Rahn Wakeley, Great Southern Bank’s chief information security officer (CISO), has left the bank to become chief technology security officer (CTSO) at security software company Qualys. Wakeley joined Qualys earlier this month, where he will focus on enabling clients and partners in Australia and New Zealand to obtain better results from Qualys solutions. The CTSO position at Qualys is a new one created as part of the company’s attempts to increase its local presence.
Wakeley is Qualys’ fourth regional CTSO, with three other CTSOs in London, Paris, and Milan. All four report to Allan Peters, the company’s chief revenue officer.
Wakeley that one of his new responsibilities would be to “help Qualys with in-depth knowledge and industry experience in the design of goods” for customers. “The second would be to spread Qualys’ vision and tactics… “The third goal is to be the ‘voice of the consumer’ within Qualys,” Wakeley explained. “It’s getting out there and talking to our customers and knowing where they are in their journeys, what we can do better, and what they are looking for, and afterward taking it back within Qualys and ensuring there’s a deep alignment.”
Wakeley stated that his many years of expertise “managing teams that develop, create, and run technological platforms” gave him “a degree of practical knowledge that I’d like to share with the next generation of individuals coming through.” “I’ve also spent many years working with Qualys tooling, so I’m a good fit for that kind of stuff.” “He stated. “I believe I provide client experience, a regional emphasis, and practicality.”
Wakeley worked at Great Southern Bank for two years. He announced his resignation on LinkedIn, claiming that “the time has come to move on to a new challenge.” Before joining Great Southern Bank, Wakeley was the CISO at TAL Australia. He previously held a variety of security-related responsibilities at AMP for 16 years, including group head of cyber security and identification for over four years.
Wakeley led the group’s use of ServiceNow to minimize security issue response times while at AMP.