Absolute announced the appointment of Steve Munford, an accomplished cybersecurity industry leader, as interim Chief Executive Officer. Absolute's former Chief Executive Officer, Geoff Haydon, resigned effective January 15, 2018 as both Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors, bringing to a close his role in the company's transformation into an emerging endpoint detection and response solution provider. Munford, who has a track record of guiding prominent cybersecurity brands, served as Sophos' CEO from 2006 to 2012.

He currently serves as a nonexecutive director at Sophos and chairman of Carbonite, as well as a number of other companies.