Adam Dimopoulos named Chief Information Security Officer at Entrust

Entrust appointed Adam Dimopoulos as Chief Information Security Officer, responsible for the company's security posture and resilience. He joins from Synchrony, where he was Vice President of Information Security leading identity security and Zero Trust programs, and previously held leadership and advisory roles at Microsoft and Gartner.

According to the Entrust release, Dimopoulos will focus on customer trust, the protection of critical systems and data, and support for secure innovation and business growth.

According to the release, Dimopoulos has more than 20 years of experience heading risk management, identity and global information security programs in highly regulated enterprises. The company adds that his work has spanned technology transformations, identity security and enterprise security in highly regulated industries. Entrust says the enterprise-wide identity security and Zero Trust work Dimopoulos led at Synchrony produced measurable improvements in operational resilience and risk reduction for the business and its customers. In his roles at Microsoft and Gartner, the company says, Dimopoulos partnered with organizations to advance security strategy, products and execution at scale.

Dimopoulos said in the release that he has viewed identity security from both sides, having helped build platforms and products and having been accountable for the outcomes.

According to the company, its ongoing monitoring supports compliance and safeguards certificates, secrets and keys. The company says it serves customers in over 150 countries and has a global partner network. At the time of the announcement, Business Wire listed the headquarters of Entrust as Minneapolis, Minnesota, with 3000 employees and Tony Ball as CEO.