Cybereason today named Sam Curry its Chief Product Officer. With more than 20 years of IT security industry experience, Curry is responsible for driving the product strategy for the company’s award-winning platform, as well as overall product management, innovation and operational excellence.
“Sam is a proven cybersecurity industry visionary leader. He is a significant addition to our management team as Cybereason continues to attract the best and brightest people to the company. Overall, Sam’s track record of excellence and his industry knowledge will help to not only enhance our platform but drive innovation as market demands change and threats evolve,” said Lior Div, co-founder and CEO, Cybereason.
Curry joins Cybereason from Arbor Networks, where he served as the Chief Technology and Security Officer. He was responsible for the development and implementation of Arbor’s technology, security and innovation roadmap. Previously, he spent more than seven years at RSA (the Security Division of EMC) in a variety of senior management positions, including Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Technologist and Senior Vice President of Product Management and Product Marketing. Curry has also held senior roles at Microstrategy, Computer Associates and McAfee in addition to several startups.
“Cybersecurity is a growing problem for every company anywhere around the world. I joined the Cybereason team because of the company's impressive and deep understanding of the magnitude of the problem and its ambition to solve it,” said Curry. “The team at Cybereason, coming from hands-on military offensive hacking backgrounds, has built a state-of-the-art technology to eradicate cyber threats. I am thrilled to join the team and lead the product strategy and development to further impact the company's innovation.”
“For more than a decade, I have worked with Sam and he brings an irreproachable knowledge of the cybersecurity industry to Cybereason along with deep and proven insights on product development and management. This is a great hire for Cybereason,” said Jon Oltsik, senior principal analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group.
