Attivo Networks CEO and leadership

Carolyn holds the roles of Chief Security Advocate and CMO at Attivo Networks. She is a high-impact technology executive with over 30 years of experience in building new markets and successful enterprise infrastructure companies. She has a demonstrated track record of effectively taking companies from pre-IPO through to multi-billion-dollar sales and has held leadership positions at Cisco, Juniper Networks, Nimble Storage, Riverbed, and Seagate. Carolyn is recognized as a global thought leader in technology trends and for building strategies that connect technology with customers to solve difficult operations, digitalization, and security challenges. Her current focus is on breach risk mitigation by teaching organizations how to shift from a prevention-based cybersecurity infrastructure to one of an active security defense based on the adoption of deception technology.

Carolyn is an active evangelist, blogger, byline contributor, and speaker on industry trends and security innovation. She has spoken at industry events around the world, has been a guest on Fox News, has been profiled by the San Jose Mercury News, and has received many industry recognitions including Top 25 Women in Cybersecurity 2019 by Cyber Defense Magazine, Reboot Leadership Honoree (CIO/C-Suite) 2018 by SC Media, Marketing Hall of Femme Honoree 2018 by DMN, Business Woman of the Year 2018 by CEO Today Magazine, Cyber Security Marketer of the Year 2020 by CyberDojo (RSA), and for 9 years a Power Woman by Everything Channel (CRN). Additionally, Carolyn serves as an Advisory Board Member for the Santa Clara University Executive MBA program and co-authored the book Deception-based Threat Detection, Shifting Power to the Defenders.

Jilbert Washten is Attivo Networks Chief Financial Officer. He is responsible for all financial aspects of the company including negotiations in acquisitions on both the buyer and seller sides of transactions and the management of all of the company’s financial operations. He brings over 20 years of broad-based experience in finance and corporate accounting. Most recently, he served as Chief Financial Officer at Ascentis Corporation, where he played a key role in the company’s rapid growth and successful sale. Jilbert also served as Vice President of Finance for Cloudmark, Inc, a privately held venture-backed messaging security company. Prior to Cloudmark, he held various finance leadership positions in high technology and managed service provider companies. He holds a bachelor’s degree from California Polytechnic State University – San Luis Obispo, with an emphasis in Economics and International Management.

Tony Cole is the CTO at Attivo Networks, the leader in the Cyber Deception space working to deceive, detect, and defend enterprises from cyber-attacks.

Prior to joining Attivo Networks, Mr. Cole held executive positions at FireEye, McAfee and Symantec. He’s retired from the U.S. Army, where he worked in intelligence, communications, cryptography, around the world including building out the Network Security Services at the Pentagon.

He previously advised Wall Street on security technology and was on the advisory board for Secure Elements prior to its sale to Fortinet. Mr. Cole has served on the US President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee’s IoT security subcommittee. He also served on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council (CSRIC-V). Mr. Cole served previously on the Board of Directors for Silent Circle, and today serves on Bayshore Networks Advisory Board. In 2017, he was elected by (ISC)² constituents to serve on their Board of Directors and was also appointed by the NASA Administrator to the NASA Advisory Council (NAC). He is a former president of the Information Systems Security Association -District of Columbia.

Mr. Cole speaks at security conferences across the globe such as the G20, RSA Conference, World Economic Forum, Munich Security Conference, CyberTech, and has been a contributing author to the SANS Institutes’ publications and classes. He’s been featured online and on TV and radio, such as CNN, BBC, Politico, the Hill, Washington Business Journal, ABC, USA Today, and the Washington Times.

In 2014, he received the Government Computer News Industry IT Executive of the Year award, and in 2015 he was inducted into the Wash 100 by Executive Mosaic as one of the most influential executives impacting Government. In 2018 he was awarded the Reboot Leadership Influencer Award by SC Media. Mr. Cole is also a volunteer member of the WhiteHat USA Board, a charity benefiting Children’s National Medical Center. He has a bachelor’s degree in computer networking and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

Carolyn holds the roles of Chief Security Advocate and CMO at Attivo Networks. She is a high-impact technology executive with over 30 years of experience in building new markets and successful enterprise infrastructure companies. She has a demonstrated track record of effectively taking companies from pre-IPO through to multi-billion-dollar sales and has held leadership positions at Cisco, Juniper Networks, Nimble Storage, Riverbed, and Seagate. Carolyn is recognized as a global thought leader in technology trends and for building strategies that connect technology with customers to solve difficult operations, digitalization, and security challenges. Her current focus is on breach risk mitigation by teaching organizations how to shift from a prevention-based cybersecurity infrastructure to one of an active security defense based on the adoption of deception technology.

Carolyn is an active evangelist, blogger, byline contributor, and speaker on industry trends and security innovation. She has spoken at industry events around the world, has been a guest on Fox News, has been profiled by the San Jose Mercury News, and has received many industry recognitions including Top 25 Women in Cybersecurity 2019 by Cyber Defense Magazine, Reboot Leadership Honoree (CIO/C-Suite) 2018 by SC Media, Marketing Hall of Femme Honoree 2018 by DMN, Business Woman of the Year 2018 by CEO Today Magazine, Cyber Security Marketer of the Year 2020 by CyberDojo (RSA), and for 9 years a Power Woman by Everything Channel (CRN). Additionally, Carolyn serves as an Advisory Board Member for the Santa Clara University Executive MBA program and co-authored the book Deception-based Threat Detection, Shifting Power to the Defenders.

Jilbert Washten is Attivo Networks Chief Financial Officer. He is responsible for all financial aspects of the company including negotiations in acquisitions on both the buyer and seller sides of transactions and the management of all of the company’s financial operations. He brings over 20 years of broad-based experience in finance and corporate accounting. Most recently, he served as Chief Financial Officer at Ascentis Corporation, where he played a key role in the company’s rapid growth and successful sale. Jilbert also served as Vice President of Finance for Cloudmark, Inc, a privately held venture-backed messaging security company. Prior to Cloudmark, he held various finance leadership positions in high technology and managed service provider companies. He holds a bachelor’s degree from California Polytechnic State University – San Luis Obispo, with an emphasis in Economics and International Management.

Tony Cole is the CTO at Attivo Networks, the leader in the Cyber Deception space working to deceive, detect, and defend enterprises from cyber-attacks.

Prior to joining Attivo Networks, Mr. Cole held executive positions at FireEye, McAfee and Symantec. He’s retired from the U.S. Army, where he worked in intelligence, communications, cryptography, around the world including building out the Network Security Services at the Pentagon.

He previously advised Wall Street on security technology and was on the advisory board for Secure Elements prior to its sale to Fortinet. Mr. Cole has served on the US President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee’s IoT security subcommittee. He also served on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council (CSRIC-V). Mr. Cole served previously on the Board of Directors for Silent Circle, and today serves on Bayshore Networks Advisory Board. In 2017, he was elected by (ISC)² constituents to serve on their Board of Directors and was also appointed by the NASA Administrator to the NASA Advisory Council (NAC). He is a former president of the Information Systems Security Association -District of Columbia.

Mr. Cole speaks at security conferences across the globe such as the G20, RSA Conference, World Economic Forum, Munich Security Conference, CyberTech, and has been a contributing author to the SANS Institutes’ publications and classes. He’s been featured online and on TV and radio, such as CNN, BBC, Politico, the Hill, Washington Business Journal, ABC, USA Today, and the Washington Times.

In 2014, he received the Government Computer News Industry IT Executive of the Year award, and in 2015 he was inducted into the Wash 100 by Executive Mosaic as one of the most influential executives impacting Government. In 2018 he was awarded the Reboot Leadership Influencer Award by SC Media. Mr. Cole is also a volunteer member of the WhiteHat USA Board, a charity benefiting Children’s National Medical Center. He has a bachelor’s degree in computer networking and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).