Laura Neuman, Landon Johnson, and Chris Gates are named as inaugural members
Fulton, MD ‒ May 24, 2021 ‒ SightGain, the only cybersecurity risk management platform that tests and analyzes organizational readiness across people, processes and technology – has launched an Advisory Board comprised of business leaders and cybersecurity experts.
The SightGain Advisory Board will help the company keep closer tabs on the ever-changing cybersecurity industry and help ensure best business practices in delivering rapid growth. SightGain recently received its seed investment from DataTribe, after beating out several hundred companies and winning the 2020 DataTribe Challenge.
The inaugural members to the SightGain Advisory include:
- Laura Neuman: Laura is an accomplished entrepreneur and CEO. She is currently an advisor to technology startups, a partner with NextGen Venture Partners and an Executive in Residence at the University of Maryland. As CEO of Matrics, Laura raised the venture funding that took the company out of insolvency and it was later sold for $230 million.
- Landon Johnson: Landon is a marketing and business development expert, and currently president of the consulting firm Talant. Previously, he was Chief Marketing Officer at Nehemiah Security, which developed cyber-risk quantification software and was sold to ThreatConnect.
- Chris Gates: Chris is a cybersecurity expert with extensive experience in penetration testing, adversarial simulations, and red teaming. He currently leads the red team at online financial services innovator Robinhood. Chris also worked in cybersecurity for 100x, Cruise, Uber and Facebook. He is a graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
“I am very excited be building an accomplished team of advisors,” said Christian Sorenson, CEO at SightGain. “We believe that the SightGain Readiness Platform brings a transformational for ensuring cybersecurity readiness and reducing financial risk. Having outside points of view, based decades of successful experience are essential for guiding the company forward. Our advisors will play a critical role in our decision making. I’m thrilled to have Laura, Landon, and Chris on the inaugural board.”
About SightGain
SightGain is the only risk management solution focused on cybersecurity readiness. Unlike typical cybersecurity risk management solutions that estimate readiness using industry benchmark data and compliance checklists, SightGain tests and measures readiness using real-world attack simulations in a customer’s live environment. These results are used to make improvements across cybersecurity people, process, and technology. Once current readiness is tuned, SightGain combines empiric readiness data with business information and threat intelligence to build the business case to prioritize long term investments.
For more information, visit www.SightGain.com.
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