Expansion of Management Team Signals PhishMe’s Commitment to Privacy, Compliance and Ethics
Leesburg, VA – November 10, 2016 – PhishMe, a global provider of phishing defense and intelligence solutions for the enterprise, announced today it has expanded its senior leadership team and appointed Shane McGee as general counsel & chief privacy officer. McGee will be responsible for all of PhishMe’s legal affairs, acting as a strategic business partner and providing advice and oversight in several areas including privacy, compliance and ethics.
“PhishMe is growing and maturing as a company and we’re excited to welcome someone to the team with experience as extensive and impressive as Shane’s,” said Rohyt Belani, CEO of PhishMe. “This addition to the management team is the next step in our continuing growth and ongoing commitment to protect our company and customers globally.”
McGee joins PhishMe from FireEye where he was chief privacy officer and vice president of policy and managed the company’s global privacy program. He also led FireEye’s government affairs team, whose aim was to promote security policy changes around the world to safeguard against the increasing amount of cyberattacks from hackers and state-sponsored actors. He will now bring this expertise to PhishMe to continue those efforts and help lead the way in cracking down on phishing and malware scams, most notably ransomware, which has recently become the top cybercrime.
“In our digital world, cybersecurity is one of the fastest growing market sectors today, and PhishMe is in a position to make a real difference in the business community,” said McGee. “By joining PhishMe, a global leader in cybersecurity, I now have the unique opportunity to work with more than half of the Fortune 100 companies in their efforts to avoid and mitigate the damage done by cyberattacks.”
For nearly 20 years, McGee has been a practicing attorney focusing on data privacy and security law. He served as Mandiant’s General Counsel in charge of handling legal and government affairs for the company, and negotiated and finalized the sale of Mandiant to FireEye for more than $1 billion. Prior to joining Mandiant, McGee was a partner with SNR Denton (now Dentons) a large international law firm, where he was chair of the firm’s U.S.-based Data Protection Group.
Over the course of his career, McGee has counseled some of the world’s largest technology companies on privacy, compliance and security issues. He has represented several clients in privacy-related FTC inquiries, counseled clients on transactions involving large volumes of consumer data, and joined litigation teams on cases involving technology rights and advanced electronic discovery issues. Before going into law, McGee was programmer, consultant and instructor, and remains a Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP).
About PhishMe
PhishMe is the leading provider of human-focused phishing defense solutions for organizations concerned about their susceptibility to today’s top attack vector — spear phishing. PhishMe’s intelligence-driven platform turns employees into an active line of defense by enabling them to identify, report, and mitigate spear phishing, malware, and drive-by threats. Our open approach ensures that PhishMe integrates easily into the security technology stack, demonstrating measurable results to help inform an organization’s security decision making process. PhishMe’s customers include the defense industrial base, energy, financial services, healthcare, and manufacturing industries, as well as other Global 1000 entities that understand changing user security behavior will improve security, aid incident response, and reduce the risk of compromise.
