James Scobey named Chief Information Security Officer at Keeper Security

Keeper Security appointed James Scobey as its Chief Information Security Officer. Scobey previously served as CISO at the SEC since 2022, and prior to that held roles including President and CEO of SigmaCyber and CTO and Assistant Director of Cybersecurity Operations at the SEC.

The release says Scobey is the first Chief Information Security Officer at Keeper Security. The release says Scobey will lead global cybersecurity strategy for the company, keeping company data protected and reinforcing defenses against emerging cyber threats.

Scobey's experience spans almost three decades of roles in cybersecurity, information technology and leadership across the private and public sectors, according to the release. The release says Scobey oversaw zero-trust principles being implemented at the SEC to modernize the agency's cybersecurity defenses. Scobey earlier worked at MITRE, a federally funded research and development organization, as Cyber Performance Systems Engineer and Principal Systems Engineer, the company's author page says. Keeper Security says Scobey has also held leadership and engineering roles at SMS Data Products Group, By Light Professional IT Services, USmax Corporation, Federal Data Systems and S2i2. According to the release, George Washington University awarded Scobey his Master of Engineering in Cybersecurity Policy & Compliance. The University of Maryland Global Campus granted him a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and a Master of Business Administration, the company says.

The release says Keeper's end-to-end encryption model holds FedRAMP Moderate Authorization, ISO 27001, 27017 and 27018 certifications and over 10 years of SOC 2 compliance. The release adds that the company's cloud infrastructure is certified to over 325 security and enhancement controls aligned with NIST guidelines.