REDWOOD CITY, Calif.,
Oct. 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global
interconnection and data center company, today announced the
appointment of Michael Montoya as
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), further bolstering the
company's commitment to security. In this role, Montoya is
responsible for leading Equinix's global cybersecurity risk
program. His responsibilities will include evolving the company's
information security program and defining the company's future
cybersecurity roadmap, enterprise risk management and compliance
programs. Montoya will work closely with Equinix's product
development, Operations, IT, compliance and business continuity
teams to help ensure the company has a world-class approach to
securing its global assets as well as providing the most secure
environment for customers.
Highlights/Key Facts
- Montoya has extensive experience overseeing global
cybersecurity programs and advising large enterprises, governments
and regulators across global markets.
- Montoya joins Equinix from Digital Realty where he recently
served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security
Officer.
- Prior to Digital Realty, Montoya held various leadership roles
at Microsoft including Chief Cybersecurity Advisor, where he led
security initiatives and operations for the development and
delivery of Microsoft cloud security products and services.
- Montoya also brings niche cloud security perspective from his
role as Vice President of Cloud Services at FireEye, where he led
cloud-security operations and designed the company's global data
center infrastructure to improve performance and security.
- Montoya has also held leadership positions at EMC Corporation
and Avanade Inc.
- Montoya earned a B.A. degree in Economics from the University of New Mexico, and holds various advisor
roles for early-stage security companies.
Quotes
- Milind Wagle, Chief
Information Officer, Equinix
"We are extremely pleased to
have Michael join our leadership team. Michael is a recognized
security leader with deep expertise in information security, risk
governance, data privacy and technology deployment. We are excited
about his vision stemming from his deep expertise in the security
field providing both operational leadership and strategic guidance
to enterprise organizations. At Equinix, security and data privacy
are key embedded tenets of our overall technology service delivery,
both for our internal employees as well as our customers. Michael's
leadership will further position us for continued success in this
domain."
- Michael Montoya, Chief
Information Security Officer, Equinix
"Equinix is a leader
helping the world to connect, protect and power their digital
transformation. The complexities surrounding cybersecurity continue
to evolve and increase in complexity. I am humbled by the
opportunity to join a technology leader and build upon all the
great work accomplished to help protect Equinix customers from the
rapidly changing challenges in cybersecurity and data
privacy."
About Equinix
Equinix,Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) connects the
world's leading businesses to their customers, employees and
partners inside the most-interconnected data centers. On this
global platform for digital business, companies come together
across more than 50 markets on five continents to reach everywhere,
interconnect everyone and integrate everything they need to create
their digital futures. www.Equinix.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release
contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from
expectations discussed in such forward-looking statements. Factors
that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to,
the challenges of acquiring, operating and constructing IBX data
centers and developing, deploying and delivering Equinix products
and solutions; unanticipated costs or difficulties relating to the
integration of companies we have acquired or will acquire into
Equinix; a failure to receive significant revenues from customers
in recently built out or acquired data centers; a failure to
complete any financing arrangements contemplated from time to time;
competition from existing and new competitors; the ability to
generate sufficient cash flow or otherwise obtain funds to repay
new or outstanding indebtedness; the loss or decline in business
from our key customers; risks related to our taxation as a REIT;
and other risks described from time to time in Equinix filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, see recent
Equinix quarterly and annual reports filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, copies of which are available upon request
from Equinix. Equinix does not assume any obligation to update the
forward-looking information contained in this press
release.
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