Splunk Welcomes Pamela Fusco as Chief Information Security Officer
August 23 2021 - 4:05PM
Business Wire
Former U.S. Navy and Citibank Cybersecurity
Veteran Joins Cloud Data Leader
Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK), provider of the Data-to-Everything
Platform, today announced the appointment of Pamela Fusco as the
company’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), effective
immediately. With over 30 years of leading-edge, global enterprise
security experience, Fusco is an industry pioneer with a career
spanning both the public and private sectors.
Reporting into Shawn Bice, President of Products and Technology,
Fusco will oversee all facets of Splunk’s information security
posture to protect employees, customers, systems, and assets. Her
Splunk Global Security mandate includes security operations, risk
and information protection, and threat management. Fusco will also
enhance Splunk’s robust and mission-driven team as they help
organizations worldwide proactively combat today’s most advanced
threats with a cloud-based security strategy and data-driven
approach.
“Effective cybersecurity strategy and implementation is
mission-critical—and Pamela is an industry leader,” said Bice. “She
understands what it takes to build successful organizations and as
a former Splunk customer she provides an essential perspective. We
are pleased to welcome her to Splunk as we believe that we are
ideally positioned to drive continued growth and innovation across
our security platform to benefit our customers and
stakeholders.”
Prior to Splunk, Fusco held CISO and chief security officer
roles at Apollo Education Group, Digex, Merck, and served as
executive vice president, Head of Global Information Security at
Citibank. She currently serves on the Information Systems Security
Association (ISSA) board of directors as CFO; and is a founder of
the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and SAFE-BioPharma. A former U.S.
Navy cryptologist, Fusco began her career focused on supporting
security proceedings for government and national intelligence
special operations, including advising the U.S. White House.
“Splunk is essential for organizations and governments as they
navigate the ever-changing threat landscape and I’m honored to lead
its exceptional security team,” said Fusco. “I’ve trusted Splunk to
help secure operations on numerous occasions and there is no other
cloud-first company that truly turns data into doing. Succeeding in
cybersecurity requires anticipating change, and Splunk is on the
cutting-edge of security innovation.”
For more information on Splunk’s global security team and
security program, please visit
https://www.splunk.com/en_us/about-splunk/splunk-data-security-and-privacy.html.
About Splunk Inc.
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Data-to-Everything Platform. Splunk technology is designed to
investigate, monitor, analyze and act on data at any scale.
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