Danville, California, United States / Bengaluru, India, November 2025 — NetSPI, the global leader in Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS), has announced the appointment of Sridhar Jayanthi as Interim Chief Product and Technology Officer. His deep expertise in cybersecurity product leadership will be instrumental in advancing NetSPI’s PTaaS platform and reinforcing its mission to empower enterprises with proactive security and digital resilience.
“This is a pivotal moment for NetSPI and our clients,” said Aaron Shilts, President & CEO, NetSPI.
“Sridhar’s expertise and proven ability to scale technology organizations will play a key role in enhancing the proactive security solutions we offer our clients. Together, we’ll help security teams build digital resilience and stay competitive against the constant challenges they’re facing today.”
With a distinguished career spanning over two decades, Sridhar Jayanthi has built a reputation for driving cybersecurity innovation, leading global engineering teams, and building scalable security products. He spent more than 11 years at McAfee (now Trellix), where he established and built the India Development Center and served on McAfee’s Global Executive Leadership Team (ELT). He later joined FireEye (now Mandiant), where he led endpoint security products and international operations, serving as a member of the FireEye ELT.
Following his tenure at these cybersecurity powerhouses, Jayanthi co-founded PolyLogyx, a company focused on endpoint and XDR innovation, which was later acquired by EclecticIQ, where he went on to lead the Endpoint/XDR business unit as General Manager. His experience in creating transformative solutions across the cybersecurity value chain positions him well to accelerate the evolution of NetSPI’s PTaaS platform — one that seamlessly combines AI, automation, and human expertise.
“NetSPI has established itself as the clear leader in security testing by combining deep human expertise with a powerful technology platform,” said Sridhar Jayanthi, Interim Chief Product and Technology Officer, NetSPI.
“The security industry is in need of a better approach to ongoing testing, and NetSPI is here to deliver that innovation. I look forward to working with the team to advance our proactive security capabilities, leverage automation, and create solutions that enhance the security of our clients’ ever-changing attack surfaces.”
NetSPI’s proactive security model integrates technology, intelligence, and human insight to help enterprises identify and mitigate risks across their expanding attack surfaces. With Sridhar’s leadership, NetSPI aims to further enhance its AI-driven testing framework and maintain its position as the industry standard for continuous, scalable pentesting.
About NetSPI
NetSPI® pioneered Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS) and leads the cybersecurity industry in modern pentesting. Combining world-class security professionals with AI and automation, NetSPI delivers clarity, speed, and scale across 50+ pentest types, attack surface management, and vulnerability prioritization.
The NetSPI platform streamlines workflows and accelerates remediation, enabling experts to uncover vulnerabilities that others miss. Trusted by the top 10 U.S. banks and Fortune 500 companies worldwide, NetSPI has been driving security innovation since 2001. The company is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is also available on AWS Marketplace.
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