Clayton C. Peddy named Chief Information Security Officer at ABBYY

ABBYY hired Clayton C. Peddy as its CISO to lead the company's infosec initiatives. He has over two decades of experience and previously held security leadership roles at OutSystems and Citrix.

ABBYY says that as CISO, Peddy leads information security across the company's global operations and products. ABBYY says Peddy drives both the ABBYY Trust Center and the secure development of lifecycle frameworks. ABBYY says the Trust Center is the public home for its commitments to privacy, confidentiality, transparency and ethical AI. The company says he speaks on the privacy, security and compliance questions enterprises face when adopting AI, and explains to customers how their data is stored, used and collected.

SecurityWeek reports that his experience covers software development, digital transformation and architecture consulting as well as cybersecurity. According to the release, Peddy is a published author and a speaker in the technology and cybersecurity sectors. The release says Peddy has held the post of Computer Science Industry Board Member for California State University, Chico.

SecurityWeek describes ABBYY as a company working in intelligent document processing. The release says ABBYY transforms data from business-critical documents into intelligent actionable outcomes in real time and in over 200 languages. According to the release, more than 10,000 companies around the world use ABBYY, including many of the Fortune 500. ABBYY has offices in 12 countries and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA, according to the release.

Business Wire listed Ulf Persson as the CEO of ABBYY at the time of the announcement and stated that the company had 500 employees. The release says ABBYY recently obtained ISO 27001:2013 and ISO 9001:2015 certifications. Arsenal Women Football Club has ABBYY as its Official Intelligent Automation Partner, according to the release.