Security Expert Lea Kissner Joins Lacework as New CISO

Lacework, a cloud security company, recently announced the appointment of Lea Kissner as its new Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). The company hopes to accelerate its growth by expanding its leadership team, underscoring the importance of investing in security leadership in today’s business landscape. Kissner will lead the development and implementation of Lacework‘s overall security strategy and programs. She brings over 20 years of experience, including serving as CISO at Twitter, Chief Privacy Officer at Humu, and Global Lead of Privacy Technology at Google.

Kissner’s experience will be particularly valuable as the demand for cloud security increases due to the growing number of enterprises that are expanding their cloud environments. Her appointment also comes at a time when cloud security is being taken seriously because of the rising incidence of cyber attacks and data breaches. A report by Intelligence firm IDC estimated that global spending on cloud security solutions would reach $20 billion in 2022.

At Zoom, Kissner served as a Security and Privacy consultant after the company experienced security concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic due to a massive increase in usage. She helped to improve the company’s security, privacy, and anti-abuse features. Kissner currently serves as a board member to the USENIX Association, supporting advanced computing systems communities and furthering the reach of innovative research.

Lacework‘s unique, data-driven approach to cloud security allows customers to take advantage of all the inherent benefits of the cloud while building secure products that just work for their users. Only Lacework can collect, analyze, and accurately correlate data across an organization’s cloud and Kubernetes environments without requiring manually written rules. Security and DevOps teams worldwide trust Lacework to secure cloud-native applications across the full lifecycle from code to cloud.

“Lea brings a deep understanding of both the challenges facing modern CISOs as well as the tremendous value CISOs bring to their organizations and customers when given the chance to implement security best practices,” said Jay Parikh, CEO, Lacework. “Every enterprise needs to be investing in security leadership, both at the operator and board level, and Lea’s experience will help us better serve our customer CISOs as we continue to deliver a world-class cloud security platform to help them do their job.”

In conclusion, Lea Kissner’s appointment as CISO for Lacework underscores the growing importance of cloud security. Her extensive experience leading security, privacy, and anti-abuse efforts at global organizations will help Lacework to expand its presence in the cloud security market. By investing in security leadership, enterprises can better protect themselves and their customers, preventing data breaches and cyber attacks.

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