Lane Bess Appointed to be Executive Chairman of Deep Instinct

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SAN FRANCISCO, June 8 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

Today, Deep Instinct (http://www.deepinstinct.com/), the first company to apply

deep learning to cybersecurity, is pleased to announce the appointment of Lane

Bess to the new role of Executive Chairman of the Board.

Lane's background will lend extensive operational guidance. Having led in key

roles as CEO and President of Palo Alto Networks, Chief Operating Officer at

Zscaler and Executive VP at Trend Micro, Lane Bess brings a wealth of knowledge

on how to successfully scale in disruptive and competitive sectors of the

constantly changing security technology landscape.

Lane Bess joins Deep Instinct at a pivotal point in the company's development.

Through a recent round of funding with strategic investors, Deep Instinct will

focus on expansion and success in the U.S. and global markets aimed at

maintaining current momentum and accelerate growth. As Board Chairman, Bess

will be instrumental in defining go-to-market strategy while identifying new

partners and growth objectives.

Commenting on the appointment, Guy Caspi, CEO and Co-Founder of Deep Instinct

said, "We are fortunate to have someone with Lane's depth and breadth of

knowledge in the cybersecurity industry join us. We know that Lane's experience

will support the team in disrupting the end-point landscape."

Lane added "I am delighted to be joining Deep Instinct at this exciting stage

of its development. With its innovative technology and remarkable growth

potential, Deep Instinct is perfectly poised to help redefine how we prevent

threats at the end-point and mobile, and make their way deep into the

Enterprise network fabric. This is a very talented team and it will be a

privilege to contribute to their success."

About Deep Instinct

Deep Instinct is the first company to apply deep learning to cybersecurity.

Leveraging deep learning's predictive capabilities, Deep Instinct's on-device,

proactive solution protects against zero-day threats and APT attacks with

unmatched accuracy. Deep Instinct provides comprehensive defense that is

designed to protect against the most evasive unknown malware in real-time,

across an organization's endpoints, servers, and mobile devices. Deep

learning's capabilities of identifying malware from any data source results in

comprehensive protection on any device and operating system. Deep Instinct is

headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel and has North American offices in San

Francisco, CA. For more information about Deep Instinct, visit:

http://www.deepinstinct.com.

Press Contacts:

Deep Instinct

Maya Schirmann, +972-3-545-6600

media@deepinstinct.com

or

PAN Communications for Deep Instinct

Alexandra Evans, +1-617-502-4300

aevans@pancomm.com

SOURCE: Deep Instinct