Cloud data privacy and compliance vendor Securiti has expanded its existing reach in the EMEA region with the hiring of two key executives.
It has appointed former Palo Alto Networks executive Mathias Widler as vice president of EMEA and Nigel Hawthorn from McAfee to lead marketing for the region.
Securiti, which has a presence in a dozen countries within EMEA, says it is also “actively recruiting” security-oriented service providers to grow its existing base of channel partners.
“With customers in financial, healthcare, insurance, energy and telecommunications, we are well positioned for rapid growth in EMEA and investing in the resources to capture market share,” said Rehan Jalil, president and CEO of US-headquartered Securiti. “Mathias, who has helped several leading security vendors bring emerging new technologies to market in EMEA, will lead our efforts to capitalise on demand in the region for data privacy and protection solutions.”
Securiti currently has a presence in the UK, Germany, France and the Netherlands, and is already working with channel partners in those countries, as well as in South Africa and the Middle East. It is working with channel partners focused on helping companies automate the management of data privacy, protection and governance to meet both security mandates and regulatory requirements.
Widler was Palo Alto Networks' VP of EMEA for the company’s cloud-delivered SD-WAN SASE product line. Previously, he also served as VP Central EMEA for network monitoring vendor ThousandEyes, which was acquired by Cisco in 2020. In addition, he has been VP and general manager of Central EMEA for security vendor Zscaler.
“There’s pent up demand in EMEA for advanced solutions that can unify data privacy, protection and governance for compliance with GDPR and other mandates,” said Widler. “We are looking for channel partners across the region that are focused on data privacy and protection, and want to work with a vendor that was recently named a 'market leader' by analyst Forrester.”
