NEWS
Tenable appoints new vice
president of operational
technology security
Alhakbani appointed CEO
at TAWAL
T
enable, the cyber exposure company, has announced the
appointment of Marty Edwards, a globally recognised expert
in cybersecurity for industrial control systems and operational
technology (OT) as Vice President of OT Security.
“OT is part of the modern attack surface and CISOs are being
tasked with securing OT systems alongside traditional IT,” said
Renaud Deraison, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Tenable.
“Together with Indegy, we’re going to deliver the industry’s first
unified, risk-based view of IT and OT security. Adding Marty Edwards,
one of the foremost and most sought-after industrial cybersecurity
experts, to our OT bench is another testament to our growing
expertise in this space and to our commitment to pioneering new
solutions for the next wave of IT/OT convergence.”
At Tenable, Edwards will serve as an evangelist for the company’s
OT security vision, with a particular focus on furthering government
and industry initiatives to improve critical infrastructure security.
Edwards and his team will help ensure organisations address OT
security as part of their risk conversations. He will report to the office
of the Chief Technology Officer.
Edwards joins Tenable from the International Society of
Automation (ISA), where he was the Director of Strategic Initiatives.
In this role, he worked closely with government and industry leaders
to help strengthen the cyberdefences of critical infrastructure.
Marty Edwards has
joined Tenable
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Eng Mohammed bin
Abdulaziz Alhakbani
has been appointed
CEO of TAWAL
T
AWAL’s board of directors has announced the appointment
of Eng Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Alhakbani as CEO.
Amin bin Fahad Al-Shadi, Chairman of the Board of
Directors of TAWAL, a subsidiary of the stc Group, expressed
his confidence in the appointment because of Eng. Muhammad
Al-Haqbani’s managerial and professional experience in the
telecommunications and information technology sector.
“He is one of the chief experts in the field and we are
confident that he will reinforce the company’s role in providing
integrated ICT infrastructure,” he said. “We wish him every
success in enhancing the company’s performance to the highest
levels to achieve the company goals in supporting the desired
Digital Transformation in the Kingdom, according to the National
Transformation Program 2020 and the Kingdom’s Vision 2030.”
Eng Mohammed Alhakbani expressed his appreciation to all
members of the board of directors at TAWAL for their confidence
and support to strengthen the company’s position and to
provide the latest infrastructure services and solutions for the
information and communication technology sector within the
Kingdom and the region.
Eng Alhakbani holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical
Engineering and a master’s degree in Computer
Engineering. He has more than 20 years of experience in the
telecommunications field. Eng Mohammed has previously
worked in many positions at stc.