Jadee Hanson named Chief Information Security Officer at Vanta

Vanta announced the appointment of Jadee Hanson as Chief Information Security Officer, among a set of leadership milestones for the trust management platform. Hanson previously served as CISO and CIO at Code42.

Business Wire reports that Hanson oversees Privacy, Security, Enterprise Engineering, and Governance, Risk and Compliance at Vanta, reporting directly to Vanta’s CEO Christina Cacioppo. According to the release, Hanson followed Chief Financial Officer David Eckstein and Chief Product Officer Jeremy Epling as the latest executive to join the leadership team over the past year. The blog says the combined organization covers privacy, governance, risk and compliance, security engineering and operations, and information technology.

During seven years at Code42, Hanson led technology and security strategy and oversaw the Enterprise Engineering, GRC, Security Operations, Detection and Response, and Application Security teams, the release says. Business Wire reports that before Code42, Hanson spent over seven years in senior leadership roles within the security department of Target Corporation. At Target Corporation, she served as security leader for the Target Pharmacies sale to CVS Health and for acquisitions of online retail and software development companies. Before joining Target, Hanson spent nearly five years at Deloitte as a security consultant to companies in retail, energy, manufacturing, technology, healthcare and other industries, the release says. The release says Hanson is often featured on security topics in Inc. Magazine, Forbes and the Wall Street Journal. According to the release, Hanson was, at the time of the announcement, founder and CEO of Building Without Borders, a non-profit organization serving poverty-stricken areas around the world through housing services.

Vanta was founded in 2018, has offices in Sydney, San Francisco, New York and Dublin, and has customers in 58 countries, according to the release. Business Wire reports that Vanta said it surpassed $100M in ARR in FY ‘24, which ended January 31, 2024. That release says Vanta added about 900 customers per quarter and nearly doubled its global customer base over the year. Vanta's investors include Y Combinator, Sequoia and Craft Ventures, and it has raised $203 million in funding, Business Wire reports.