Former General Motors Cybersecurity Group Manager Joins NanoLock Security As VP of Customers

NITZANEI OZ, Israel & NEW YORK--()--NanoLock Security today announced the appointment of Yoni Kahana as the company’s VP of Customers to lead NanoLock’s business development initiatives and work with NanoLock’s repeatable customers in Asia, the U.S. and Europe. Mr. Kahana brings extensive cybersecurity experience, with specific expertise in securing embedded and connected devices in connected vehicles and IoT devices.

“Yoni is a security evangelist and well-known and respected within the automotive security industry,” said Eran Fine, co-founder and CEO of NanoLock Security. “His deep security experience, active participation in standards bodies and overall knowledge of the industry makes him the perfect candidate to lead our business development initiative and help us spread the word about our innovative security and management platform for IoT and connected devices.”

Mr. Kahana brings more than 20 years of experience in managing, leading and developing large-scale projects in secure telecommunications and embedded systems, from idea-stage to completion in R&D, product and business environments. Prior to joining NanoLock, Mr. Kahana was the Product Cybersecurity Group Manager for General Motors (GM) in Israel. At GM, he managed the Israeli Cybersecurity Group responsible for securing crucial elements in the car. He also was a Security System Team leader and Security System Product Engineer at Qualcomm. He served as an officer in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in an elite unit where he led and developed cybersecurity solutions.

“I am excited to join NanoLock Security and its seasoned leadership team to address the industry’s most pressing need of provisioning, protecting, managing and securely updating connected and IoT devices from the embedded layer to the cloud,” said Yoni Kahana, VP of Customers at NanoLock Solutions.

NanoLock recently unveiled its lightweight, unbreakable security and management platform built for the Internet of Things and connected devices ecosystem. To read more about its flagship product visit, https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180620005686/en/NanoLock%E2%80%99s-Lightweight-Unbreakable-Security-Management-Platform-Sets.

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About NanoLock Security

NanoLock Security was founded in 2016 by seasoned industry executives and formed around the founders’ and senior management’s deep understanding of how to manage and secure the new generation of connected and IoT devices. The company provides the industry’s only lightweight, unbreakable, low-cost security and management solution for connected and IoT devices. Using virtually zero computing or power resources, NanoLock Security protects firmware and sensitive information stored on connected and IoT devices, preventing attacks ranging from ransomware to malicious manipulation of stored code. NanoLock has offices in New York, Israel and Tokyo. Please visit www.nanolocksecurity.com for more information and follow NanoLock on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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Contacts

Rainier Communications
Marianne Dempsey, 508-475-0025, Ext. 115
or
Jenna Beaucage, 508-475-0025, Ext. 124
nanolock@rainierco.com