New chapter for InfoTrust as Keith Buckley comes on board as CEO
As InfoTrust approaches its 7th anniversary, we are excited to announce significant changes as we grow our foothold in the cybersecurity market and look ahead to future expansion. Co-founders Dane Meah and Simon McKay will be stepping into Board positions while welcoming a new CEO, Keith Buckley to run the day-to-day operations and fuel the next stage of growth.
Buckley brings with him several decades of experience in the technology sector for companies including Dell, Symantec, McAfee, Riverbed and most recently Citrix, with a strong track record of taking established businesses to the next level.
InfoTrust was founded in 2014 in Sydney by Dane Meah and Simon McKay in response to an increasing need for organisations to remain protected from cybercrime. We work with clients in Australia and New Zealand, providing consultation and security technologies to help them become secure and more productive. InfoTrust works with over 350 organisations, including Tier 1 banks, insurers, federal government and energy providers.
Over the past year, we’ve seen strong growth in its core business, but has also found time to develop a new SaaS Security Platform called MyCISO. MyCISO helps organisations assess, improve and manage their security maturity program.
Meah comments, “We’re so proud of what we have achieved in the past seven years, it’s been really rewarding to see InfoTrust grow and support so many organisations to increase their security in the face of ever-changing threats. We have had strong growth over the past 12 months despite COVID challenges, and we’re bringing in senior, high performing professionals in every position. Keith has been on the advisory board for a few years and brought tremendous value, so it feels like a natural step to hand over operations to him. The opportunity to bring in someone of Keith’s calibre doesn’t come along very often – we’re very excited to see Keith step into this role and take InfoTrust to new heights”.
Meanwhile, Dane Meah will be stepping in to take the helm at SaaS startup, MyCISO, whilst Simon McKay will continue to provide executive leadership across both organisations. Meah comments “There’s an enormous opportunity in Australia and around the world to make effective cybersecurity maturity accessible to all. We’ve got the platform to a point where dedicated leadership and focus is needed and I’m excited to be taking this role.”
Buckley comments, “InfoTrust is an exciting business that I’ve admired for a long time, I’m honoured that Dane and Simon have given me the opportunity to take InfoTrust to the next level. Cyber-attacks continue to disrupt business operations, hurting productivity, brand and bottom line, and it’s our mission at InfoTrust to assist our customers to remain safe and secure.”
InfoTrust has also appointed Troy Vanderplas as Business Services Manager, having built up significant experience working in operations over the past decade, including in the Armed Forces and within NSW Government. Meah comments, “Troy brings strong business acumen with a detailed analytical mindset, that will help us improve how we operate and deliver our customers a great experience”.
see our
Related resources
Faced with a range of challenges from emerging cybersecurity threats to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Not-For-Profit Organisations in particular, are being tested on how they deal with the evolving threat landscape. The Salvation Army’s recent implementation of InfoTrust’s Incident Response Retainer Services prompted Justin Flower, InfoTrust’s Southern Region – General Manager to interview<
Salvation Army has augmented its cybersecurity capabilities by investing in InfoTrust’s Incident Response Retainer Services. This service supports the Salvation Army security team in responding to cyber incidents, reducing the potential risk of damage and breaches. InfoTrust’s consultants assist in finding the root cause of a security incident, provide containment and subsequent remediation advice.
Following on from Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison’s announcement the morning of Friday 19th June. InfoTrust has provided advice to media outlets and the general public on what they, and Australian businesses, can be doing to protect themselves against cyber attacks. Although this is not new information to many organisations, who generally have a good understanding of the cyber threats they face. The key message from the announcement was that the increased frequency, and sophistication of these attacks from a state-sponsored actor against the Australian government and businesses is of concern. The advice from the Government is to ensure you remain vigilant and cautious of any digital communication and interaction online.
I’m excited to announce that InfoTrust has been awarded Netskope’s Emerging Partner of the year 2019.
Each year Netskope awards this to partners that deliver not only consistent customer growth but also leverage the breadth of Netskope’s solution to create ground-breaking services.
“InfoTrust has demonstrated significant customer success, solution innovation, speed to market and deployment, and innovative go-to-market strategies. The fluid nature of cloud services and user flexibility in accessing and working with customer data has resulted in massive security challenges for the enterprise. This requires new approaches and best practices — two things core to InfoTrust’s success” – Reno Maglitto, A/NZ Director of Channel & Alliances at Netskope.
We’re excited to announce that last month InfoTrust achieved CREST certified status.
The Council of Registered Ethical Security Testers (CREST) is a non-profit organisation, which assesses and certifies that an individual or business is providing security assurance services of exemplary quality, with deep understanding and knowledge of the latest vulnerabilities and techniques used by real attackers.
Although we have employed CREST certified individuals for some time now, this is an exciting step for InfoTrust as it is an additional certification achieved by utilising best-practice methodologies and the highest standards of test hygiene and conduct.
I’m excited to be attending tonights awards ceremony where InfoTrust have been nominated as a finalist (in the Customer Value category) at the 2019 ARN Innovation Awards.
This recognition is particularly sweet for the InfoTrust team; a validation of the relentless focus we have towards Customer Value, or as we prefer to call it, “Customer Love”. From our inception, the focus has always been on driving customer value through an engagement model we refer to as “The InfoTrust Way”.
We're Here To Help