Abnormal Security appoints Mike Britton as Chief Information Security Officer

Abnormal Security, provider of the cloud-native email security platform that leverages behavioural data science to stop modern email attacks announced the appointment of Mike Britton as Chief Information Security Officer.

Mike brings Fortune 500-calibre security leadership experience that will not only drive the company’s security and privacy program but also help influence the development and support of the Abnormal Security platform to ensure it delivers lasting value to customers.

Mike's experience

Mike also was an Abnormal Security customer and advisor who was involved in the successful use of the platform

Mike is a 25-year information security veteran who joins Abnormal Security after serving as Global Chief Security and Privacy Officer at Alliance Data, a $4.5 billion provider of data-driven marketing, loyalty, and payment solutions.

In addition to leading all aspects of Alliance Data’s security and privacy programs, Mike also was an Abnormal Security customer and advisor who was instrumental in the selection, deployment, and successful use of the platform within the company’s environment and global ecosystem.

Advanced protection against email attacks

“As a CISO, it’s always been important for me and my teams to use disruptive solutions that address the greatest risks that enterprises face in new and innovative ways,” said Mike Britton. “Abnormal Security always stood out as an exceptional example from every aspect."

"The platform was a difference-maker in our environment by providing an advanced degree of protection against sophisticated email attacks that evaded traditional defences. In addition, the way it engaged, behaved, and operated as a customer-obsessed company aligned with my core values and leadership principles."

Email security solutions

One-click API integration, the Abnormal platform uniquely leverages behavioural data science

"The opportunity to take Abnormal’s security program to the next level while serving as a company advocate in the CISO community is extremely unique and exciting.” Mike joins Abnormal Security at a time when large enterprises increasingly demand cloud-native email security solutions that are simple to deploy and provide immediate value.

Abnormal Security delivers a fundamentally different approach to stopping novel, sophisticated email attacks that were previously undetectable by legacy secure email gateways. Through one-click API integration with Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, the Abnormal platform uniquely leverages behavioural data science to profile and baseline good behaviour to detect anomalies and compromised accounts, and stop targeted email attacks.

AI threat detection engine

The Abnormal AI threat detection engine models the identity of both employees and external senders creates relationship graphs, and analyses email content to effectively stop targeted socially engineered attacks.

“Mike is a very experienced executive who has led all aspects of security, governance, risk, and compliance in a high-growth environment at Alliance Data,” said Sanjay Jeyakumar, CTO and co-founder of Abnormal Security.

Security and privacy

The security and privacy of our customer data are critically important due to the nature of our business"

“The security and privacy of our customer data are critically important due to the nature of our business."

"I can think of no better person who combines the understanding of our platform as a customer with the experience of developing a Fortune 500-level global security program to advance our core mission of maintaining and growing the trust of our customers.”

Cloud-native email security platform

Mike’s appointment follows the recent significant recognition of Abnormal Security for its breakthrough cloud-native email security platform that stops modern email attacks through behavioural data science.

Last week, the company was named one of 10 finalists for the RSA Conference 2021 Innovation Sandbox Contest, which came on the heels of its placement on Fast Company’s prestigious annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2021.