Exiger Taps Founding Head of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) National Risk Management Center Bob Kolasky for SVP of Critical Infrastructure

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By STS News Desk On Mar 7, 2022

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Homeland Security Cyber and Risk Management expert to advance the national security mission and accelerate the adoption of Exiger’s award-winning solutions for third-party and supply chain risk management in 16 Critical Infrastructure sectors

Exiger, the global leader in AI-powered supply chain and third-party risk management solutions, announced today that Bob Kolasky will join its executive leadership team as the Senior Vice President for Critical Infrastructure to advance its national security mission and accelerate the adoption of Exiger’s award-winning technology for third-party and supply chain risk management. A nationally recognized risk management executive, Mr. Kolasky will lead Exiger’s go-to-market strategy and delivery of its best-in-class technology, processes, and expertise to clients within the Critical Infrastructure Sectors.

Exiger Taps Founding Head of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) National Risk Management Center Bob Kolasky for SVP of Critical Infrastructure | Homeland Security Cyber and Risk Management expert to advance the national security mission and accelerate the adoption of Exiger’s award-winning solutions for third-party and supply chain risk management in 16 Critical Infrastructure sectors (PRNewsfoto/Exiger) — Exiger Taps Founding Head of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) National Risk Management Center Bob Kolasky for SVP of Critical Infrastructure | Homeland Security Cyber and Risk Management expert to advance the national security mission and accelerate the adoption of Exiger’s award-winning solutions for third-party and supply chain risk management in 16 Critical Infrastructure sectors

There is no one better than Bob to lead our company in partnership with our critical infrastructure colleagues

Mr. Kolasky most recently served as Assistant Director for Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). There, he was selected by the DHS Secretary to lead the National Risk Management Center (NMRC) when it was established in 2018, and which spearheads national efforts to address strategic risks to critical infrastructure. Mr. Kolasky drove an innovative approach to public-private partnerships and cutting-edge risk analytics capabilities, leveraging his proven track record partnering across industry and government on cybersecurity and infrastructure resilience, expertise in strategic planning, risk management and decision analysis, and supply chain risk management. Additionally, he led the first-ever Strategic National Risk Assessment, a Federal Government-wide effort to enhance national preparedness, protection, response and recovery efforts.

Mr. Kolasky also chairs the High-Level Risk Forum for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

With this appointment, Mr. Kolasky joins Exiger’s other former Government Senior Executives such as Carrie Wibben, former Principal Deputy for Counterintelligence, Law Enforcement, and Security for the Department of Defense, and Matt Hayden, former Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Cyber, Infrastructure, Risk, and Resilience.

“Bob’s decades of unique national security experience offer the timely and prescient insight required to capture the needs of critical infrastructure owners and operators, and to safeguard the national critical functions that are the heartbeat of our way of life,” said Carrie Wibben, President of Exiger Government Solutions. “In the role of SVP for Critical Infrastructure, Bob will enable the continuation of the mission, protecting each of the 16 critical infrastructure sectors by bringing Exiger’s advanced technology solutions to the front lines while leveraging his expert knowledge of the threat landscape to bring transparency to urgent risks. Bob’s executive leadership will also bolster Exiger’s presence within the Federal Government, the Defense Industrial Base, and the other critical infrastructure sectors by ensuring our award-winning solutions are effectively tailored to the unique requirements within each of these sectors. Exiger is the perfect solution for these challenges and there is no one better than Bob to lead our company in partnership with our critical infrastructure colleagues.”

Founded in 2013, Exiger arms government entities, the world’s largest corporations, including 90 of the Fortune 250, and financial institutions with Software as a Service (“SaaS”) technology solutions that allow a proactive approach to risk and compliance. Exiger has expanded its offerings to create consistency across a market struggling with an ever-growing vendor risk landscape, addressing the need for third-party, supply chain, cyber and ESG risk solutions.

Global organizations need to understand their risk exposure in real-time in order to manage the unabating demands of today’s regulatory and risk environment. Exiger has transformed the way to find, assess and decision those risks in an evolving threat landscape through its AI-powered third-party and supply chain risk management platform, DDIQ. DDIQ provides actionable insights at an unprecedented scale associated with critical supply chains and the underlying third-party risk associated with them. Over the past four years, Exiger has achieved in excess of 100% compound annual growth in software license revenue worldwide, winning 30+ AI, RegTech and Supply Chain partner awards. The company is set to release its pathbreaking technology solution for ongoing supply chain transparency and surfacing risk in real-time across cyber, ESG, foreign ownership and control (FOCI) and reputational concerns.

At Exiger, Mr. Kolasky will leverage his deep expertise in accelerating the successful adoption of next-gen business models across the public-private sector. He has led various government-industry efforts: acting as co-chair of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Supply Chain Risk Management Task Force, which partnered with industry on cyber enterprise risk issues across multiple cross-sector forums; leading CISA’s work on secure 5G network development; and overseeing the Executive Committee for the Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council.

“I am thrilled to be joining Exiger at this critical moment,” said Mr. Kolasky. “In the current environment, critical infrastructure organizations need to take a range of risks seriously and having the tools and understanding to do so is essential. While at the NRMC, one of my priorities was bringing commercial analytics to bear for security decision making and Exiger’s capability for doing so is unparalleled. I am eager to advance adoption across the critical infrastructure community and support decision making to strengthen supply chains.”