Fortinet appoints new chief information security officer

FORTINET, the global leader in highperformance cybersecurity solutions, announced the appointment of Phil Quade as chief information security officer (CISO).

Mr. Quade will take responsibility for Fortinet’s information security and ensure compliance with the latest global regulations and standards across all systems. He will lead the strategy and expansion of Fortinet’s Federal and Critical Infrastructure business.

Additionally, he will serve as a strategic consultant to Fortinet’s C-Level enterprise customers to help inform product development and innovation based on evolving cybersecurity requirements. He will report to Ken Xie, founder, chairman and chief executive officer. Mr. Quade brings more than three decades of cybersecurity and networking experience working across foreign, government, critical infrastructure and commercial industry sectors at the National Security Agency (NSA) at the highest levels of the White House and Congress. Prior to Fortinet, he was the NSA director’s special assistant for cyber and chief of the NSA Cyber Task Force with responsibility for the White House relationship in Cyber. Previously, he served as the chief operating officer of the Information Assurance Directorate at the NSA, managing day-to-day operations, strategy, planning, integration, and relationships in cybersecurity.

Prior, Mr. Quade served as the head of the Information Operations Technology Center’s Advanced Technology Group, as a professional staffer to the US Senate, and at the Office of the Director for National Intelligence. Additional assignments that Quade held at the NSA include computer and network security evaluator, cryptanalyst and policy management.

In his new role as Fortinet’s CISO, Mr. Quade will leverage his considerable experience in managing diverse and complex cyber strategies solutions with global intelligence and partnerships to ensure that both Fortinet and its global customers have the most effective, broad security postures.