Portnox, a leading provider of network visibility, access control, and device risk management solutions, has announced that Tomer Shemer-Buchbut has joined the company as Vice President of Products. Tomer was previously head of the cybersecurity product team for global data-mining and intelligence provider Verint.
“Tomer is a recognized expert in cybersecurity analytics, advanced threat detection and building large-scale software platforms,” said Ofer Amitai, CEO and Co-Founder of Portnox. “He will play a pivotal role in extending Portnox’s innovation lead in the network access control market and drive the development of new capabilities to address the growing challenges of securing IoT and hybrid cloud environments.”
Tomer is responsible for the design and development of the Portnox product portfolio. He joined Portnox from Verint, a global provider of analytics technology, where he led the company’s cybersecurity product team and the development of unified detection and response solutions. Previously, Tomer held senior management positions in system design at Motorola Solutions, a provider of large-scale secure communications solutions for enterprises and public safety organizations. He holds a BA in Computer Science and Psychology from the Open University of Israel.
“The network access control market is evolving rapidly to keep pace with large-scale, distributed security risks being introduced by IoT devices, the proliferation of unmanaged hardware and use of cloud services that contain sensitive data,” said Tomer Shemer-Buchbut. “I look forward to building on Portnox’s technology leadership position, and delivering advancements that address the new security requirements created by hybrid data center-cloud infrastructures.”
