Dennis Dayman

Chief Information Security Officer

2023 - Current

Code42 is the leader in data loss protection, visibility and recovery solutions. Native to the cloud, the Code42 Next-Gen Data Loss Protection solution rapidly detects insider threats, satisfies regulatory compliance requirements and speeds incident response — all without lengthy deployments, complex policy management or blocks on user collaboration. Security, IT and compliance professionals can protect endpoint and cloud data from loss, leak and theft while maintaining an open and collaborative culture for employees. Founded in 2001, more than 50,000 organizations worldwide, including the most recognized brands in business and education, rely on Code42 to safeguard their ideas. The company is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and backed by Accel Partners, JMI Equity, NEA and Split Rock Partners.

Chair - Policy Subcommittee

2020

Chair the Policy Subcommittee that provides written guidance on best practices to ensure the effective implementation of privacy requirements for information sharing across the DHS enterprise

Appointed Advisor to the Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee

2018

Appointed by DHS Secretary Nielsen to the Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee that provides input to DHS on programmatic, policy, operational, administrative and technical issues that relate to personal identifiable information, as well as data integrity and other privacy-related matters.

Bolster Ambassador

2022

Bolster is an on-demand executive talent marketplace that helps accelerate companies’ growth by connecting them with experienced, highly vetted executives for interim, fractional, advisory, project-based, or board roles. Bolster also provides on-demand executives with software and services to help them manage their careers as independent consultants and provides startup and scaleup CEOs with software and content to help them assess, benchmark, and diversify their leadership teams and boards.

Venture Partner

2020

Associate Producer

2017

Pioneers in Skirts (https://www.pioneersinskirts.com/) is an inspiring story of young women with pioneering ambitions for their careers - and the obstacles that get in their way. Following stories of the women navigating these challenges now, the film focuses on how we as individuals can take action to overcome these biases and setbacks for today's woman and the next.

Partner

2020

Bluewater International is a growth management firm that specializes in the rapid scaling of businesses in the cybersecurity and information risk markets. Bluewater works with partners to develop market-leading technologies and create winning go-to-market strategies in order to solve critical organizational risk issues. Bluewater’s experienced team works directly with executive and board leadership to break through growth plateaus related to expansion. Our senior-level executives have decades of hands-on experience in the cybersecurity, information risk, identity management, homeland security, intelligence and defense arenas. Partner companies gain credibility and reputation through the vast network of Bluewater’s leadership across government, financial services, healthcare, energy cybersecurity and technology risk sectors. Further, Bluewater International’s expertise in operational effectiveness, strategy, go-to-market, finance, investment, executive coaching, product and service road maps and intellectual property is fully integrated into our practices in order to ensure success for our partners.

Partner, Investor, Mentor

2018

Mentor

2013

Chairman of the Board

2014 - 2023

Resident Chief Information Security Officer

2022 - 2023

Support the pursuit of 'people-centric security' which I firmly believe is the most crucial aspect of compliance for firms today. Work with both customers and prospects to help build visibility and actionable strategies to place people at the heart of effective compliance and defenses. • Support and advance Proofpoint’s CISO Customer Council. • Drive Proofpoint’s people-centric security vision, strategy and initiatives. • Act as key spokesperson for media and press engagements. • Guide C-level executives to build better security programs within their organizations. • Develop customer relationships through regular CISO one to one meetings, to engage and offer advice on their cybersecurity and data protection strategies & tactics. • Build the Proofpoint brand by contributing to whitepapers, cybersecurity research, provide thought leadership, insights, and ideas via industry conference speaking engagements, executive briefings, round tables and webinars targeted towards customers, prospects, and the global CISO community. • Attend and participate in industry associations to promote Proofpoint’s standing and capabilities. • Train sales leaders on engaging senior level executives using the language of business, risk and maturity. • Whiteboarding Zero-Trust initiatives (and other security strategies) with customers. • Help build visibility and actionable strategies to place people at the heart of effective security defenses. • Adding to our advisory services here at Proofpoint, sharing and discussing thought leadership with our clients, and help monitor industry trends that support and augment our customer CISO community. • Serve as an extension of our customers’ CISO teams and the thought leadership and knowledge we bring is a value add on that allows operational CISOs to focus ‘heads down’ into the companies they represent without having to worry about other factors that we can assist them with.