Amanda Fennell

Prove Identity appointed Amanda Fennell as Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Information Officer. Fennell previously served as CISO and CIO at Relativity. She had earlier worked in digital forensics and cybersecurity at companies including Symantec, Dell SecureWorks and Booz Allen Hamilton.

Rodger Desai, Chief Executive Officer of Prove, tied the hire to the company's continued growth of its global operations, according to the release.

The release says Fennell brings more than twenty years of experience in the security industry to the role. Dark Reading says Fennell joined Relativity as CSO in 2018, and her responsibilities grew to take in the CIO role in 2021. At Relativity, according to Dark Reading, she built and supported the company's information technology and directed security strategy for risk management and compliance practices. She also hosted Relativity's Security Sandbox podcast, which set out to explore how non-security items relate to the security realm, the release says. According to Relativity, the company helps the legal and compliance world securely solve complex data problems, and Fennell served there as chief security officer and chief information officer.

Dark Reading says she served at Zurich Insurance Company as global head of cyber response and digital forensics before joining Relativity. Dark Reading says her earlier management and consulting positions included roles at Guidance Software, Booz Allen Hamilton, Dell SecureWorks and Symantec. Fennell received a Master's in Forensic Science from the George Washington University, with digital forensics as her field, Dark Reading reports. According to the release, Fennell also taught cybersecurity at Tulane University as an adjunct professor at the time of the announcement.

According to the release, Prove's solutions cover passive cryptographic authentication and phone-centric identity tokenization. According to the company, more than 1,000 enterprise customers use its platform, processing 20 billion customer requests each year in industries such as payments, banking, healthcare and crypto.