Zero-trust and zero-knowledge cybersecurity software provider Keeper Security appointed James Scobey as CISO. Scobey joins Keeper from the U.S. SEC, where he served as CISO since 2022. His experience encompasses nearly three decades of cybersecurity, IT and leadership roles across the public and private sectors.
With the SEC, Scobey oversaw implementation of zero-trust principles to modernize the agency’s cybersecurity defense, driving the shift to an identity and data-centric security model while setting an example for other federal agencies and financial institutions. The progress made under Scobey highlights the importance of evolving cybersecurity strategies to counter increasingly sophisticated threats, and reinforces the SEC’s role in safeguarding national financial systems and data.
Scobey’s hiring represents a significant investment in ensuring the security of Keeper’s operations as it expands its offerings in the federal market, including advancing toward FedRAMP High and IL certifications. As Keeper Security’s first CISO, Scobey will lead the company’s global cybersecurity strategy, ensuring the continued protection of company data and reinforcing the organization’s defenses against emerging cyber threats.
Previously, Scobey was president and CEO of SigmaCyber, CTO and assistant director of cybersecurity operations with the SEC and principal systems engineer and cyber performance systems engineer with MITRE. Scobey has also filled leadership and engineering roles for S2i2, Federal Data Systems, USmax, By Light Professional IT Services and SMS Data Products Group.
“I’m thrilled to join Keeper Security at this important time for cybersecurity,” said Scobey. “We live in an increasingly dangerous world. As threats to personal, corporate and federal identities continue to evolve and expand, it’s more important than ever to defend identities and secrets throughout their lifecycle and deny threat actors access to our most sensitive information. I look forward to leveraging my experience to further strengthen Keeper’s innovative solutions and help our customers safeguard their most valuable digital assets.”
“We are excited to welcome James to the expanding Keeper Security leadership team,” said Darren Guccione, the CEO and co-founder of Keeper Security. “His impressive experience and expertise will be instrumental in enhancing our internal security framework as we continue to strengthen our leadership position across Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Privileged Access Management (PAM) markets.”
“With the expansion of Keeper’s platform further into the enterprise and public sectors, we’re excited to add a world-class CISO to our team,” said Keeper co-founder and CTO, Craig Lurey. “James’ strategic guidance will play a pivotal role in ensuring Keeper’s internal cybersecurity standards, policies and compliance remain as robust and industry-leading as the solutions we provide to our customers.”
