NEWS
Mimecast
commits
to GDPR
compliance for
customers
Infoblox appoints Brad Bell as
Chief Information Officer
Brad Bell is the
newly appointed
CIO at Infoblox
Marc French, Chief Trust Officer and Data
Protection Officer (DPO), Mimecast
M
imecast Limited, a leading email and
data security company, has announced
its commitment to helping customers
comply with the General Data Protection
Regulation (GDPR), a new European privacy
regulation due to take effect on May 25
this year. As part of this commitment,
Mimecast recently announced that Marc
French has joined the leadership team
as the company’s Chief Trust Officer and
Data Protection Officer (DPO), driving the
company’s efforts to support GDPR.
Mimecast provides additional GDPR-related
assurances in its contracts with impacted
customers who have personal data of EU
residents. The regulations impact African
companies that deal with European data.
The added controls that GDPR gives to
individuals over how their personal data is
used impacts organisations globally, as it
imposes new obligations on companies and
government agencies that market, track, or
handle the personal data of EU residents.
Organisations must have appropriate
technology and processes in place to help
secure the data and manage live and
archived copies meticulously. Hefty penalties
can be levied against those organisations
that don’t comply. Mimecast is committed
to GDPR compliance across its solutions
and products when enforcement of the
law comes into effect. Mimecast’s portfolio
of robust, cloud-based, cyber-resilience
services for email can help its customers with
strategies for GDPR compliance.
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INTELLIGENTCIO
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nfoblox Inc, the network control
company that provides Actionable
Network Intelligence, has announced
that it has appointed Brad Bell as chief
information officer (CIO) of Infoblox.
Bell will report to Infoblox president and
chief executive officer Jesper Andersen.
He will be responsible for all aspects of the
company’s global information technology
strategy, services, and operations.
A key initative will be leading Infoblox’s
IT business transformation strategy and
adopting a SaaS based business model.
This involves moving internal and external
functions and applications to the cloud
in order to create operational efficiencies
and accelerate the ability to bring new
offerings to market.
“Brad is an innovator and chief architect
with excellent business instincts,”
said Andersen. “He is a strategic
technologist with a collaborative and
transparent management style. As we
transform our business for the future,
it’s important that we have an IT leader
positioned to protect our information
technology and accelerate our growth
around the world. I am confident he
will lead Infoblox to the next level in
becoming a SaaS focused organisation.”
Bell is a veteran technology executive with
over 25 years of experience leading global
organisations in the high-tech industry.
www.intelligentcio.com