Industry veteran brings over two decades of cybersecurity and cloud technology expertise to accelerate Prowler's growth and innovation in cloud security
SUNNYVALE, CA / ACCESSWIRE / December 17, 2024 / Prowler, the leading Open Cloud Security platform, today announced the appointment of Rajiv Taori as its first Chief Operating Officer. Taori brings more than 20 years of experience in building and scaling successful technology businesses, with deep expertise in cybersecurity, cloud services, and enterprise software.
"Prowler is opening the black box of cloud security by combining the transparency of open source with the power of a community-driven platform," said Jon Sakoda, Founding Partner at Decibel VC. "Rajiv's experience building cloud-scale security solutions at AWS and SentinelOne makes him uniquely positioned to accelerate Prowler's growth. His deep understanding of cloud security will be instrumental in building on Prowler's strong foundation and market leadership."
Prior to joining Prowler, Taori served as General Manager of SentinelOne Data Lake, where he led go-to-market strategy and execution for enterprise and government cybersecurity solutions. Before SentinelOne, he held key product leadership positions at Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he launched and scaled several critical services based on open source, including OpenSearch and OpenTelemetry.
"Rajiv's exceptional track record in building and scaling cloud and security businesses makes him the ideal leader to help drive Prowler's next phase of growth," said Toni de la Fuente, Founder and CEO of Prowler. "His deep technical expertise, business acumen, and proven success in delivering value to enterprise customers will be invaluable as we continue to drive innovation in open cloud security."
"I am thrilled to join Prowler at this pivotal moment in the company's journey," said Taori. "Organizations today face unprecedented challenges in securing their cloud infrastructure while maintaining operational efficiency. Prowler's unique approach to customizable, community-driven, multi-cloud cloud security perfectly addresses these challenges, and I look forward to working with the team to scale our impact and innovation in the market."
Taori's appointment follows Prowler's recent launch of Prowler 5 at AWS re:Invent 2024, which marked a significant milestone in the company's evolution. The new release transforms Prowler into a unified multi-cloud security platform, offering comprehensive protection across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Kubernetes. With over 1,000 security controls and dozens of remediation options, Prowler 5.0 represents the company's commitment to providing enterprise-grade security solutions while maintaining the flexibility and transparency of open-source software.
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About Prowler
Incorporated in 2023, Prowler has evolved from a command-line auditing tool into a comprehensive multi-cloud security platform trusted by organizations worldwide. As an open-source project with more than 10 million downloads, 10,000 GitHub Stars and 300 active contributors, Prowler is dedicated to providing accessible and powerful security solutions that help organizations safeguard their cloud environments across AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes. Trusted by teams at AWS, Salesforce, Tesla, Okta and Redhat, Prowler is the de facto open cloud security standard. With a global team spread across Spain, the US, and the UK, Prowler continues to innovate and respond to the evolving needs of the cloud security community. Learn more at www.prowler.com.
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