Information technology professionals in Cybersecurity
CIOs of Zscaler, Palo Alto Networks, Netskope and Thales Cybersecurity Products sit alongside IT directors at CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Vectra AI and Aqua Security in this cybersecurity IT group, whose work is the companies' own internal IT. Talk to them about zero trust inside corporate IT, AI in enterprise applications, or how a smaller security company combines the head of IT and security roles.
Professionals to explore
Abbas Faiq
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer · Thales Cybersecurity Products
Abbas Faiq has been Chief Information Officer at Thales Cybersecurity Products since 2024, after CIO at Imperva (2021–2024), Corporate Vice President, Chief Information Officer at PTC (2015–2021), Vice President, Chief Information Officer at Cepheid (2011–2015) and Chief information Officer at Celera Corporation (2009–2011). Faiq cites cloud and digital transformation and IT governance.
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Deanna Panthi
LinkedInExperience: Director of IT · Vectra AI
Since 2024, Deanna Panthi has been Director of IT at Vectra AI. Earlier roles were Senior Manager, Information Protection at Cigna Healthcare (2021–2023), Manager - Change Control & Release Management (2018–2021) and Manager - Enterprise Problem, Vulnerability, & Capacity Management (2015–2018) at Centene Corporation, and Lead Project Manager, Internet Planning & Engineering at Mastercard (2004–2015). A fit for change and vulnerability management questions.
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Jon Lusky
LinkedInExperience: Head of Information Technology & Acting CISO · Phosphorus Cybersecurity Inc.
Jon Lusky was Head of Information Technology & Acting CISO at Phosphorus Cybersecurity Inc. (2024–2026) and Director of IT - Head of IT, Business Systems, and Security at Grayshift (2020–2023). Earlier roles were Senior Manager, IT at Elastic (2019) and IT Director - Head of IT, Purchasing, and Security at Endgame (2010–2019). Lusky describes building IT and security for companies as they grow.
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Kfir Ashkenazi
LinkedInExperience: Director of Enterprise Security and IT · Aqua Security
Director of Enterprise Security and IT at Aqua Security since 2026, Kfir Ashkenazi held Head of Enterprise Security and Information Technology (2025–2026) and Enterprise Security Architect (2024–2025) there. Cellebrite roles were Information Technology Security Architect (2022–2024) and Threat Operation Team Leader (2020–2022). Ashkenazi cites company-wide IT and security strategy across AWS and Azure.
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Lorenzo Orsatti
LinkedInExperience: Former Director of Information Technology · CrowdStrike
Lorenzo Orsatti became Director of Information Technology at CrowdStrike in 2025, covering IT DevOps and infrastructure, and was Principal System Architect there (2023–2025). Earlier roles include Principal Architect, Security Engineering (2023) and Principal Software Engineer (2022–2023) at GoTo, and Principal Software Engineer at LogMeIn (2021–2022). Orsatti fits questions on engineering-led IT infrastructure.
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Matt Riddle
LinkedInExperience: Sr Director, IT Cloud and Infrastructure · Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks has had Matt Riddle as Sr Director, IT Cloud and Infrastructure since 2026, after Senior Director of Cloud Operations and Infrastructure at CyberArk (2024–2026). Venafi, a CyberArk Company roles were Sr. Director, Information Technology and Security (2023–2024) and Director Of Information Technology and Security (2019–2023). Riddle fits cloud operations and infrastructure questions.
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Meerah Rajavel
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer · Palo Alto Networks
Leading the global IT team at Palo Alto Networks is how Meerah Rajavel describes the Chief Information Officer role held there since 2022. Board roles include Neythri.org (since 2025), Health Alliance Plan's Audit & Governance Committee (2022–2024) and JFrog's Compensation Committee (2021–2023), plus the Board of Advisors at TruU, Inc. (2019–2023). Rajavel is the call on IT transformation at Palo Alto Networks.
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Mike Anderson
LinkedInExperience: Chief Digital & Information Officer · Netskope
At Netskope, Mike Anderson is Chief Digital & Information Officer (since 2021), and Anderson is also a Board Member at NinjaOne (since 2024). Advisory roles include the Cloud Security Alliance CxO Trust Advisory Council (since 2021), the Greylock Partners CIO Advisory Board (since 2018) and the Kleiner Perkins Innovators Network (since 2023). Anderson names digital and AI leadership as focus areas.
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Praniti Lakhwara
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer · Zscaler
Zscaler's Chief Information Officer since 2021, Praniti Lakhwara has also been a Member Board of Directors (NYSE BFH) at Bread Financial since 2024. Earlier roles were Chief Information Officer at Conga (2017–2021), VP, IT CIO at Nimble Storage (2015–2017) and Sr. Director, Applications and Integration at Guidewire Software (2013–2015). Lakhwara suits CIO questions at a cloud security company.
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Sruti Permalla
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director IT - AI Center of Excellence & PLG · SentinelOne
The AI Center of Excellence for Enterprise Applications at SentinelOne is headed by Sruti Permalla, Senior Director IT - AI Center of Excellence & PLG there since 2026. Palo Alto Networks roles include a Director, Strategy & Transformation role (2022–2026), Principal IT Product Manager, Enterprise Apps - Go-to-Market (Channels Marketplaces) in 2021–2023 and a Senior IT Product Manager role (2020–2021). Permalla is the pick for AI in enterprise applications and go-to-market systems.
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Choose the right perspective
For CIO-level strategy at a security company, Praniti Lakhwara, Meerah Rajavel, Mike Anderson and Abbas Faiq are the senior voices. Lorenzo Orsatti and Matt Riddle fit infrastructure, cloud and DevOps questions, Sruti Permalla AI in enterprise applications, Jon Lusky and Kfir Ashkenazi questions on combining IT and security at a growing company, and Deanna Panthi change and vulnerability management.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a security company's own IT team use, or avoid using, the products the company sells?
- 02What changes when the head of IT also carries the CISO or enterprise security role at a growing company?
- 03Which enterprise applications get AI features first inside a security company, and how is data access controlled?
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