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Illumio, Inc., a Zero Trust Segmentation company, announced the appointment of Pete Wilson as Director of Channel Sales, EMEA. Based in the UK, Wilson will lead and scale Illumio’s channel and alliance operations in EMEA as it seeks to capitalise on the growing demand for Zero Trust and Microsegmentation.  Wilson brings over 20 years of experience in networking and security, gained at top technology companies, including RSA and SailPoint. Before joining Illumio, he was Director of EMEA partnerships at Okta, where he led the growth of the Global Systems Integrators (GSI) community in Europe, doubling revenue Year-over-Year.  Prior to Okta, he worked at Auth0, where he built the EMEA partner channel from the ground up, significantly increasing revenue from hyperscalers alone in just two years.  Illumio’s partner-empowered ecosystem Wilson’s primary focus will be solidifying Illumio’s partner-empowered ecosystem Wilson’s primary focus will be solidifying Illumio’s partner-empowered ecosystem and diversifying its indirect go-to-market strategy across EMEA. He will report to Todd Palmer, Senior Vice President of Global Partner Sales and Alliances at Illumio.  Commenting on Wilson’s appointment, Todd Palmer said: "The channel is instrumental to everything that we do at Illumio and EMEA is one of our most important markets. Pete’s experience, vision, and tenacity make him the ideal leader to steer us through our next phase of growth as we seek to strengthen and refine our partner ecosystem across EMEA."  Zero Trust architecture Illumio provides a powerful solution for channel partners in a market with huge growth potential. Gartner® predicts that by 2026, 60% of enterprises working toward Zero Trust architecture will use more than one deployment form of micro-segmentation, which is up from less than 5% in 2023.  "It’s an exciting time to join Illumio. The micro-segmentation market is poised to explode, and Illumio is a clear pioneer in the field," says Pete Wilson, adding "The ransomware problem is not going away and together with our partners we have a huge opportunity to help organisations reduce risk and build resilience through Zero Trust Segmentation." Illumio’s continued investment Pete Wilson’s appointment follows continued channel success for Illumio. For the third consecutive year, Illumio was recognised by CRN with a prestigious 5-star ranking in its 2023 Partner Program Guide, highlighting Illumio’s continued investment in developing a best-in-class partner program to help organisations reduce risk, build resilience, and stop breaches from spreading. Illumio is hiring globally across all departments.

Drata, the pioneering compliance automation platform, announced that it has acquired oak9, a cloud-native security platform, and released a new capability in beta to seamlessly bring continuous compliance into the software development lifecycle. The acquisition positions Drata as the only platform of its kind that monitors compliance both before and after code is deployed to production. This capability, called Compliance as Code, will be demonstrated at RSA, May 6-9 in San Francisco. Cloud-native applications Acquiring oak9 and launching Compliance as Code in Drata now equips thousands of DevSecOps, GRC, and engineering teams with the power to identify and remediate potential compliance violations as code is developed, instead of after it’s deployed. GRC teams are routinely challenged to address compliance issues after changes are already in production, creating a backlog of issues to address after deployment. GRC teams are routinely challenged to address compliance issues after changes are already in show As DevOps teams grow bigger and more complex, the need to “shift left”, to address these compliance gaps earlier in the SDLC, has significantly increased in order to maintain compliance standards without sacrificing the speed of development. Oak9 specialises in infrastructure-as-code to build security and compliance into cloud-native applications as they are developed, and offered a catalogue of out-of-the-box blueprints that ensured that customers can meet their security and compliance objectives for any architecture on any cloud provider. Future of compliance automation “It’s time to break down infrastructure and application silos and transform compliance and security into one cohesive concept. This is the future of compliance automation and GRC and it’s here now,” said Adam Markowitz, Drata Co-Founder and CEO. “Drata Compliance as Code empowers developers, engineers, and GRC teams to save countless hours by shifting compliance left in the SDLC, collectively improving security and code quality while fostering a culture of compliance.” Key details for the GRC team  GRC teams will have shared visibility into their cloud infrastructure and be able to identify Integrating oak9's software brings Drata into crucial areas of the SDLC where changes happen, including the code repository, and the continuous integration and continuous delivery/deployment (CI/CD) pipeline. Pre-built tests map to an organisation’s compliance requirements by scanning their infrastructure code and flag gaps and anomalies with key details for the GRC team to resolve.  Now, GRC teams will have shared visibility into their cloud infrastructure and be able to identify failing controls within the code before it ever makes it into production, creating more efficiency and confidence leading up to an audit. Integrated into Drata’s platform   “Oak9’s mission from day one has been to address critical security gaps throughout the software development lifecycle, including gaps with compliance, which is all too often viewed as an afterthought. That mindset can be costly for the entire organisation,” said Om Vyas, Co-Founder and CEO of oak9. “Being integrated into Drata’s platform is exceptional validation of our team’s commitment to realising this mission. This sets a new standard in how teams tackle cloud-native security and compliance.” 

DigiCert, Inc., a pioneering global provider of digital trust, announced accelerated adoption of its Digital Trust solutions as the company closed a record total of new bookings in Q4 of its fiscal year as well as a record number of patents filed. Product innovation and key partnerships, coupled with the increasing demand for Digital Trust, were behind the strong customer demand. As the need for Digital Trust continues to rise – from quantum computing and connected devices to content provenance – DigiCert has accelerated its market position, driven record bookings, bolstered its executive bench, expanded innovation, introduced new products to market, and earned respected industry recognition. Consequences of innovation “While we experienced a lot of great momentum in fiscal 2024, we are even more excited about the opportunities we see for Digital Trust over the next 24 months as more and more organisations endeavour to become quantum ready, coupled with the growing need for trusted devices and content authenticity,” said Amit Sinha, CEO of DigiCert. “What we’re seeing is a crescendo of trust issues brought by the unintended consequences of innovation, and as a long-established provider of the foundation on which trust is built, DigiCert is well positioned to address these issues.” Key business highlights for FY2024 Closed largest bookings quarter in company history in Q4 Appointed Jugnu Bhatia as CFO and Dave Packer as CRO Published inaugural ESG report Signed new strategic partnerships with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, TD Synnex, and Deutsche Telekom Hosted first annual Digital Trust Summit in Vegas, where 300+ attendees convened to hear presentations from Oracle, Microsoft, Amazon Devices & Services, Zscaler, RSA Conference, and B. Braun, in addition to DigiCert’s executive leadership team Earned a Net Promoter Score of 76 Published 2024 State of Digital Trust Report and commissioned study on Preparing for a Safe Post Quantum Future Products and innovation Operationalized innovation and filed 32 patents, the most in the company’s history, bringing the total number of patents to 113 issued and 55 pending Launched DigiCert® Trust Lifecycle Manager, which includes Discovery, Management, and Automation, breaking down silos of managing trust across enterprise and brings public & private trust together in a way that hasn’t been done before   Expanded the offering in DigiCert® Software Trust Manager to combine continuous code scanning with policy enforcement and monitoring necessary to secure software supply chains Introduced DigiCert Labs that included a free PQC Playground to allow the industry to test NIST-recommended quantum-safe algorithms Launched CertCentral® Europe to support customer requirements for data residency Introduced DigiCert® KeyLocker, cloud-based secure delivery and storage of private code signing keys to comply with the new requirements issued by the CAB Forum Expanded pioneering authoritative DNS network to include an additional point of presence (POP) in Atlanta, enhancing performance for customers in that region Executed various CertCentral enhancements, including webhooks to better support automated workflows, and hosting for Verified Mark Certificates and logo files to speed deployment and VMC renewals Expanded DigiCert® Trust Lifecycle Manager support for third-party certificate authorities: Microsoft CA and AWS Private CA Industry and standards leadership Established the first unaffiliated root of trust for the U.S. EV (electric vehicle) infrastructure initiative (Plug & Charge) and ISO 15118-2 standard Eclipsed one billion televisions with CI Plus certificates in Europe Surpassed 180 billion DNS queries in a single day Completed EU Qualified audits and received certifications for CertCentral and the DigiCert ONE platform Accomplished first-ever DNSTrust SOC2 Audit successfully Successfully conducted 31+ compliance audits, pioneering the industry and showcasing commitment to global security and trust standards Garnered industry recognition including 2023 CRN Channel Chiefs, Top 100 Women in Security, and 2023 Globee Cybersecurity Award.