Cyberbit has roped in cloud and IT entrepreneur Dan Phillips and cybersecurity leader Jim Hansen to the company’s Board of Directors. The company has received $70 million investment from Charlesbank Capital Partners in May 2020.
“I am honoured to welcome Dan and Jim to our Board of Directors,” said Adi Dar, CEO of Cyberbit. “Their impressive track record in building SaaS and cybersecurity companies to scale will be ideal for our upcoming success this year and will enable more organisations to ensure that their cybersecurity teams are prepared for attacks.”
Dan Phillips is the former Co-Founder, CEO and Chairman of CloudHealth Technologies, acquired by VMware, and former CEO and Chairman of Silverback Technologies, acquired by Dell. He was also a C-level executive in multiple cloud and IT management startups, two of which achieved successful IPOs.
Jim Hansen was President and COO at a phishing defence solution provider company - Cofense. He was also a Co-Founder and COO of Mandiant, acquired by FireEye. Hansen has successfully built go-to-market strategies for multiple cybersecurity and SaaS companies, working from startup phase through successful exits. Prior to this, Hansen was the Deputy Director of Computer Crime Investigations for the USAF Office of Special Investigations.
Phillips’ and Hansen’s track record in building and scaling SaaS, cloud and cybersecurity companies is expected to further strengthen Cyberbit’s position for success in meeting the demand for its cloud-based cyber skilling platform.
"I was very impressed by the impact of Cyberbit’s product on security team preparedness," said Dan Phillips. "The growth potential for the cloud-based cyber skilling platform is massive and I am eager to help the team in scaling the business and serving thousands of additional organisations globally.”
"Cyberbit came up with a disruptive solution for one of our industry’s most critical challenges," added Jim Hansen. "They have a great product which dramatically improves security teams’ ability to train, upskill and benchmark their capabilities, and they have validated this with an impressive set of customers across multiple segments. I am very happy to join the Cyberbit Board and looking forward to working with the team to accelerate and further grow the business."
