Jawahar Sivasankaran Joins Appgate as President, COO

Secure access solutions provider Appgate has tapped Jawahar Sivasankaran as president and chief operating officer.

Sivasankaran will lead growth strategy and oversee all go-to-market business operations, including sales, marketing, professional services and customer success. He will report to CEO Barry Field.

“The world is experiencing an escalating cybersecurity crisis with legacy security defenses continuing to fail, leading many forward-thinking organizations to move toward a Zero Trust strategy,” Sivasankaran said. “Appgate is a definitive leader in identity and context-centric solutions grounded in Zero Trust. I’m excited to be collaborating with some of the industry’s best minds.”

With over 23 years of experience in cybersecurity sales and technology, Sivasankaran brings a track record of leadership in large security businesses, with a focus on scaling software-as-a-service-based offerings.

Prior to joining Appgate, Sivasankaran led global security sales at Splunk. Prior to that, he held various senior positions at security giant Cisco.

“Market momentum is fully behind the Zero Trust movement as more organizations realize that traditional network security solutions aren’t fit for the job,” Field said. “With these strong tailwinds, the timing is ideal to bring in talent of Jawahar’s caliber to further propel Appgate’s growth.”