Harold Rivas named Chief Information Security Officer at Absolute Security

Absolute Security announced Harold Rivas as its new CISO. Prior to Absolute, Rivas served as CISO at Trellix, loanDepot, Santander Consumer USA, and Mr. Cooper.

According to the release, Rivas will oversee global cybersecurity and information technology at Absolute Security, covering threat management, security operations, cyber risk and compliance, and security for products and services.

The release says Rivas has more than two decades of experience in the cybersecurity industry. Trellix also names Fujitsu America among the companies where he previously held CISO roles. According to Trellix, Rivas earlier led global cybersecurity programs at Citigroup. The release says his work has included navigating complex government regulations, helping to fuel growth and contributing to the development of cybersecurity legislation.

According to the company, Western Governors University awarded Rivas both a Bachelor of Science in Business Management and an MBA. Trellix says he maintains several industry certifications, among them the Certified Information Systems Security Professional credential, or CISSP. He is a member of the FBI's InfraGard and an active public speaker, according to Trellix.

According to the company, Absolute Persistence, a patented technology built into endpoint device firmware, powers the Absolute Cyber Resilience Platform. The company says the platform uses real-time telemetry from endpoint device fleets to detect risk, remediate disruptions and recover devices and network connections to a secure state. Absolute says thousands of global enterprise customers use these capabilities and that, through partnerships with device manufacturers, it is embedded in firmware on 600 million endpoints.