MCLEAN, Va., April 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Cyren
(NASDAQ: CYRN), an internet Security as a Service provider,
announced that John Becker has
joined the company's Board of Directors as outside director
effective April 1, 2017.
With more than 30 years of security industry and technology
experience, Becker offers a lengthy record of growing highly
successful technology companies. In addition to serving on numerous
boards, he previously served as Chief Executive Officer of
Sourcefire, ScienceLogic, Approva Corporation, Cybertrust and AXENT
Technologies.
"I am excited that John has agreed to join the Cyren board,"
said Lior Samuelson, Chairman and
CEO at Cyren. "With his security and technology industry
experience, John will be tremendously helpful in shaping our growth
strategy."
The recently announced Cyren Cloud Security 4.0 platform is the
industry's first and only Internet security solution that can
deliver web security, email security, DNS-based security, cloud
sandboxing, and cloud access security all from a single unified
SaaS platform. Cyren Cloud Security enables businesses to simplify
and integrate the management of siloed point security solutions,
eliminate complexity and costs, and deliver better protection from
the latest, most sophisticated cross-vector threats.
"As a 100-percent Security as a Service company, Cyren has a
unique opportunity to deliver more effective and efficient
information security protections to organizations around the
globe," Becker said. "Through its single unified SaaS platform, I
believe Cyren is incredibly well positioned to take advantage of
the growing opportunity to deliver security through the cloud. I'm
honored to share my expertise and help the company realize its
vision."
About Cyren
Cyren (NASDAQ and TASE: CYRN) protects
more than 600 million users against cyber attacks and data breaches
through its cloud-based web security, email security, DNS security
and cloud sandboxing solutions. Relied upon by many of the world's
largest technology companies such as Dell, Google, McAfee and
Microsoft, Cyren offers enterprise-focused security-as-a-service
solutions as well as embedded solutions for software and security
providers. Cyren's global cloud security platform processes more
than 17 billion daily transactions and uses innovative zero-day
protection technology to proactively block over 130 million threats
each day. Learn more at www.cyren.com. To test the
effectiveness of your current web security solution, go
to www.cyren.com/security-test.html.
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