marketplace provides a platform for security vendors to make intelligence feeds easily available to Cyware’s extensive network of direct customers, and members of ISACs, ISAOs, and other intelligence sharing communities. These vendors can make free or subscription-based premium feeds available to thousands of enterprises using the Cyware Collaborate solution. In addition to ZeroFox, the Advisory Marketplace includes intelligence feeds from RiskIQ, Flashpoint, Polyswarm, and others. These advisories include timely alerts on malware, vulnerabilities, threat actors, attack campaigns, and other critical threats.

ZeroFox’s comprehensive threat intelligence feeds are already well integrated into the Cyware Intel Exchange (CTIX) and Orchestrate modules, enabling the full range of Cyware’s Cyber Fusion capabilities, including threat aggregation, prioritization, enrichment, sharing, orchestration, and intelligence-based actions. ZeroFox enhances these models by leveraging global intelligence collection and analysis across a broad set of data sources, continuously monitoring the surface, deep, and dark web to detect external cyber threats.