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Assaf Keren

Company

PayPal Holdings

Title

CISO, VP Enterprise Cyber Security

Fortune 500 Rank

148

Biographical Info

Chief Information Security Officer with extensive experience overseeing all aspects of a global security product and service delivery organization globally. Well-developed skills providing strategic leadership for a division responsible for providing PayPal Security by building security products, managing security infrastructure, and providing a variety of security services. Dedicated leader with outstanding communication skills and a proven track record of success overseeing incident response and management, escalation of security events, vulnerability scanning, and security defect management. Cybersecurity Leadership: Background includes extensive Cybersecurity Leadership experience. Founded and sold 2 Cybersecurity companies, served as the Head of Security Product Management for Verint, and served as Chief Information Security Officer for the Israeli e-Government Division (Ministry of Finance). Security Operations Expansion: Extensive experience maturing security operations capabilities. As Director, Head of Cybersecurity Operations at PayPal, successfully built a 24/7 Security Operations Center. Delivery of Security Outcomes: Demonstrated ability to identify and integrate new technologies that improve Security Integrity. At PayPal, successfully drove new capabilities in Vulnerability Management, Access Management, Integrity, and Cryptography.

City

Scottsdale

State

Arizona,

Date Joined Company

4/20/2015

Date started as CISO

1/17/2022