Talend S.A. announced that it has named Anne Hardy its chief information security officer (CISO). This new strategic role was created to address the increased security requirements when engaging in modern enterprise cloud IT environments. Anne will be responsible for Talend’s security strategy, managing security threats and vulnerabilities across Talend people, technologies and processes, and ensuring compliance with relevant security and privacy laws. With over 20 years of technology experience, Anne brings to Talend an extensive background in security technologies and architectures, data privacy standards, and cloud security. She was most recently the chief security officer for Join Digital, which provides managed digital services to enterprises. Prior to that, Anne founded a company that developed a cloud-based software solution for analyzing employee experiences. She also worked for over ten years at SAP, where she held executive roles in security, research, and developer advocacy. Anne currently sits on the Anita Borg Institute’s Board of Trustees and founded the Dare2BDigital conference.