Assaf Keren — CEO
Chief Information Security Officer with extensive experience overseeing all aspects of a global security product and service delivery organization globally. Well-developed skills providing strategic leadership for a division responsible for providing PayPal Security by building security products, managing security infrastructure, and providing a variety of security services. Dedicated leader with outstanding communication skills and a proven track record of success overseeing incident response and management, escalation of security events, vulnerability scanning, and security defect management. Cybersecurity Leadership: Background includes extensive Cybersecurity Leadership experience. Founded and sold 2 Cybersecurity companies, served as the Head of Security Product Management for Verint, and served as Chief Information Security Officer for the Israeli e-Government Division (Ministry of Finance). Security Operations Expansion: Extensive experience maturing security operations capabilities. As Director, Head of Cybersecurity Operations at PayPal, successfully built a 24/7 Security Operations Center. Delivery of Security Outcomes: Demonstrated ability to identify and integrate new technologies that improve Security Integrity. At PayPal, successfully drove new capabilities in Vulnerability Management, Access Management, Integrity, and Cryptography.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity Executive with extensive experience in Fintech and SaaS.
Location: Draper, Utah, United States
Experience: 28 yrs
Skills
- Cyber Security
- Product Management
- Information Security
Career Highlights
- Led global security strategy at PayPal.
- Founded and sold two cybersecurity companies.
- Built a 24/7 Security Operations Center at PayPal.
Work Experience
The Wall Street Journal
Member - Wall Street Journal Technology Council (5 mos)
Prime Security
Board of Advisors & Founding Investor (1 yr 5 mos)
Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
Cyber and Technology Resilience Experts (CTREX) Panel Member (1 yr 6 mos)
Qualtrics
SVP, Chief Security Officer (2 yrs)
Arizona Technology Council
Non Executive Director (1 yr 3 mos)
PayPal
PayPal Ventures Advisor (1 yr 11 mos)
Chief Information Security Officer (2 yrs 2 mos)
Non Executive Director - Board of PayPal Singapore (2 yrs 2 mos)
VP, Enterprise Cyber Security (1 yr 2 mos)
Sr. Director, Security Architecture, Engineering and Operations (2 yrs 4 mos)
Director, Cybersecurity Operations (2 yrs 4 mos)
Head of Global Incident Response (11 mos)
SafeBreach
Board Of Advisors (3 yrs 11 mos)
Arnica
Board of Advisors (4 yrs 6 mos)
SenseCy
CTO, Co Founder (1 yr 1 mo)
Verint
Head of Product Management, Cyber Security (2 yrs 1 mo)
CyberVision Security Solutions (Acquired by Verint)
VP Methodology & Strategy, Founder (1 yr 4 mos)
Tehila
Director, IT Security (2 yrs 11 mos)
IDF
Unit CSO, Infosec Dep. Head (7 yrs 7 mos)
Freelancer
Webmaster (2 yrs 2 mos)