# Jessica Stanford

> Jessica Stanford is the Boston-based Chief Marketing Officer of Black Kite, where she leads global marketing for third-party cyber risk intelligence. Her career arcs from financial analysis at Fox Filmed Entertainment to product marketing at RSA, CyberArk, and Cybereason, then to marketing leadership at Hysolate, Cado Security, MineOS, and Black Kite. In 2018 she publicly warned that attackers would exploit smaller third-party vendors as weak links - the same problem at the center of her work today.

- **Role:** Chief Marketing Officer at Black Kite
- **Organizations:** Black Kite, MineOS, Cado Security, Hysolate, Cybereason, CyberArk, RSA Security, Fox Filmed Entertainment
- **Education:** MBA in Marketing, Brandeis International Business School, BSBA, The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business
- **Known for:** Built a cybersecurity marketing career across established companies and startups, including RSA, CyberArk, Cybereason, Hysolate, Cado Security, MineOS, and Black Kite., Named as a co-inventor on US Patent 9,866,567, covering systems and methods for detecting and reacting to malicious network activity., Spoke at industry events including Gartner Security and Risk Management and IANS Infosec, according to Mine's appointment announcement.

## Career timeline

- **2006-2010** — Worked as a senior financial analyst at Fox Filmed Entertainment.
- **2010-2012** — Completed an MBA in Marketing at Brandeis International Business School; received the Earle W. Kazis Fellowship in 2010.
- **2012-2014** — Worked in product marketing at RSA Security, including on RSA SecurID.
- **2014-2016** — Served as a senior product marketing manager at CyberArk.
- **2016-2018** — Held senior product marketing and director roles at Cybereason.
- **2017** — Was named as a co-inventor on a CyberArk patent application for detecting and reacting to malicious activity in computer networks; the patent issued as US 9,866,567.
- **2018** — At the CIO Boston Summit, warned that attackers would increasingly use third-party vendors as weak links in supply-chain attacks.
- **2018-2020** — Led marketing at endpoint-isolation company Hysolate.
- **2020-2024** — Joined Cado Security as VP of Growth and later led marketing as the cloud forensics company scaled.
- **2024** — Joined data-privacy company MineOS as Chief Marketing Officer.
- **2025** — Joined Black Kite as Chief Marketing Officer, leading global marketing strategy, brand positioning, go-to-market execution, and demand generation.
- **2026** — Published a series of Black Kite essays on third-party cyber risk, AI-discovered vulnerabilities, and the limits of static cyber risk ratings.

## Achievements

- Built a cybersecurity marketing career across established companies and startups, including RSA, CyberArk, Cybereason, Hysolate, Cado Security, MineOS, and Black Kite.
- Named as a co-inventor on US Patent 9,866,567, covering systems and methods for detecting and reacting to malicious network activity.
- Spoke at industry events including Gartner Security and Risk Management and IANS Infosec, according to Mine's appointment announcement.
- Publicly identified third-party suppliers as likely weak links in rising supply-chain attacks in 2018.
- Developed and led global marketing teams in cybersecurity and data-privacy software.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Published an essay on vendor vulnerability risk and AI-accelerated vulnerability discovery.
- **2026-08** — Promoted Black Kite's forest-themed collective-resilience campaign around Black Hat in Las Vegas.
- **2026-06** — Published an analysis of the 2026 Verizon DBIR focused on vulnerability exploitation and third-party involvement.
- **2026-04** — Published essays on AI-discovered zero-days and the shift from static cyber risk ratings toward third-party cyber risk management.
- **2026-03** — Described Black Kite CEO Paul Paget's leadership as combining authority, high standards, trust, and compassion.

## Links

- Website: https://blackkite.com/authors/jessica-stanford
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/the-jessica-stanford

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Last updated: 2026-09-02