RiskIQ Appoints Arian Evans Vice President of Product Strategy
October 14, 2014
Leading Provider of Customer Facing Threat Detection Technology Taps Former WhiteHat Security Executive to Head Up Innovation Development
SAN FRANCISCO -- Oct. 14, 2014 -- RiskIQ, the company that enables organizations to detect and mitigate customer facing threats, today announced the appointment of former WhiteHat Security executive Arian Evans as vice president of product strategy. Evans brings more than 16 years of expertise in information and application security, software development, systems architecture and financial services to RiskIQ. He will lead technology innovation at RiskIQ to meet evolving customer requirements for monitoring, detecting and mitigating online threats that prey on users of their websites and mobile apps.
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“Keeping ahead of continuous advances in criminal attacks requires a deep and visionary understanding of security techniques, software design and technology infrastructure,” said Elias Manousos, CEO of RiskIQ. “Arian has all of these qualities in spades, and the operations know-how to deliver innovations that will enable RiskIQ to proactively detect and stop threats. He is a strategic addition to our management team.”
Evans joined RiskIQ from web application security provider WhiteHat Security. As vice president of operations and product strategy he was responsible for creating new product lines, service-delivery, customer support, and building WhiteHat's Threat Research Center and R&D teams. Previously, he was global application security practice lead for consulting firm FishNet Security. He has also worked on global security projects for the Center for Internet Security, NIST, the FBI, and the U.S. Secret Service.
“RiskIQ is on the front lines an escalating war between criminals and large enterprises that want to protect their brands from being usurped to attack customers and commit fraud,” said Arian Evans. “The company's technology platform is so scalable and extensible that we have just scratched the surface in terms of the security RiskIQ can provide for customers. I'm energized by what we can accomplish and joining a world-class team.”