Randolph Barr named Chief Information Security Officer at Cequence Security

Cequence Security announced the appointment of Randolph Barr as Chief Information Security Officer. Barr previously served as CISO at several major companies including Zoom, Qualys, and WebEx.

Barr says he plans to build on the internal security program foundation at Cequence and enhance it for customers in different regions and industries, according to the release.

According to the release, Barr brings more than 20 years of experience in cybersecurity, IT and risk management. The company says Barr has also held a key leadership role at InterVenn Biosciences. The company says that over his career Barr has led incident response efforts, advised executive leaders, and identified and addressed security gaps. The release says Barr has helped organizations achieve third-party attestations and security certifications. The company says Barr holds a CISSP certification and dual bachelor's degrees in business administration and computer science. The company says Barr has also completed advanced studies in artificial intelligence at UC Berkeley.

According to the company, Cequence works in API security and bot management and offers Unified API Protection, combining protection, compliance and discovery for internal, external and third-party APIs. The company says its deployment model supports hybrid, on-premises and SaaS installations, and that APIs can be onboarded in under 15 minutes. According to the company, Cequence safeguards more than 10 billion API transactions daily and defends over $10 trillion in assets for Fortune and Global 500 enterprises.