Edge security and content delivery giant Akamai Technologies has tapped Boaz Gelbord to lead its cybersecurity program.
Gelbord, a veteran Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) who previously managed cybersecurity at Dunn & Bradstreet and Bloomberg LP, replaces longtime Akamai executive Andy Ellis, who departed in the midst of a major restructuring earlier this year.
Akamai said Gelbord will assume direct responsibility for cybersecurity, information security compliance, and the protection of Akamai’s systems, data, and employees.
Gelbord, a 15-year veteran of leading major security programs, will report to Akamai CIO Mani Sundaram.
Akamai, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has major ambitions in the cybersecurity business. The company, which rakes in about $1 billion in cyber-related revenue, reorganized its business groups in February and created a Security Technology Group to better monetize the Akamai security tools and services portfolio.
In an interview with SecurityWeek ahead of assuming the CSO seat, Gelbord said Akamai’s place in the network and cloud ecosystem brings a higher sense of urgency to the job.
“Whenever you're a security vendor, there’s a higher expectation that your security program is mature. There’s a heightened level of awareness everywhere,” Gelbord said, noting that the ability to ‘dog-food’ your own products brings all kinds of new opportunities to improve the company’s security posture.
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“For me, it’s especially exciting to get in the kitchen and see howthe sausage is made, so to speak, and be able to leave my footprint on that. I’m excited about that,” Gelbord added.
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