Ping Identity®, the leader of Identity Defined Security, today announced the appointment of Robb Reck as chief information security officer. Reck brings extensive experience in the cloud, mobile security and financial services industries to Ping Identity. He will reinforce and scale the company's security initiatives by managing Ping Identity’s infrastructure, accelerating new services and offerings, and expanding the team to meet current and future requirements, ensuring Ping Identity builds and runs the most secure and reliable software and on-demand services.

“As the leader in enterprise Identity and Access Management, Ping Identity has always delivered customers secure and high-quality solutions. With cloud adoption on the rise, we’ve reached a pivotal moment in terms of market opportunity, and require an accomplished leader to ensure our company’s compliance in the changing global marketplace,” said Andre Durand, CEO, Ping Identity. “Robb’s proven leadership experience will help us further secure our own IT infrastructure and intellectual property as we meet the surging customer demand for the Ping’s Identity Defined Security Platform.”

A seasoned information security executive, Reck has a successful track record of managing and building information security programs across a range of industries. Most recently, he served as VP and CISO at a leading financial services company, Pulte Financial Services. In addition to his numerous security roles, Reck has held leadership positions with the Information Systems Security Association and currently serves as president of the Denver chapter. He regularly speaks at industry events including RSA and The Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit.

“Ping Identity has an exciting vision for placing identity at the center of the security infrastructure, and is widely recognized for its constant innovation and a reputation as a great place to work,” said Reck. “I look forward to enhancing the company’s security posture as we grow and capture the cloud Identity and Access Management market.”

This appointment comes on the heels of strong business and customer growth for the company, which protects more than one billion identities worldwide. Fifty percent of the Fortune 100, one-quarter of the Fortune 500 and the largest brands in financial services, healthcare and other highly regulated industries are Ping Identity customers.

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Ping Identity is the leader in Identity Defined Security for the borderless enterprise, allowing employees, customers and partners access to the applications they need. Protecting over one billion identities worldwide, the company ensures the right people access the right things, securely and seamlessly. More than half of the Fortune 100, including Boeing, Cisco, Disney, GE, Kraft Foods, TIAA-CREF and Walgreens, trust Ping Identity to solve modern enterprise security challenges created by their use of cloud, mobile, APIs and IoT. Visit www.pingidentity.com.

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