Seasoned security expert to help fuel
SandboxAQ's growth and enhance its cybersecurity offerings
PALO
ALTO, Calif., May 1, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- SandboxAQ today announced it has
appointed veteran cybersecurity executive Chris Bates as Chief Information Security
Officer (CISO). As the company's first CISO, Bates is responsible
for protecting SandboxAQ's data, communications, and intellectual
property, while leveraging his expertise in sales, product
development, messaging, and go-to-market (GTM) strategies to help
develop the company's AQtive Guard cryptography management
platform.
Bates joins SandboxAQ from SentinelOne, where he served as Chief
Trust and Security Officer and helped scale the company to the
largest cybersecurity IPO to date in 2021. Throughout his more than
seven-year tenure, Bates led and was accountable for a variety of
business and technical functions relating to cybersecurity, GTM,
product, SaaS operations, data, privacy and more.
"I'm incredibly excited to join the SandboxAQ team, whose AI and
quantum solutions are already having such an impact in
cybersecurity and other fields," said Bates. "SandboxAQ's AQtive
Guard software platform is redefining how leading banks and other
large enterprises defend themselves in the face of increasingly
sophisticated AI-driven attacks. I look forward to helping
SandboxAQ and our customers succeed."
"Chris brings a unique mix of experience in cybersecurity,
governance, operations, engineering, DevSecOps, product development
and more to SandboxAQ," said Jack D.
Hidary, CEO of SandboxAQ. "We welcome Chris to SandboxAQ and
look forward to collaborating with him as our company grows and
evolves."
"Chris' expert knowledge of the security challenges faced by
global corporations and government agencies will enable us to
continually strengthen AQtive Guard, enhancing its abilities to
protect our customer's infrastructure and strengthening their
cybersecurity posture through modern cryptography management and
Zero Trust initiatives," said Marc
Manzano, General Manager, Cybersecurity Group at SandboxAQ.
"Chris will engage with his CISO peers at our customers today which
include global banks, government agencies and other large
enterprises."
Prior to SentinelOne, Bates held technical leadership roles at
various companies across multiple industries, including Nike,
Fidelis Cybersecurity (General Dynamics), NuScale Power, and ACS
(Xerox), and consulted for RSA
(EMC). Throughout his career, Chris has built integrated
intelligence functions with multiple domestic and foreign
intelligence services, showcasing his ability to identify threats
and solve complex challenges. Chris began his career in 1996,
helping build some of the first Internet Service Providers in
central Oregon. He is currently a
member of the advisory boards of strongDM, YL Ventures, IT-ISAC and
two stealth startups.
About SandboxAQ
SandboxAQ is an enterprise SaaS
company, providing solutions at the nexus of AI and Quantum
technology (AQ) to address some of the world's greatest challenges.
The company's core team and inspiration formed at Alphabet Inc.,
emerging as an independent, growth capital-backed company in 2022.
SandboxAQ is backed by T. Rowe
Price, Eric Schmidt (chairman
of SandboxAQ), Breyer Capital, Guggenheim Partners, Marc Benioff, Thomas
Tull, Paladin Capital Group, and other leading investors.
For more information, visit http://www.sandboxaq.com.
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