Christie Terrill named Chief Information Security Officer at Bishop Fox

Bishop Fox, an offensive security firm, announced the establishment of the company's first Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Technology Officer roles, naming Christie Terrill as CISO. Terrill is a 14-year veteran of the company who most recently led its Delivery Excellence function. She previously worked in technology consulting roles with Accenture and Ernst & Young.

According to the company's profile of her, Terrill leads the internal security strategy and program at Bishop Fox. Terrill will report to CEO Vinnie Liu, as will Symanski, according to the release.

Terrill's experience in security and technology services spans more than 20 years, the release says. According to the release, her Delivery Excellence work aimed at maintaining high quality in the company's services and maximizing client value. The release says her roles have always been client-facing, including delivering security strategy and embedded security program services and defining the scope of services. Before becoming CISO, Terrill took part in the multi-year process of completing two industry certifications for secure information management, according to the release.

According to the release, Bishop Fox recently completed ISO/IEC 27001 Type 2 certification and SOC 2 Type 2 Security Trust Services Criteria. The release says Bishop Fox's offensive security solutions range from red teaming, attack surface management and continuous penetration testing to cloud, application and product security assessments. Bishop Fox says it has worked with half of the Fortune 10 and more than 25% of the Fortune 100 to improve their security.

Bishop Fox says Terrill joined Tom Eston, its VP of Consulting & Cosmos, to lead a discussion on offensive security strategies for preventing a cyber incident and for the aftermath of a cyber attack.