Robb Reck named Chief Trust and Security Officer at Pax8

Pax8 announced the appointment of Robb Reck as Chief Trust and Security Officer. Reck will work to advance the security measures of the Pax8 Marketplace and report to Chief Technology Officer Scott Chasin. He most recently served as Chief Trust Officer at Red Canary and previously was Chief Information Security Officer at Ping Identity.

According to the release, Reck will ensure that Pax8 maintains the trust of vendors, customers and managed service providers. Chasin said, according to the company, that Reck would take the helm of security and compliance at Pax8. According to the release, Chasin cited Reck's leadership in developing and implementing security strategies and in communicating a culture of trust with partners.

According to the release, Reck brings 25 years of experience in the IT space to Pax8. The release says that before Pax8, Reck led security operations at several enterprises in the banking, software and financial services sectors. Reck was CISO at Ping Identity through its Initial Public Offering, having held the post since the company's venture capital period, according to the release. The release says Reck cofounded Colorado = Security in 2017, a community serving over 2500 information security professionals in Colorado.

Pax8 describes itself as a cloud marketplace where IT professionals buy, sell and manage technology solutions. According to the company, it has cloud-enabled over 300,000 enterprises through its channel partners and handles one million transactions each month.