What Happened?
Boulder, CO-based LogRhythm has Appointed Chris Petersen as Chief Technology Officer
About the Company
LogRhythm, a leader in security intelligence and analytics, empowers organizations around the globe to rapidly detect, respond to and neutralize damaging cyber threats. The company’s award-winning platform unifies next-generation SIEM, log management, network and endpoint forensics, and advanced security analytics. In addition to protecting customers from the risks associated with cyber threats, LogRhythm provides innovative compliance automation and assurance, and enhanced IT intelligence. LogRhythm is consistently recognized as a market leader. The company has been positioned as a Leader in Gartner’s SIEM Magic Quadrant report for three consecutive years, named a “Champion” in Info-Tech Research Group’s 2014-15 SIEM Vendor Landscape report and ranked Best-in-Class (No. 1) in DCIG’s 2014-15 SIEM Appliance Buyer’s Guide. In addition, LogRhythm has received Frost & Sullivan’s SIEM Global Market Penetration Leadership Award and been named a Top Workplace by the Denver Post. LogRhythm is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, with operations throughout North and South America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region.
About the Person
Chris Petersen cofounded LogRhythm in 2003 and serves as its Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and a member of the company’s Board of Directors. An industry thought leader and respected authority on cyber security, he is responsible for the technical direction and development of LogRhythm’s award-winning and patented security intelligence solutions. Petersen’s 20+ years of experience in cyber security and information assurance includes the development of the Price Waterhouse Enterprise Security Architecture System, leading an engineering group at Ernst & Young that produced one of the industry’s first managed security services and the leading information assurance portal, eSecurityOnline. He was instrumental in bringing to market Counterpane's Managed Security Service and led Product Marketing for the Dragon Intrusion Detection system at Enterasys, helping drive it to a market leading position. Petersen served as a faculty member for the Institute for Applied Network Security. He is a frequent speaker at information security conferences and an often quoted cyber security expert in a variety of media outlets. He holds a degree in Accounting/Information Systems from Colorado State University.
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