Twistlock Announces Record Growth in 2018; Expands Leadership Team with New Executive Hires

PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Twistlock, the leader in container and cloud native security, today announced record 2018 performance. From January 2018 to December 2018, both year-over-year sales and total customer base of its cloud native security platform grew upwards of 250 percent.

The company also announced two strategic hires. Meghan Marks has joined the Twistlock leadership team as vice president of marketing. Marks will oversee global go-to-market activities as Twistlock continues to accelerate its worldwide growth in 2019 and beyond. Prior to joining Twistlock, Marks headed global demand marketing at Puppet, where she maintained a multi-year record of exceeding marketing targets and was recognized as one of CRN's 2018 "Women of the Channel" for her expansion of Puppet's indirect revenue programs.  Before Puppet, she held senior marketing roles at Siemens and Serena Software.

"I'm delighted to join Twistlock at such a pivotal time for the company and cybersecurity industry,"  said Meghan Marks, vice president of marketing, Twistlock. "The company is in a rapid phase of growth and its achievements in 2018 are proof that Twistlock is at the forefront of cybersecurity innovation. I look forward to leading marketing to empower our customers and partners on their cloud native security journey."

Rob Finn joins as vice president of International Sales and will be focused on leading International sales efforts (EMEA, APAC) and team. He will be based in in London. Finn was most recently was the vice president of EMEA Sales at Puppet in London and the first APAC employee for Puppet in Australia.

These strategic hires come on the heels of months of significant momentum for Twistlock.

Highlights from 2018 include:

• Announced $33 million in Series C Funding, led by ICONIQ Capital, bringing Twistlock's total funding to $63 million
• Added Fortune 500 customers including Verizon, Motorola and dozens more, Twistlock now protects eight of the top ten Fortune 500 companies
• Launched the Twistlock Advantage Program, a global reseller and technology partner network with over 100 participants
• Opened new offices in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, London, UK and Herzliya, Israel
• Twistlock Labs issued "Watching the Honeypots," its first biannual state of cloud native security report
• Twistlock Labs uncovered 8 CVEs against cloud native applications, a testament to Twistlock's commitment to including protection for real-world attack scenarios in the Twistlock Platform

"Twistlock's sustained growth, widespread customer adoption, and rapidly expanding partner network are a testament to the need for comprehensive cybersecurity in this new era of microservices, cloud native, and hybrid cloud," said Ben Bernstein, chief executive officer and co-founder. "Twistlock customers can trust our continued leadership in securing the applications of not just today — but for years to come."

About Twistlock
Trusted by 35% of the Fortune 100, Twistlock is the most complete, automated and scalable cloud native cybersecurity platform.  From precise, actionable vulnerability management to automatically deployed runtime protection and firewalls, Twistlock protects applications across the development lifecycle and into production. Purpose built for containers, serverless, and other leading technologies - Twistlock gives developers the speed they want, and CISOs the control they need. For more information, please visit www.twistlock.com.

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