Alfredo Hickman named Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Kai

Agentic AI cybersecurity platform Kai appointed Alfredo Hickman as CISO. Hickman most recently served as CISO at Obsidian Security and previously led Rackspace Managed Security's product engineering.

According to the company, Hickman is responsible for overseeing the security of the systems and data at Kai, while strengthening customer trust as it scales. The release says he will lead work to develop a security program that is designed for the machine-speed era. Kai also says Hickman will operate its agentic AI platform inside the company's own environment, helping to mature, shape and stress-test it in real time.

The company says Hickman has nearly 20 years of cybersecurity leadership experience across military service, national security and the private sector. At Rackspace Managed Security, the release says, Hickman helped to build a global managed security services business, and he architected offerings such as managed detection and response with AWS, Google and Microsoft as partners. SecurityWeek reports that his earlier career included various roles at the US Department of Defense and at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Kai says Hickman also founded SystemsSec, a cybersecurity consultancy, and was a United States Marine Corps infantry sergeant.

According to the company, Kai was founded by the creators of Claroty and SecurityMatters. The release says the appointment follows Kai's recent emergence from stealth, with funding of $125 million.