Longtime entrepreneur and cybersecurity govt Amit Yoran handed away Friday after a battle with most cancers.
Cybersecurity firm Tenable, the place Yoran was CEO and chairman, introduced his demise in a press launch. Before changing into Tenable’s CEO in 2016, he held a variety of roles together with president of RSA, founding CEO of NetWitness, and CEO of In-Q-Tel.
In a press release, Tenable’s lead impartial director Art Coviello described Yoran as “a unprecedented chief, colleague, and good friend.”
“His ardour for cybersecurity, his strategic imaginative and prescient, and his skill to encourage these round him have formed Tenable’s tradition and mission,” Coviello stated. “His legacy will proceed to information us as we transfer ahead.”
Tenable stated Yoran took a medical go away of absence beginning on December 5, with CFO Steve Vintz and COO Mark Thurmond appointed as co-CEOs in his place. They will proceed in these roles whereas the corporate conducts a seek for a everlasting CEO.
