Former IBM cybersecurity executive brings a hacker's leadership mindset to growing Coalfire's cybersecurity business
Greenwood Village, Colorado, March 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Coalfire, a leading cybersecurity services and solutions company, announces charles henderson Appointed as Vice President of Cyber Security Services. He brings extensive experience in threat intelligence, incident response, penetration testing, adversary simulation, and vulnerability management from his tenure leading IBM X-Force and Trustwave SpiderLabs.
charles henderson You will lead Coalfire's world-class red teamers and penetration testers and grow the business unit's unique combination of talent and technology services. These products provide customers, including some of the world's most valuable companies, with the security expertise and managed services they need to protect their businesses from disruption and costly penalties.
“I was impressed by Charles' extensive experience leading security research teams and his practical insight into security for global organizations,” he said. tom mcandrew, CEO of Coalfire. “His hacker mentality aligns very well culturally with our Cyber His Security service. It exposes security and compliance blind spots.”
“I love helping customers improve their security capabilities and overall resiliency,” Charles says. “This is what excites me about working at Coalfire. We actively embrace an attacker mindset to help our customers find gaps and remediate vulnerabilities, threats, and risks. In the aftermath of a security incident, our hacking expertise contributes to post-breach efforts to rebuild cyber defenses stronger than before. ”
charles henderson I am an avid member of the security community. He serves on his Black Hat Review Board and speaks about his security testing and incident response at major conferences around the world, including Black Hat, Defcon, RSA, and SXSW.
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Coalfire, head office is denver, coloradois a global services and solutions company specializing in cyber advisory, assessment, and security. The company also develops cutting-edge technology platforms that automate defense against security threats for the world's largest enterprises, cloud providers, and SaaS companies. Coalfire is a leading provider of FedRAMP compliance assessment and penetration testing services. US. For more information, please visit: www.coalfire.com and please follow linkedin, twitterand Facebook.
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