SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its
drive to exceed the industry's most rigorous security standards and
create the highest levels of customer trust, DocuSign (NASDAQ:
DOCU) today announced the appointment of former United Airlines
CISO Emily Heath to the new role of chief trust and security
officer.
The move comes as the company continues to expand beyond
e-signature with the DocuSign Agreement Cloud—the suite of more
than a dozen products and over 350 integrations for digitally
transforming how organizations prepare, sign, act on, and manage
agreements. And it reflects the importance of trust and security in
that evolution.
"The technology industry has faced some incredible security,
trust and cyber risk challenges over the past few years—from
increasingly intelligent external threats, to careless
consideration for the protection of customer data, to countless
other vectors," said Heath. "That's why the role of chief trust and
security officer is interesting. With so much distrust towards
technology overall, there needs to be a central driver for change.
People don't like what they don't trust, and they don't trust what
they don't understand. So, communication and transparency are key
in this role."
Heath will oversee a wide range of strategic and operational
elements of DocuSign's business around the world—including
information security (operations, engineering, risk and
architecture), application security, trust services and physical
security.
"Having the chance to take on this role at a company like
DocuSign is an added benefit given the brand has trust virtually in
its DNA," said Heath. "Through the Agreement Cloud, the company is
helping to simplify and accelerate life and business for hundreds
of millions of people the world. The DocuSign brand is practically
a verb, and yet there is so much room to grow as we take on the
challenge of modernizing the entire agreement process. I'm excited
to come back to the Bay Area, and I'm even more excited to help
DocuSign during this next phase."
Over the past several years, DocuSign has continued to
experience hypergrowth—and according to Kirsten Wolberg, chief technology and operations
officer at DocuSign, the company needs to ensure that its security
posture, protocols, procedures and people evolve at the same
pace.
"After speaking with experts across the industry and considering
our goals, it was clear that we needed more than a traditional
CISO," said Wolberg. "We wanted someone who lived and breathed
InfoSec, but who could also continue to deepen the trust that our
customers, partners, employees and users have in our platform,
service and brand. In Emily, I know we've found the perfect
leader."
Before joining DocuSign, Heath served as the CISO for United
Airlines in Chicago. Prior to that
role, she was the CISO at AECOM in San
Francisco, held various technology and strategy leadership
roles at companies in southern California, and began her career as a fraud
squad detective in the UK police force. Heath is also a Board
Member for LogicGate, the National Technology Security Coalition,
and the Security Advisors Alliance. She is also an Advisory Board
Member for Cyberstarts Venture Capital Fund.
To learn more about career opportunities at DocuSign, please
visit http://www.docusign.com/careers.
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About DocuSign
DocuSign helps organizations connect
and automate how they prepare, sign, act on, and manage agreements.
As part of the DocuSign Agreement Cloud, DocuSign offers
eSignature: the world's #1 way to sign electronically on
practically any device, from almost anywhere, at any time. Today,
more than 530,000 customers and hundreds of millions of users in
over 180 countries use DocuSign to accelerate the process of doing
business and to simplify people's lives.
For more information, visit www.docusign.com, call
+1-877-720-2040, or follow @DocuSign on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook
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