Cyderes names Lana Knop Chief Product Officer for AI push

Cyderes has appointed Lana Knop as Chief Product Officer as the managed cybersecurity services firm expands its product and services portfolio following its acquisition of Lucidum.

Knop joins Cyderes after product leadership roles at several security vendors, most recently SentinelOne. Cyderes said she will oversee the company's product and services roadmap and take responsibility for scaling the portfolio.

Cyderes also linked the appointment to a wider push around its AI strategy and how it integrates Lucidum's technology into its services offer.

"We are thrilled to welcome Lana to Cyderes, as she is the perfect person to lead our next phase of product development," said Connor Mckenzie, Chief Strategy Officer, Cyderes. "She brings valuable leadership experience at the intersection of products and services and has launched transformational solutions at some of the world's top cybersecurity firms. We are excited for Lana to join our executive leadership team and usher in key innovations that will build upon the unparalleled value we deliver, helping the organizations that rely on us solve their most difficult cybersecurity challenges," added Mckenzie.

Product remit

Cyderes said Knop will focus on "growing and scaling" the product and services portfolio. The company also said she will develop a "comprehensive roadmap" and work on the product direction after the Lucidum deal.

Managed cybersecurity providers have increasingly built services around existing security tooling, while offering customers monitoring, incident response, and advisory services. Cyderes positions itself as a managed cybersecurity services partner and highlights identity, exposure management and managed detection and response among its offerings.

In the new role, Knop will take a lead on how the company packages services and product elements for customers and partners. Cyderes said she will work across the organisation's portfolio as it incorporates Lucidum.

Industry background

Knop brings more than 25 years of experience in security product leadership, according to Cyderes. At SentinelOne, she served as Vice President of Product Management.

Cyderes said Knop worked on the company's endpoint portfolio. It also said she launched identity and vulnerability management product offerings while SentinelOne went through a period of rapid expansion.

Before SentinelOne, Knop held executive product management roles at Splunk, Corelight, McAfee and Norton, according to the company. Cyderes also highlighted her time at Symantec, where it said she spent 14 years.

"The business trajectory ahead of Cyderes makes this an incredibly compelling opportunity," said Knop. "Cyderes offers the contextualized visibility security teams need to defend against new and emerging threats, and that is essential to staying ahead of threat actors. I am looking forward to partnering with the leadership team and working closely with clients to ensure our product offerings meet and exceed their expectations moving forward," added Knop.

Lucidum integration

Cyderes said part of Knop's remit will include work on the company's AI strategy. It said the focus will centre on "practical, secure adoption".

The company described a plan to integrate Lucidum's entity fabric into its services. Cyderes said this would provide a "high-fidelity data foundation". It said that foundation would rely on information that is "complete, accurate, and continuously validated".

Cyderes said the approach would allow AI agents to operate with that information. It also said customers and partners could "safely deploy agentic AI across security environments" and scale AI-driven operations.

The company has not provided detail on product packaging, pricing changes, or any timeline for rolling out new services connected to the integration. It also has not disclosed financial terms for the Lucidum acquisition.

Cyderes said Knop will join the executive leadership team. The company framed her appointment as part of its next phase of product development and as a step in expanding its portfolio across products and services.