Tenable Appoints Meg O’Leary as Chief Marketing Officer

In a strategic move, Tenable®, the Exposure Management company, has named Meg O’Leary as its Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), reinforcing their commitment to cybersecurity excellence.

Meg O’Leary brings over twenty years of invaluable marketing and communications experience to her new role. She is widely recognized for her expertise in crafting compelling narratives that have fortified the brands of esteemed cybersecurity firms. Notably, she held the position of Chief Marketing Officer at Cybereason, where she and her team positioned the company as a frontrunner in endpoint security. Her expertise was also leveraged as she served as the Chief Marketing Officer at Capsule8, a pioneering entity in cloud workload protection, which later found itself under the umbrella of Sophos. O’Leary’s influential career includes co-founding InkHouse Marketing+Media, a prominent public relations agency, now part of Berlin-Rosen. Here, she provided strategic counsel for numerous company and product launches, initial public offerings (IPOs), and successful exits.

At Tenable, Meg O’Leary will spearhead the global marketing organization, charting a course to bolster brand awareness, refine messaging and positioning, orchestrate go-to-market strategies, and drive demand generation across the entire platform.

Amit Yoran, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tenable, expressed his enthusiasm for Meg’s appointment, emphasizing the significance of her storytelling prowess, stating, “Meg is joining Tenable at a pivotal moment where our vision and solutions for unified and proactive cybersecurity align with market needs.”

Meg O’Leary, thrilled about her new role, conveyed her eagerness to be part of Tenable’s transformative journey, saying, “Customers are looking for a partner such as Tenable – one that understands the complexity of their IT infrastructure and cybersecurity needs today and where we’re likely to be in a decade. This company is changing the way organizations reduce their risk, and I am eager to play a part in this important market shift. I’m thrilled to join this impressive team and excited to roll up my sleeves to help take the company to the next phase of growth and scale.”

Meg O’Leary’s appointment signifies a significant step in Tenable’s commitment to fortify its cybersecurity leadership, further enhancing its capabilities and vision for the future.