Scott Windfelder Promoted to Chief Revenue Officer at SafeGuard Cyber

SafeGuard Cyber, a pioneering force in security and compliance solutions for communication-based threats, is delighted to announce the elevation of Scott Windfelder to the position of Chief Revenue Officer.

Windfelder, a distinguished industry stalwart with an impressive 20-year trajectory across some of the globe’s premier technology giants, will be entrusted with steering SafeGuard Cyber’s business development pursuits. He will craft and oversee the firm’s go-to-market strategy, especially in the sphere of digital communications security and compliance solutions. This esteemed position will have him directly reporting to the company’s CEO, Chris Lehman.

In the words of CEO Chris Lehman, “Scott Windfelder’s entry into the SafeGuard Cyber family comes at a pivotal juncture when we are gearing up for an accelerated phase of business expansion. His profound insights and legacy in the cybersecurity realm will be instrumental in amplifying our enterprise sales initiatives and enhancing our service suite across pivotal industry domains."

Prior to joining SafeGuard Cyber, Windfelder served as Area Vice President for Americas Sales at ExtraHop, where for over four years he helped lead the company’s transformation into a cybersecurity company and leader in the Enterprise Network Detection and Response (NDR) market. During Windfelder’s time at ExtraHop, he held various senior roles, ranging from Sr. Director of Sales and Regional Sales Manager, Security Sales as the company achieved 700% record growth in ARR, bookings and revenue, culminating in the successful sale of the business. Prior to ExtraHop, Windfelder was a consistent top performer as an individual contributor at FireEye, Syncplicity, EMC and Documentum.

“I’m thrilled for the opportunity to be elevated to CRO,” said Scott Windfelder. “Since joining SafeGuard Cyber in 2022, some of the world's largest organizations have trusted us to secure their business communications. As organizations continue to move away from traditional channels such as email, security and compliance teams require visibility and contextual intelligence into those channels so they can identify potential threats to the business. This is where SafeGuard Cyber is uniquely positioned to deliver value. I’m looking forward to collaborating closely with our exceptional team, leveraging our strengths, and exploring new opportunities to drive sustainable revenue growth.”

SafeGuard Cyber provides security and compliance for human connections so enterprises can trust modern communications. SafeGuard Cyber integrates directly into 30 communication channels to process inbound and outbound content and metadata. With patented Natural Language Understanding technology and cloud-based machine learning, the company’s best-in-class solution helps companies detect and respond to communication-based threats, including business compromise attacks. Learn more at www.safeguardcyber.com.

About SafeGuard Cyber

SafeGuard Cyber is the most comprehensive integrated cloud communications compliance and security platform to address risks across the modern cloud workplace. Through a combination of unified visibility, contextual analysis, and multi-channel investigations and detections, SafeGuard Cyber mitigates regulatory and security risks in email, mobile and web messaging apps, collaboration apps, and social media. apps across M365, Teams, Slack, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Telegram, and other messaging channels. Powered by Natural Language Understanding and patented Social Engineering Detection technologies, the SafeGuard Cyber platform uses out of box and custom policy engine to reduces time-to-discovery and resolution of regulatory policy violations, social engineering and language-based attacks in over 50 languages. The platform's @API-first, agentless deployment ensures enterprise protection is in place no matter the network or device. Take advantage of SafeGuard Cyber’s Integrated Cloud Communication Security and automated compliance to prevent, compliance risks, phishing, BEC, account takeovers, insider threats, and financial fraud today.

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