MINNEAPOLIS — NetSPI®, a global leader in Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS), has appointed Sridhar Jayanthi as its interim Chief Product and Technology Officer. Jayanthi’s extensive experience in cybersecurity product leadership is expected to strengthen NetSPI’s PTaaS platform and advance the company’s commitment to proactive security.
“This is a pivotal moment for NetSPI and our clients,” said Aaron Shilts, President and CEO of NetSPI. “Sridhar’s expertise and proven ability to scale technology organizations will play a key role in enhancing the proactive security solutions we deliver. Together, we’ll help security teams build digital resilience and stay competitive amid the constant challenges they face today.”
Jayanthi brings a distinguished record of driving security innovation and building global cybersecurity engineering organizations. He spent more than 11 years at McAfee—now Trellix—where he established and led the India Development Center and served on McAfee’s Global Executive Leadership Team. He later joined FireEye (now Mandiant), where he led endpoint security products and international operations, and was a member of FireEye’s Executive Leadership Team.
Jayanthi also co-founded and served as CEO of PolyLogyx, which was later acquired by EclecticIQ. Following the acquisition, he led EclecticIQ’s Endpoint/XDR business unit as General Manager. His proven leadership positions him to accelerate the growth of NetSPI’s PTaaS platform, supported by a world-class engineering team, global security experts, and the pioneering research of NetSPI Labs.
“NetSPI has established itself as a clear leader in security testing by combining deep human expertise with powerful technology,” said Jayanthi. “The security industry needs a more effective approach to continuous testing, and NetSPI is delivering that innovation. I look forward to advancing our proactive security capabilities, leveraging automation, and creating solutions that strengthen the security of our clients’ ever-evolving attack surfaces.”
NetSPI’s proactive security approach integrates technology, intelligence, and human ingenuity to help organizations worldwide identify and mitigate risks across expanding attack surfaces. (GlobeNewswire)
