# Howard Ting

> Howard Ting is the CEO of Opal Security, a San Francisco identity-security company building a unified control plane for access governance. He took the top job in November 2025 after more than five years running Cyberhaven and two-plus decades scaling category-defining security and enterprise-software companies including Palo Alto Networks, Nutanix, Redis, Zscaler, and RSA Security. A marketing-and-product operator who once demoed Azure Active Directory on stage with Bill Gates, Ting now bets that the hardest unsolved problem in security is authorization: deciding what any human, service, or AI agent should be allowed to do, and for how long.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at Opal Security
- **Organizations:** Opal Security, Cyberhaven, Greylock Partners, Redis, Zscaler, Nutanix, Palo Alto Networks, Cisco, Microsoft, RSA Security, Banc of America Securities
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** University of California, Berkeley
- **Known for:** Led Cyberhaven as CEO and board director for more than five years, Scaled multiple category-defining security and enterprise software companies including Palo Alto Networks, Nutanix, and Redis, Co-presented a keynote product demo alongside Bill Gates at RSA Conference 2006

## Career timeline

- **2006** — Presented an Azure Active Directory demo on stage with Bill Gates at the RSA Conference after 90 days of preparation
- **2000s** — Held senior marketing and product roles at RSA Security, Microsoft, and Cisco (joining via the Securent acquisition)
- **2010s** — Led senior marketing and product roles at Palo Alto Networks and Nutanix through periods of rapid growth
- **2010s-2020s** — Held strategic marketing leadership roles at Zscaler and Redis
- **2020** — Became CEO and board director of Cyberhaven, leading the data-detection-and-response company for over five years
- **2025** — Served as Executive in Residence at Greylock Partners
- **2025-11** — Appointed Chief Executive Officer of Opal Security
- **2025-12** — Appointment publicly announced (December 11, 2025)

## Achievements

- Led Cyberhaven as CEO and board director for more than five years
- Scaled multiple category-defining security and enterprise software companies including Palo Alto Networks, Nutanix, and Redis
- Co-presented a keynote product demo alongside Bill Gates at RSA Conference 2006
- Named CEO of Opal Security to steer the company into identity security for the AI/agentic era

## Latest updates

- **2025-11** — Became CEO of Opal Security
- **2025-12** — Appointment as Opal Security CEO publicly announced on December 11, 2025

## Links

- Website: https://opal.dev
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/howardting

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