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Juniper Networks Names Kevin Walker as Security Chief Technology Officer
November 2015 by Marc Jacob
Juniper Networks announced the appointment of Kevin Walker as security chief technology officer (CTO). Walker will serve on the senior leadership team and report directly to executive vice president and general manager of Juniper Development and Innovation (JDI), Jonathan Davidson.
Walker joins Juniper Networks with more than 25 years of experience in information security and technology, most recently serving as vice president and assistant chief information security officer at Walmart. He has also served in a variety of roles, including chief information security officer, chief security strategist and director of information security across technology, networking and security companies such as Intuit, Cisco Systems, Symantec Corporation and Veritas Software.
In his role, Walker will guide Juniper Development and Innovation in accelerating the company’s security product roadmap, while helping to further drive and lead the security strategy both internally within Juniper and externally with investors, partners, influencers and customers.
Walker’s appointment comes on the heels of Juniper’s recent announcements of new security innovations that enable sophisticated threat intelligence, prevention and dynamic policy enforcement.
