Keith Anderson named Chief Information Security Officer at JetBlue

JetBlue appointed Keith Anderson as chief information security officer, reporting to the airline's chief digital and technology officer. Anderson joins from Warner Bros Discovery, where he held the same role, and will oversee the airline's information security program.

According to the release, the security program he oversees is meant to keep JetBlue's data, systems and other digital assets protected. The release says Anderson will be responsible for the strategies, policies and procedures intended to reduce information security risk and to detect and address new threats to JetBlue. A spokesperson for the airline told Cybersecurity Dive that Anderson formally joined the company on Wednesday.

The release says Anderson previously held security leadership roles at Citi, Goldman Sachs and AT&T. Cybersecurity Dive reports that his earlier security leadership roles also included one at Turner. According to the company, Anderson has a master's in management information systems from Stevens Institute of Technology and a master's in cybersecurity from New York University.

The release identifies JetBlue as a company listed on NASDAQ under the symbol JBLU. According to the release, JetBlue is a carrier in San Juan, Orlando, Los Angeles, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood and Boston. According to the release, the airline flies customers to more than 100 destinations in the United Kingdom, Canada, the Caribbean, Latin America and the United States.

Cybersecurity Dive reports that Anderson arrived at the airline while two antitrust cases remain under regulatory scrutiny. Cybersecurity Dive reports that Tim Rohrbaugh, the previous CISO at JetBlue, left the airline after three years, a stint that ended in late 2022.