Linda Zecher, who previously served as corporate vice president of the worldwide public sector business at Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), has joined the board of directors at cybersecurity firm Tenable. “Linda’s expertise in strategic technology investments and business operations, especially in untapped and emerging markets, make her an exceptional addition to Tenable’s board,” said Amit Yoran, chairman and CEO of Tenable and former Wash100 Award recipient.

Amit Yoran, president of Dell Technologies‘ (NYSE: DVMT) RSA subsidiary, will join Columbia, Md.-based Tenable Network Security as chairman and CEO effective Jan. 3. Tenable said Thursday Renaud Deraison and Jack Huffard led the security technology company during its search for a new CEO and will continue their respective roles as chief technology officer and …

Dave Cole, former chief product officer at cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, has been appointed to the same role at Columbia, Maryland-based security monitoring technology developer Tenable Network Security. He previously led CrowdStrike’s efforts to design and develop cloud-based endpoint security technology,  Tenable Network Security said Monday. Before that, he managed the Norton antivirus software product at …

Darron Makrokanis, a former program manager and senior business development executive at Splunk, has joined Tenable Network Security as vice president of the company’s federal sales division. He brings defense, intelligence and law enforcement market experience to his new role and will be responsible for the organization’s expansion strategy in the federal cybersecurity …

The Week’s Top GovCon News Stories View this email in your browser Weekly Roundup June 12 – June 16 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Many agencies, companies, organizations and individuals were caught off-guard by the recent rise in cyber …

Experts at a Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing warned lawmakers Tuesday that Chinese government hackers appear to be once again targeting private U.S. companies and organizations. “Anecdotally,” there appears to be a re-emergence of economic-related espionage by Chinese hackers, reported Samantha Ravich, an adviser to D.C.-based think tank the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. …

Rohit Ghai, president of Dell EMC’s enterprise content division, has been appointed president of Dell Technologies’ (NYSE: DVMT) RSA subsidiary. He will succeed Amit Yoran, who was named chairman and CEO of Tenable Network Security in December. Ghai will oversee the delivery of RSA’s security platforms that work to help customers manage …

December 12 – December 16, 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson This week reminded us that change is always a constant in the government contracting arena as we learned of an impending relocation by a large defense contractor and the …