NetSPI appoints Sridhar Jayanthi as Interim CPTO

NetSPI, a U.S.-headquartered cybersecurity company with its corporate office in Pune, announced the appointment of Sridhar Jayanthi as its interim Chief Product and Technology Officer. Jayanthi’s extensive experience in cybersecurity product leadership will be instrumental in advancing NetSPI’s PTaaS Platform and reinforcing its commitment to proactive security.

The company specialises in Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS). NetSPI’s PTaaS Platform is used by global enterprises to identify, prioritize, and remediate vulnerabilities through continuous penetration testing and expert-driven insights.

"This is a pivotal moment for NetSPI and our clients,” said Aaron Shilts, President & CEO of NetSPI. “Sridhar’s expertise and proven ability to scale technology organisations will play a key role in enhancing the proactive security solutions we offer our clients. Together, we’ll help security teams build digital resilience and stay competitive against the constant challenges they’re facing today."

Jayanthi brings a distinguished background in driving security innovation and has a deep background in building global cybersecurity engineering organizations. He spent more than 11 years at McAfee, now Trellix, where he established and built the India Development Center and served on McAfee’s global executive leadership team (ELT). He then spent four years at FireEye, now Mandiant, where he built and led endpoint security products and international operations, and was a member of FireEye’s ELT.

He was the CEO and Co-founder of PolyLogyx, which was later acquired by EclecticIQ, where he led the Endpoint/XDR business unit as General Manager. His proven track record positions him to accelerate the growth of NetSPI’s PTaaS Platform, supported by a world-class engineering team, global security experts, and the pioneering research of NetSPI Labs.

“NetSPI has established itself as the clear leader in security testing by combining deep human expertise with a powerful technology platform,” said Sridhar Jayanthi. “The security industry needs a better approach to ongoing testing, and NetSPI is here to deliver that innovation. I look forward to working with the team to advance our proactive security capabilities, leverage automation, and create solutions that enhance the security of our clients’ ever-changing attack surfaces.”