Application Security, Inc. Appoints Jack Hembrough President And Chief Executive Officer

Security Industry Veteran Brings Demonstrated Leadership and Industry Expertise to Database Security, Risk And Compliance Pioneer

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Application Security, Inc. (AppSecInc), the leading provider of database security, risk and compliance solutions (SRC) for the enterprise, today announced that Jack Hembrough has rejoined the company as its president and chief executive officer and member of its board of directors. Hembrough, who was most recently the chief executive officer of confidential messaging service vendor, VaporStream, Inc., brings more than thirty years of management, sales and operations experience in the IT security industry to AppSecInc.

“Our Board and management team have been diligently working on a plan to drive business and establish AppSecInc’s products as the database security, risk and compliance solutions of choice for government, enterprise and independent IT auditing organizations”

Hembrough is a co-founder of AppSecInc and previously served as president and CEO from the company’s inception until 2008. During his initial tenure, Jack guided AppSecInc to a leadership position in the database vulnerability assessment and database activity monitoring sectors.

“Our Board and management team have been diligently working on a plan to drive business and establish AppSecInc’s products as the database security, risk and compliance solutions of choice for government, enterprise and independent IT auditing organizations,” said David Furneaux, founder and managing general partner of Kodiak Venture Partners and member of AppSecInc’s board of directors. “We are confident that Jack’s security market expertise and past experience with AppSecInc will be instrumental to our future success.”

Before serving as CEO of VaporStream, Hembrough held the position of executive vice president for desktop virtualization and cloud computing start-up, Leostream Corporation where he led the organization’s sales and marketing functions. Previously he was the senior vice president of sales for Authentica and SafeNet. He was also one of the first employees of Raptor Systems where he built their global sales channel and created Raptor's European organization.

“I am honored to have the opportunity to lead this organization once again and to work with the talented group of professionals at AppSecInc as we continue to build value for our customers,” said Jack Hembrough, president and chief executive officer, AppSecInc. “In light of recent attacks on sensitive and proprietary information contained in databases, AppSecInc’s solutions are more relevant than ever.”

Hembrough earned a Master of Business Administration with Distinction from the Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the United States Air Force Academy.

About Application Security, Inc.

AppSecInc is a pioneer and leading provider of database security, risk and compliance (SRC) solutions for the enterprise. By providing strategic and scalable software-only solutions – AppDetectivePro for auditors and IT advisors, and DbProtect for the enterprise – AppSecInc supports the database SRC lifecycle for some of the most complex and demanding environments in the world across more than 2,000 commercial and government customers.

Leveraging the world’s most comprehensive database security knowledgebase from the company’s renowned team of threat researchers, TeamSHATTER, AppSecInc products help customers achieve unprecedented levels of data security from nefarious or accidental activities, while reducing overall risk and helping to ensure continuous regulatory and industry compliance.

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