Security outfit Veritas has appointed Barry Cashman as its Regional Vice President for the UK and Ireland.
Cashman wants to use Veritas’ heritage in data protection with his expertise in developing and driving high-growth sales teams, to bolster Veritas’ position. He is predicting strategic hiring and training, to drive further innovation and create a more powerful regional team
He joins Veritas from Micro Focus where he spent the last four years as VP and General Manager, UK&I. Prior to that, Barry served two years as Vice President, EMEA at VCE. However, the lion’s share of his career was spent in sales leadership roles at EMC where he was ultimately responsible for EMC’s $2 billion Enterprise business across EMEA.
Cashman said that the unprecedented changes to the economy brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and Brexit have given business leaders in the UK and Ireland enough to think about right now – the last thing they want to worry about is costly data breaches or a ransomware attacks.
“Many companies have been forced to accelerate their digital transformation plans in the past 12 months. But by implementing new technologies in a matter of weeks rather than years, without affording the time to consider the security and protection needed to protect them, the threat of attack has become a very real possibility. Criminals are using these widening transformation gaps to their advantage, which has led to a huge rise in ransomware attacks across the board”, he said.
“It’s my aim to ensure that Veritas is there for businesses in the UK and Ireland – to help them plug this gap and take control of their multi-cloud environments, so they can both protect themselves from cybercriminals and remain compliant with regulations. Veritas solutions, such as NetBackup 9 and APTARE, are designed to help companies not only navigate their way through these difficult times, but also future-proof their business with the capabilities and insights they need to make their data work for them.”
