About Us

AppSec Phoenix was established to provide an effective all-in-one security solution for application developers and businesses. With our easy-use platform, we’ve simplified a notoriously complex problem faced by many companies, small and large, working in the finance field and beyond

Our vision

Our vision is to make application security Simple & Inclusive for all. We developed AppSec Phoenix with several key

AppSec phoenix aims:

To enable quantification of security risk and impact in application security
MTo maximise the Return on Investment (ROI) of development time invested in fixing vulnerabilities
To minimise the time required for fixing security issues
To allow developers to prioritise vulnerabilities by highlighting which are most harmful

Our Mission

Our mission at Security Phoenix is to enable risk quantification in the application security, providing simple metrics and information within one easy-to-use dashboard. Ultimately, we intend to enable CISOs to answer the following questions confidently:

Is our organization at risk?

Is our software secure?

How much is the return on investment for security?

How can we fix or avoid security issues going forward?

Our Leadership team

Francesco Cipollone
Founder & CEO Security Phoenix
Francesco is a seasoned entrepreneur, renowned in the tech industry and recognised for his visionary views in the cybersecurity space. Francesco is a published author and a keynote speaker, having presented at national and international conferences.
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Alfonso Eusebio
Chief Technology Officer
Alfonso brings the experience of running international teams for multi-million and technologically advanced projects for Telefónica, IBM and Vodafone. Previously, Alfonso has worked with the likes of DELL/EMC, Yahoo and Intershop.

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Alexander (Sandy) Wynd
Chief Financial Officer
Alexander (Sandy) is a seasoned financial and operational officer at Security AppSec Phoenix. Alexander joined KPMG in Hong Kong after a brilliant 35- year career in business and risk roles in HSBC

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Cameron Johnson
Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)
Cameron is a seasoned commercial leader in startups & SME’s, with a track record of business from idea to exit. Cameron is a passionate startupper and has worked closely with FTSE & Fortune CISOs at Barclays, TSB, KMPG, Hargreaves Lansdown, Computacenter, Wells Fargo
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Berlinda Kugara
PMO
Berlinda is a seasoned product and business analyst with keen eye for client priorities and a strong grip on the roadmap

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Dr Stylianos Kampakis
Chief Data Scientist/AI
Dr Stylianos (Stelios) Kampakis is an expert data scientist with more than ten years of experience in AI and data science. A natural polymath, Dr Kampakis has a PhD in Machine Learning and degrees in Artificial Intelligence, Statistics, and Psychology.
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Advisory Team

Jane Frankland

SC Media, BlackHat, InSecurity Movement

Jane Frankland

SC Media, BlackHat, InSecurity Movement

Jane brings diversity a strong entrepreneurial perspective and a great overview of the security industry. Jane Brings the Network, industry knowledge and awareness to the board
Jane brings the diversity factor to the board Jane has also exited the first startup and brings that positive experience

Andrew Peterson

CEO Signal Science (Aquired by Fastly)

Andrew Peterson

CEO Signal Science (Aquired by Fastly)

Purchased for 700M by Fastly

Andrew Brings to the table the network of VC and startup experience Andrew operates in a similar space as Security Phoenix and that brings validation

Robert Rodger

CISO Butterfield Group ex OWASP Board

Robert Rodger

CISO Butterfield Group ex OWASP Board

HSBC CISO, Bank of Scotland

Robert brings the knowledge of OWASP and application to the board Robert also brings an in-depth view of the CISO Challenges Robert brings the financial services background and the knowledge to the board

Pierre Betouin

CEO & Founder Sqreen (Acquired by Datadog)

Pierre Betouin

CEO & Founder Sqreen (Acquired by Datadog)

Pierre is the co-founder and CEO of Sqreen, a cyber security company providing an automated SaaS solution to protect web-based applications with no traffic redirection or code modification.

Previously Pierre spent 9 years at Apple, where he led the team in charge of security assessments for the Internet Services department, hacking products and designing protection.

Vandana Verma

IBM Security Architect, Global BoD OWASP

Vandana Verma

IBM Security Architect, Global BoD OWASP

OWASP Board, Infosec Girls, Multi Award winner

Cyber Security Woman of the Year Award 2020 Global cybersecurity influencer among IFSEC Top Influencers inSecurity and Fire 2019, Cybersecurity Women of the year award by Women Cyberjutsu Society OWASP and Product vision Knowledge and diversity Open-source project and OWASP collaboration.

Xabi Errotabehere

CTO Cloud Conformity Acquired by Trend Micro

Xabi Errotabehere

CTO Cloud Conformity Acquired by Trend Micro

Xabi has more than 20 years of experience building world-class digital products. He co-founded Cloud Conformity, a CSPM (Cloud Security Posture Management) tool, and took the company in a high-growth mode before being acquired by Trend Micro in 2019

Xabi is a technology enthusiast with over 20 years of experience in design and technology. He loves bringing product design, user experience, software engineering, and cloud system architecture together to bring world-class, functional, and usable products live. He recently co-founded Cloud Conformity, a leading Cloud Security Posture Management SaaS tool, in Australia and expanded it in Montreal to reach hundreds of customers worldwide. The company has been acquired by Trend Micro 4 years after its inception. He is equally passionate about start-ups, investments, and maximizing human potential.

Ronald Edding

Palo Alto, Demisto, Manager Security Arch Marqueta

Chris Cochran

Netflix, Director of Sec Engineering Marqueta

Jane Murdoch

CISO, Global Infosec Manager Uniliver, Cybersecurity Senior Manager Capgemini

Jane Murdoch

CISO, Global Infosec Manager Uniliver, Cybersecurity Senior Manager Capgemini

Jane is a highly experienced and highly motivated Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), with 20+ years experience developing and delivering Cybersecurity services to major verticals utilising a best practice approach across global regulatory requirements. An excellent communicator, skilled in building effective long term relationships with CxO senior stakeholders, driving business benefits, managing consumer expectations and building/leading and motivating global Cybersecurity teams in high pressure environments. Possessing an excellent work ethic, drive to achieve and having the adaptability and capability required to deliver consistently high quality results in the challenging and fast moving digitally connected world.

Tinesh Chhaya

Founder Decipher Cyber, Forbes Tech Council, Cybersecurity Director Fujitsu

Tinesh Chhaya

Founder Decipher Cyber, Forbes Tech Council, Cybersecurity Director Fujitsu

A 15-year corporate employee, who left the security blanket of employment, to become an entrepreneur and build multiple start-ups within a few years.

Tinesh now sits on the board of many startups within Cyber, EdTech, Social Tech and advises on startup, survival and growth.

Tinesh's own companies are now gaining some super traction and already making a real difference in Cyber industry, however, this has come with some seriously hard life lessons that entrepreneurs do not often talk about.

Haydn Brooks

CEO RiskLedger, Forbes 30 under 30, Deloitte, KPMG, Mentor Cylon Labs

Haydn Brooks

CEO RiskLedger, Forbes 30 under 30, Deloitte, KPMG, Mentor Cylon Labs

Gorbes 30 under 30
Haydn brings the startup experience to the board Risk ledger is a startup well consolidated and growing

Rob Newby

Founder Procord, CISO for Smart DCC, Admiral, Aviva, Vodafone

Rob Newby

Founder Procord, CISO for Smart DCC, Admiral, Aviva, Vodafone

Robert is the Founder and CEO of Procord a cybersecurity risk management platform focus on GRC.
CISO and Board Cyber Security coach/mentor with extensive Information Security and Risk Management experience, leading security strategy, GRC and security management. 25 years of professional experience characterised by strong collaborative leadership of Information Technology Security in Telecoms and Finance environments. A confident and articulate communicator who can relate complex issues using simple models and reporting on KPIs and KRIs. As a problem solver for UK and EMEA boards, I have returned failing programmes and projects to the critical path, including setting up and developing multiple lines of defence in parallel, defining and delivering measurable business value.

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