HPE: cloud cybersecurity expert to join board

(CercleFinance.com) - The CEO and co-founder of cloud cybersecurity company CrowdStrike has been appointed as a member of Hewlett Packard Enterprise's board of directors, effective immediately, the IT company said on Tuesday.


Prior to founding CrowdStrike in 2011, George Kurtz had been the chief technology officer of anti-virus software company McAfee.

Before joining McAfee, Kurtz founded information security company Foundstone, which McAfee acquired in 2004.

Kurtz will bring his technical expertise across cloud, AI, big data and cybersecurity, all of which being HPE's top priorities at the moment, the group said.

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