Retired General Paul Nakasone has been named founding director of the Institute for National Defense and Global Security at Vanderbilt University, which is expected to launch in the fall of 2024. An expert on global security and cyberwarfare, Nakasone served as commander of US Cyber Command, director of the National Security Agency, and chief of the Central Security Service.

Healthcare technology solutions provider NextGen Healthcare has named Garo Doudian as Chief Information and Security Officer (CIO/CISO). Prior to NextGen Healthcare, Doudian held CISO and other cybersecurity leadership roles at Moody’s Analytics, Green Dot Corporation, Paramount Pictures, and Herbalife International.

Denmark-based cybersecurity solutions firm Heimdal announced the appointment of Jesper Frederiksen as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He previously led the EMEA operations at Lacework as General Manager, served as EMEA VP and General Manager at DocuSign and Okta, and holds ongoing roles as a board member for Keepit, Siteimprove, Signaturit and LearnUpon.

Blackwell Security has named Geyer Jones as its first CEO. Prior to joining Blackwell, Jones was the COO of healthcare IoT cybersecurity firm Cylera, and held leadership roles at RSA and Symantec. Blackwell appointed Jones as its CEO following a $13 million funding round.

Dark web intelligence company Searchlight Cyber has appointed Tim Warner as VP of Global Enterprise Sales. As leader of Searchlight’s enterprise sales, he will focus on growing the sales function and expanding into new markets. Previously, Warner held senior positions at Censornet, Trustwave, ZScaler, and other companies.

The United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) has appointed Ms. Morgan M. Adamski as its new Executive Director. Adamski will assume the role in early June 2024, being tasked with leading strategic initiatives to advance USCYBERCOM’s capabilities, talent management and partnerships. She previously held leadership roles at the NSA and helped author the 2018 DoD Cyber Strategy and inaugural Cyber Posture Review.

Passwordless authentication firm Hawcx has named Lakshmi Sharma as Chief Product Officer (CPO). She was previously CPO at Fastly and has held leadership roles at Google, Cisco, and Target.

Autonomous security solutions provider Horizon3.ai has named Matt Hartley as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) to help drive the company’s global expansion. Prior to joining Horizon3.ai, Hartley served as CRO at HYPR and at iboss.

Trustwave announced the appointment of Keith Ibarguen as Senior Vice President of Engineering, tasking him with leading the company’s engineering product development and SpiderLabs security research. Prior to joining the company, he served as Chief Product Officer at Cofense. Before Cofense, Ibarguen was Chief Engineer at MITRE Corporation for over two decades.

Lital Asher-Dotan has been hired as Chief Marketing Officer at Beyond Identity. She joins the company from Dig Security, where she served as CMO, and previously held the same role at Hunters and Tamr.

Tidal Cyber has appointed Jennifer Leggio as its Chief Operating Officer. Leggio, who is also a SecurityWeek contributor, previously held leadership roles at Fortinet, Sourcefire, Cisco, Flashpoint, Claroty, and other companies.

Google spinoff SandboxAQ has hired Chris Bates as its first CISO. Bates comes to SandboxAQ after seven years at SentinelOne, where he recently served as Chief Trust and Security Officer.

HackerOne CEO Marten Mickos announced that he will be retiring from the company after nine years. He will remain CEO until a new one is identified, help during the leadership transition, and remain on the company’s board.

Lou Serlenga has joined Bitsight as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), following leadership roles at Tenable, Nile and 10+ years at HPE.

Bitsight announced that Rob Dinning has been appointed Chief Legal Officer. Based in London, he has served in leadership roles at EY, Barclays and Shearman & Sterling amongst others.

Cloud security company Aqua Security has announced the appointment of Mike Dube as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Prior to joining Aqua Security, Dube held sales leadership roles at CrowdStrike, Splunk, Cybereason and Check Point Software.