WALTHAM, MA--(Marketwired - Oct 29, 2013) - CounterTack, a pioneer in embedding real-time threat detection into endpoint operating systems for unprecedented visibility around targeted attacks, today announced it named company co-founder Stan Eramia as senior vice president, customer experience and support. Eramia's appointment comes on the heels of CounterTack's Series B funding round of $12 million led by Goldman Sachs and Fairhaven Capital, and represents the company's continued global momentum in the endpoint threat detection and response market.
Eramia will be responsible for CounterTack's customer experience initiatives worldwide, including expansion of the organization's support division, growth of its customer community programs and management of strategic partnerships. A co-founder of CounterTack, Eramia helped develop the company's product vision and build its world-class development team. A veteran of the financial services industry having served in leadership roles with JonesTrading Institutional Services, NASDAQ and TIAA-CREF, he now turns his attention to driving the client side of CounterTack's business.
"Stan has been central to CounterTack's success -- he is a driving force for customer adoption, retention and growth," said Neal Creighton, CEO, CounterTack. "As CounterTack's business scales domestically and abroad, Stan's leadership will play a critical role in our customers' success."
"We measure our success by the success of our customers," said Eramia, "and we have a unique opportunity in today's threat landscape to tip the balance of power in their favor. I look forward to working with our customers to enable this vision worldwide and keep them ahead of today's motivated and persistent attackers."
About CounterTack
CounterTack is revolutionizing security by bringing real-time attack detection and forensics to the endpoint, rendering traditional endpoint security obsolete with Sentinel, shortening the gap between detection and infection for enterprise organizations. By actively engaging attackers, CounterTack helps organizations dramatically reduce the dwell time of advanced, persistent adversaries and the damage they can cause. Through blazing-fast detection, real-time attack capture and automated intelligence, CounterTack provides unparalleled visibility into malicious behavior, enabling organizations to make smarter decisions on countering known and unknown threats to protect their business.
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