Information security strategist John Petrie joins Morphisec Advisory Board

Information security strategist John Petrie joins Morphisec Advisory Board

Global CISO for NTT Security will help guide growth of GE-backed Israeli cybersecurity company

Be’er Sheva, Israel, March 30, 2017: – Morphisec, leading developer of Moving Target Defense cybersecurity solutions, today announced John Petrie, information security professional with more than 25 years’ experience in the industry, has joined its Advisory Board and Council. Petrie is the Global Chief Information Security Officer for NTT Security, which is part of NTT Group (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation), one of the largest information and communications technology (ICT) companies in the world.

“With Morphisec’s rapid market growth and expansion to the U.S. last year, we need dedicated, experienced professionals like John on our team to guide our technology to market strategically and successfully,” said Ronen Yehoshua, CEO of Morphisec. “John has been integral in the security strategy of several large organizations like IBM, Harland Clarke Holdings Corp and the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. We’re honored to welcome him to the Advisory Board.”

Morphisec’s Advisory Council also includes: Adrian Asher, CISO at London Stock Exchange Group, Stephen Orenberg, former president of Kaspersky Lab, Inc., Karel Obluk, former founder & CTO of AVG, Prof. Yuval Elovici, Head of Ben Gurion University Cyber Security Research Center, and Dudu Mimran, CTO Deutsche Telekom Innovation Labs Israel.

“Morphisec is approaching endpoint security like no one else in a market that is dominated by reactive solutions. Morphisec finally gives companies a simple yet extremely effective and proactive prevention solution that answers not just the cybersecurity problems of today but those of the future,” said Petrie. “They will make even bigger waves in threat prevention this year, and I’m excited to be serving on their Board.”

Petrie holds an MBA in Information Systems from City University, a Bachelor’s of Science in Liberal Arts from the University of the State of New York and is a graduate of the Defense Intelligence College in Washington D.C.

About Morphisec
Morphisec makes endpoint threat prevention viable again, terminating the attack kill chain at its very onset. It stops and neutralizes zero-days, advanced attacks, evasive file-based and file-less malware, ransomware, APTs and web-borne exploits before they can do any damage. Morphisec’s Moving Target Defense technology morphs the memory space so authorized code runs safely while malicious code is blocked and trapped. Morphisec has been lauded by industry leaders for its disruptive and powerful value proposition. Morphisec was designated a Gartner Cool Vendor and received the People’s Choice Award at PwC Cyber Security Day 2016, among other accolades.

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