Global cybersecurity provider Forcepoint announced that Allan Alford joined the company as chief information security officer.
With more than 25 year of IT and security experience, Alford joined Forcepoint from Pearson, where he was product and business information security officer. Prior to that, he held various IT and security positions at Polycom, where he served most recently as CISO.
“The security industry is at an inflection point, where customers and vendors must partner to build solutions that can bring visibility to risky behavior or abnormal data usage as the means to stop headline-grabbing data breaches,” said Meerah Rajavel, chief information officer, Forcepoint. “Allan understands that a new paradigm must be applied to people, process and technology to adequately address these emerging security threats.”
Alford is currently pursuing a master’s degree in information systems and security from Our Lady of the Lake University. He received a bachelor’s degree with a focus on leadership from DePaul University.
