Trellix appoints industry veteran John Morgan as XDR general manager

U.S-based cybersecurity company Trellix on Wednesday announced the appointment of cybersecurity leader John Morgan as the general manager of its extended detection and response (XDR) platform.

XDR is an approach to threat detection and response that provides holistic protection against cyberattacks, unauthorized access and misuse. Coined by Nir Zuk, Palo Alto Networks CTO, in 2018, XDR breaks down traditional security silos to deliver detection and response across all data sources, including endpoints, workloads, users, and networks.

At Trellix, Morgan teams up with Trellix veteran Gareth Maclachlan, Network and Collaboration Security General Manager to strengthen the XDR portfolio.

“Each focused on the growth of their portfolios, they share a common goal of delivering the most value to Trellix customers in adopting the full Trellix cybersecurity suite. Both positions report directly to Trellix CEO Bryan Palma,” the company said in a statement.

“To accelerate our mission of revolutionizing security operations for our 40,000 global customers, Trellix is attracting world-class leaders to transform the business and drive results,” said Palma. “John and Gareth are partnering to increase our technology lead in the XDR market. Our customers are quickly adopting our XDR platform and accelerating innovation is the number one priority of engineering teams.”

Morgan brings over two-decades of experience in creating high-performing teams and industry-leading cybersecurity products. Prior to joining the company, Morgan served as the chief executive officer of cybersecurity company Confluera, General Manager of Security at F5, and the vice president of product and ecosystems at MobileIron.

A Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of California, US., Morgan said, “For the better part of two decades, I’ve been helping customers secure their networks, endpoints, data, applications, and mobile devices. Now, XDR is the present and future of cybersecurity."

In the last one year, Trellix has appointed a number of global heads to lead its various business units and expanded its global team. In September 2022, the California-based company appointed Kim Anstett as its new chief information officer (CIO) to head the overall execution of technology strategy to drive efficiency, flexibility and innovation across the business. In November 2022, Trellix appointed Sam Henderson as managing director of channels and alliances business for its Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) market.

In March 2023, the company appointed cybersecurity veteran Joseph Tal to the role of senior vice president for the Trellix Advanced Research Center and general manager for Trellix Israel. The new research unit was set up in September last year to help customers detect, respond and remediate real-time cybersecurity threats.

In April, Trellix has appointed Ash Parikh to the role of chief marketing officer., Trellix also elevated Mahipal Nair to the role of managing director for its India office. He joined the company in 2022 as the vice president and Head of Human Resources for India and Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) region.