Veteran cybersecurity tester Tim Otto named Vice President of Testing
Operations.
AUSTIN,
Texas, July 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/
-- CyberRatings.org (CyberRatings), the non-profit entity
dedicated to providing confidence in cybersecurity products and
services through its research and testing programs, announced today
that Ian Foo has joined as Chief
Technology Officer (CTO) and Executive Vice President of Product.
Tim Otto, also a veteran in
cybersecurity technologies, has joined as Vice President of Test
Operations.
Foo will be responsible for developing new testing programs,
products, and building out the CyberRatings Spot Check service
announced earlier this year. Otto's responsibilities include test
execution and expanding laboratory operations. Each executive
brings more than 20 years of experience in evolving cybersecurity
technologies.
Foo comes to CyberRatings from Google, where he was Senior
Product Manager focusing on Cloud Networking and special projects
within Google Cloud Platform (GCP). There he drove vision,
strategy, roadmap, and development of networking and routing at
global scale to create platforms enabling effective enterprise
cloud transformation for Google's customers. Prior to Google he was
Director of Product & GTM for Service Providers at Commvault
where he led product management for Service Provider transformation
from traditional on-premises solutions to Cloud SaaS based models
and platforms. Earlier in his career he held senior product and
technical leadership positions focusing on security, enterprise
solutions, service provider solutions, data center networking,
global scale routing, and Software Defined Networking (SDN) at
several global technology companies including Huawei, Cisco, and
BBN/GTE Internetworking/Verizon.
Otto has a long history in testing cybersecurity products. Most
recently he was Technical Marketing Engineer Director at Juniper
Networks where he ran competitive and 3rd party testing
for Juniper Networks Security branch. Prior to Juniper he was
Domain Manager and Testing Team Lead for NSS Labs where he led the
team that designed the harnesses and tests for all of the network
security tests run by NSS Labs.
Both Foo and Otto will be reporting to CEO Vikram Phatak.
"We are incredibly fortunate to have both Ian and Tim joining
our team," said Vikram Phatak, CEO
of CyberRatings.org. "Their wealth of experience and leadership
skills will be a tremendous asset as we grow the organization."
About CyberRatings.org
CyberRatings.org is a 501(c)6 non-profit organization dedicated
to providing confidence in cybersecurity products and services
through our research and testing programs. We provide enterprises
with independent, objective ratings of security product efficacy to
make informed decisions. To become a
member, visit www.cyberratings.org and follow us on LinkedIn.
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