Leon Rishniw named Founding Chief Information Security Officer at 1Fort

1Fort, a cyber insurance technology company, announced that Leon Rishniw has joined its leadership team as founding Chief Information Security Officer. Rishniw was previously the first Head of Engineering at Coalition, a cyber insurance provider. In the role, he leads 1Fort's security initiatives and strategy.

According to the release, Rishniw also contributes to 1Fort's partnerships with retail brokerages, which help them automate and simplify the cyber insurance process for clients that are mid-to-large. In the release, Anthony Marshi, CEO of 1Fort, welcomed Rishniw to the team and cited his background in cyber insurance and security.

Before his time at Coalition, Rishniw held engineering leadership roles at security firms such as Qadium and Cloudmark, the release says. The release notes that Palo Alto Networks acquired Qadium in 2019, while ProofPoint acquired Cloudmark in 2017. At Coalition, the release says, he led development of what it describes as the first data-driven cyber insurance platform. According to the release, Rishniw has more than 25 years of engineering experience.

According to the release, 1Fort has venture backing and states its mission as fusing insurance and security to democratize cyber resilience. According to the release, 1Fort reached SOC 2 Type 2 compliance earlier in 2023, with no qualifications.

According to Coalition, it launched on January 1st, 2018, and grew at a compounded monthly rate of nearly 100% over that year. Coalition says its headcount grew from 12 people at the start of 2018 to nearly 40.