– USA, NJ – TrueFort, the application and cloud workload protection company, today announced the appointment of Lane Bess, former CEO of Palo Alto Networks, to its Board of Directors. Lane brings more than 30 years of operational experience building some of the biggest names in cybersecurity to the newly created seat on the Board.
He joins current TrueFort board members Sameer Malhotra, CEO & Founder; Vinay Bassi, SVP/Head of FP&A and M&A, Nielsen; and Karthik Subramanian, Partner, Evolution Equity Partners.
“Lane helped create some of the largest cybersecurity companies in the world including Palo Alto Networks and Zscaler,” said founder and CEO, Sameer Malhotra. “His strategic management expertise and operational experience, specifically in IT security, will be an invaluable asset to the Board. We are lucky to have him.”
About Lane Bess
Over the past few decades, Lane has successfully launched multiple start-ups and helped build some of the most well-known companies in internet security. In addition to his work at Palo Alto Networks, leading the company toward its IPO, Lane was also instrumental doing the same for Zscaler in his role as COO. He has held key senior management positions at multinational companies including Trend Micro, NCR Corporation, and AT&T. His security market expertise has made him a trusted advisor for many large enterprise CIOs and CISOs. Lane also serves as a Board Trustee at Carnegie Mellon University.
“In a hybrid world, more and more applications reside both on-premise and in the cloud, which requires better ways to secure access to them and manage related security policies,” said Lane Bess. “TrueFort has developed an innovative and precision-based approach to collecting and analyzing telemetry that enables organizations to take a zero-trust approach to securing their application environments. I look forward to working with the Board to grow TrueFort’s business.”
About TrueFort
TrueFort powers zero-trust application environments. We’re a leader in application and cloud workload protection and the innovator of TrueFort Fortress, a real-time enterprise security platform that defends high-value cloud, hybrid, and legacy environments from hidden risks using a unique application-centric approach. TrueFort was founded by former IT executives from JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Goldman Sachs.
For more information: https://truefort.com/
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