Mesh Security Appoints Five Leaders in the Security Industry to Join the Strategic Advisory Board
Advisors from Zscaler, Ivanti, Sapiens, AMINA Bank, and Forrester in zero-trust research will provide guidance on product priorities against the backdrop of expanded attacks using proxies and non-human identities in AI.
Palo Alto, California, November 9, 2026 / PRNewswire / -- Security teams usually don't lack tools; what they often lack is a connected context: that is, a clear understanding of how identities, assets, exposure surfaces, and control measures combine to form viable attack paths.
Mesh Security announces that today, five leading figures in cybersecurity have joined its Strategic Advisory Board: the on-site expert from Zscaler; CISO from Ivanti who also serves as the Deputy Chief Legal Advisor Jack Nelson; CISO Guy Avnor from Sapiens; former AMINA Bank CISO Jeff Schiemann; and Dr, the creator of the Forrester Zero Trust Extension framework. Chase Cunningham.
The company stated that these consultants collectively possess expertise in areas including cloud security, enterprise software, insurtech, regulated banking, and zero-trust strategies. They will provide a practitioner's perspective on reporting and decision-making at the board level, considering the product priorities of Mesh, corporate adoption, and the expansion of corporate attack surfaces through AI proxies and non-human identities.
Mesh Security CEO and Co-Founder Netanel ( Neo ) Azoulay stated: "Security tools are generally effective within their designed purposes, but attackers can move across the boundaries between these tools. Yiannis , Jack , Guy , Jeff , and Chase provide operational and strategic perspectives, helping us to show the team which approaches are truly exploitable and offering clear evidence for action to security leaders."
About Consultants
Yiannis Vassiliades is currently the on-site CISO for Zscaler, with nearly 30 years of experience in network security. He previously served as the Chief Product Officer for Ostrich Cyber to Risk and helped establish and expand the MDR business of Sophos.
Jack Nelson currently serves as the CISO Deputy Chief Legal Advisor to Ivanti, with responsibilities spanning cybersecurity, corporate risk management, and legal strategy.
Guy Avnor serves as the CISO for Sapiens, responsible for the information security of this global insurance software provider.
Jeff Schiemann was formerly in charge of CISO under the supervision of FINMA, and made it to the final list of the 2025 Swiss CISO awards.
Dr. Chase Cunningham is widely known as " Dr. Zero Trust ". He previously served as the Vice President and Chief Analyst of Forrester Research and developed the ZTX framework for that company. He is also a retired chief cryptotechnician from the United States Navy.
The consultants serve in a personal capacity. The corporate affiliations mentioned in the text are used solely for identification purposes.
About Mesh Security
Mesh Security is a unified intelligence layer for enterprise security teams. As organizations expand across cloud, SaaS, on-premises deployment, and AI environments, security data becomes scattered across disparate tools. Mesh connects the tools that teams are already using, without the need for proxies, linking cross-domain signals and revealing potential attack paths to the organization's most critical assets. It can also inventory, detect, and respond to AI proxies, non-human identities, and MCP connections.
According to Mesh, their platform is the world's first network security grid architecture (CSMA) platform, which can provide context that a single tool cannot offer to security teams. Teams can prioritize addressing the most critical vulnerabilities through guided repair workflows and reduce risks without replacing the existing security technology stack. For more information, see https :// mesh.security.
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