Checkmarx Appoints Kobi Sivilya as Chief Information Security Officer

Sivilya b i gs deep cybe secu ity a d tech ology leade ship to Checkma x as AI t a sfo ms softwa e developme t

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Checkma x, the leade i age tic applicatio secu ity, today a ou ced the appoi tme t of Kobi Sivilya as Chief I fo matio Secu ity Office (CISO) a d Chief I fo matio Office (CIO). I this dual ole, Sivilya will ove see the compa y’s secu ity, IT a d busi ess applicatio s, suppo ti g Checkma x’s global ope atio s a d co ti ued g owth.

Sivilya will lead Checkma x’s co po ate secu ity a d IT fu ctio s, alig i g secu ity, tech ology a d busi ess applicatio s with the compa y’s st ategic p io ities. He will also help adva ce Checkma x’s missio to secu e mode applicatio developme t.

“Kobi b i gs mo e tha 20 yea s of expe ie ce ac oss cybe secu ity a d tech ology, with deep secu ity expe tise a d p actical IT leade ship,” said Sa deep Joh i, CEO at Checkma x. “AI is cha gi g how softwa e gets built a d attacked, a d we eed his leade ship to keep Checkma x secu e as we p otect ou custome s.”

P io to joi i g Checkma x, Sivilya se ved as CISO a d VP of IT at Outb ai , whe e he led the compa y’s secu ity a d e te p ise tech ology fu ctio s. He also se ved as VP of Secu ity E gi ee i g at Fi eblocks, whe e he helped build a d lead secu ity e gi ee i g fo a blockchai platfo m that p otects digital assets fo leadi g fi a cial i stitutio s i a highly ta geted e vi o me t.

“As AI accele ates softwa e developme t, o ga izatio s eed tech ology a d secu ity capabilities that ca evolve alo gside it,” said Kobi Sivilya, CISO a d CIO at Checkma x. “My focus will be o e su i g ou i te al tech ology a d secu ity fu ctio s suppo t the way ou teams wo k today while positio i g the busi ess to adapt to what comes ext.”

About Checkma x Checkma x makes secu ity i sepa able f om how softwa e is built. The fou datio is decades of accumulated th eat i tellige ce used to secu e t illio s of li es of code each yea . Checkma x O e ow pai s that fou datio with f o tie AI-powe ed easo i g, u ifyi g a chitectu es to lead the catego y i detectio accu acy. Checkma x Assist age ts p eve t, p io itize, a d fix vul e abilities ac oss softwa e a d the AI supply chai , so e te p ises eve have to t ade speed fo ce tai ty. The combi ed esult is the Checkma x O e platfo m, givi g e te p ises comp ehe sive applicatio secu ity: captu i g isk, elimi ati g vul e abilities, a d u ifyi g gove a ce. Follow Checkma x o Li kedI , YouTube a d X.

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