Month: November 2011
AVG lands veteran COO with strong international experience
Freemium endpoint security vendor AVG Technologies has announced the appointment of John Giamatteo as COO, reporting directly to JR Smith, CEO. Giamatteo replaces Clent Richardson who, according to AVG, decided to leave the company roughly two months ago, citing personal reasons, although Richardson did agree to stay onboard to help with the transition.
Coalfire begins Navis-gating the underserved ‘GRC lite’ sector
Founded in 2001, Louisville, Colorado-based Coalfire Systems has evolved past its IT audit and compliance consulting roots to introduce a new services-led IT governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) platform for the PCI Data Security Standard, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, HIPAA/HITECH, NERC CIP, Sarbanes-Oxley and FISMA-regulated industries. Called Coalfire Navis, the Web-based portal aims to provide all of the testing, documentation, reporting and technical support that organizations need to effectively maintain their compliance initiatives.