Joseph Bell

Forcepoint Global Governments and Critical Infrastructure announced the appointment of Joseph Bell as Chief Information Security Officer. Bell most recently served as senior director at Verisign for the company's information security and engineering teams. The appointment was part of a slate of five new executive hires following the newly independent business's formation.

According to the release, Bell's remit as CISO is to oversee the security posture of the business and to protect critical data while enabling innovation.

Bell brings two decades of experience in information security to the role, according to the release. According to the company, Bell has information and cybersecurity experience at both Verisign and Raytheon.

The release says TPG Capital acquired Forcepoint G2CI on October 2, 2023, and that under the agreement the company would be rebranded in early 2024. The release says Forcepoint G2CI is based in Herndon, Virginia, and has spent more than two decades on government challenges including data sharing in classified environments, remote work and insider risk. According to the release, the company provides multi-level user and data protection solutions to critical infrastructure organizations as well as defense, intelligence and civilian agencies. As an independent company, the release says, Forcepoint G2CI plans to expand its capabilities to serve commercial, critical infrastructure and global government customers.

The company says it has welcomed Trish Haney as Chief Financial Officer, James Wallace as Chief Legal Officer and Shaun Bierweiler as Chief Revenue Officer, as well as Bell as CISO.