New CEO for Sophos

Sophos has named Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC) veteran Kris Hagerman as CEO, succeeding Steve Munford. Hagerman, also a Corel veteran, joins Sophos as the anti-virus, endpoint security and unified threat management (UTM) company pushes into mobile device management and cloud encryption services.

Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: PeopleSecurity software vendor Sophos has appointed Ashley Wearne as general manager for the ANZ region.

Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: PeopleSecurity service provider FireEye has appointed former McAfee CEO David DeWalt as its chief executive officer.

Sophos Global Channel Chief Steve Hale has decided to exit the endpoint security company, trusted sources told The VAR Guy. The apparent reason: Hale is located on the U.S. west coast, while the core Sophos executive team continues to expand on the U.S. east coast and in Europe. Hale is exiting as Sophos kicks off its new fiscal year.

Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: MobilityThere's a growing amount of malware aimed at Android devices. Sophos has joined the defensive team by offering a free security app for the increasingly popular mobile OS.

Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: PeopleSecurity vendor WatchGuard Technologies has appointed Patrick Devlin as ANZ country manager.

Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: PeopleThe Symantec board has dropped long serving executive Enrique Salem from his dual positions as president and CEO, appointing chairman Steve Bennett as his successor.

Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: PeopleMcAfee has promoted its former Asia Pacific regional president Steve Redman to the role of executive vice president of global sales, and hired Penny Baldwin as executive vice president and chief marketing officer.

Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: EnterpriseA new release of the Sophos Mobile Control mobile device management software is intended to help businesses deal with BYOD.

Mobile device management (MDM) software is becoming increasingly common as IT and security administrators seek to apply equivalent governance to mobile devices and traditional desktops/notebooks. The growing use of person