Barracuda Networks Inc., a provider of cloud-enabled security solutions, announced that Hatem Naguib has been appointed chief executive officer and to its board of directors. He has been the company’s chief operating officer since December 2018.
“Hatem has been instrumental in the successful cloud transformation of Barracuda over the past few years through his vision and thought leadership for Barracuda’s leading security solutions and by continually expanding its operational capabilities to meet the security challenges faced by businesses and institutions today,” said Chip Virnig, a partner at Thoma Bravo.
“Barracuda has never been in a stronger position to take advantage of the opportunities ahead of us and our sales momentum is increasing each month,” Naguib said. “We are experiencing strong growth in the number of multi-product customers who are using our Zero Trust Access, cloud-to-cloud backup, web application firewalls, and CloudGen firewall solutions to protect their businesses from increasingly frequent, targeted and sophisticated cyberattacks.
“Barracuda’s integrated and leading security platform offers our MSPs and customers a holistic approach to solve the diverse security challenges they are facing. I am honored to lead the company forward at such a pivotal and exciting time in its journey,” he added.
William “BJ” Jenkins, who had been Barracuda’s CEO and a member of its board of directors since November 2012, will continue serving on the Barracuda board.
