Target CISO Brad Maiorino Joins Onapsis Board of Directors

Onapsis, the global experts in SAP and Oracle enterprise application security, has appointed Brad Maiorino, CISO, Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) to its Board of Directors.

As the CISO of Target, Maiorino brings extensive security expertise to Onapsis. Prior to joining Target he served as Chief Information Security and Information Technology Risk Officer at General Motors (NYSE: GM), where his responsibilities included leading the transformation of General Motors' global information security and IT risk organization. Prior to General Motors, he was the CISO for General Electric (NYSE: GE). There he oversaw GE’s global information security program across all lines of business and led the design and build of the GE Cyber Security Fusion Center, a state-of-the-art security operations center.

Enterprise applications running on SAP and Oracle include enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), human capital management (HCM), business intelligence (BI) and supply chain management (SCM) often house some of an organization’s most valuable data and support mission-critical business processes.

“Enterprise application security has become one of the key initiatives to stem the tide of cyber attacks that threaten intellectual property and shareholder value,” said Brad Maiorino, CISO, Target. “Onapsis is the first to develop a solution to help Global 2000 organizations identify vulnerabilities in their most important business processes and data stored in enterprise applications. I am looking forward to working with the Onapsis team to help guide their technology and business strategy.”

“As one of the most respected and sought-after CISOs, I am deeply honored that Brad has chosen Onapsis as his first Board of Director appointment at a cybersecurity company. His experience in implementing long-term, proven security strategies will help us continue to deliver best-in-class SAP and Oracle enterprise application security solutions,” said Mariano Nunez, co-Founder and CEO, Onapsis. “His perspective will bring a unique value to Onapsis and help guide our technology and business strategy as well as expand the growing network of leading companies that already rely on Onapsis to protect their most critical business assets.”

About Onapsis

Onapsis provides the most comprehensive solutions for securing SAP and Oracle enterprise applications. As the leading experts in SAP and Oracle cybersecurity, Onapsis enables security and audit teams to have visibility, confidence and control of advanced threats, cyber risks and compliance gaps affecting their enterprise applications.

Headquartered in Boston, Onapsis serves over 180 Global 2000 customers, including 10 top retailers, 20 top energy firms and 20 top manufacturers. Onapsis’ solutions are also the de-facto standard for leading consulting and audit firms such as Accenture, IBM, Deloitte, E&Y, KPMG and PwC.

Onapsis solutions include the Onapsis Security Platform, which is the most widely used SAP-certified cybersecurity solution in the market. Unlike generic security products, Onapsis’ context-aware solutions deliver both preventative vulnerability and compliance controls, as well as real-time detection and incident response capabilities to reduce risks affecting critical business processes and data. Through open interfaces, the platform can be integrated with leading SIEM, GRC and network security products, seamlessly incorporating enterprise applications into existing vulnerability, risk and incident response management programs.

These solutions are powered by the Onapsis Research Labs which continuously provide leading intelligence on security threats affecting SAP and Oracle enterprise applications. Experts of the Onapsis Research Labs were the first to lecture on SAP cyber attacks and have uncovered and helped fix hundreds of security vulnerabilities to date affecting SAP Business Suite, SAP HANA, SAP Cloud and SAP Mobile applications, as well as Oracle JD Edwards and Oracle E-Business Suite platforms.

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