Janet Levesque joins CTM's Board of Advisors

JANET LEVESQUE JOINS CTM INSIGHTS ADVISORY BOARD

JULY 18, 2020, YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. - CTM Insights, llc ("CTM"), a leading cybersecurity research lab and build studio, announced the appointment of Janet Levesque to its Advisory Board.  Levesque replaces the seat held by Bob Lam, who stepped down to run CTM portfolio company ShardSecure,  Levesque joins other industry luminaries who help guide the investment and operational strategies of CTM's portfolio.  As the former CIO and Data Protection Officer of Mimecast and CISO at RSA, Janet brings a wealth of experience managing current and future cybersecurity risk.

"Cyber adversaries are constantly improving their capabilities, sometimes dramatically," said Levesque.  "CTM is different from other investors and vendors.  They look for the hard problems that will cause real pain, and invest in completely new approaches to solving them.  I'm thrilled to join other world-class advisors that help shape CTM’s approach.”

“Janet has built some of the best, forward thinking cyber security programs anywhere.  She’s both a designer and a practitioner, two skills I deeply respect.  I’m pleased to welcome Janet to the Board and look forward to working with her," said Lou Steinberg, Founder and Managing Partner of CTM.  "I also want to thank Bob for his guidance and wish him great success as CEO of ShardSecure."   

CTM’s ongoing initiatives include ways to limit the damage caused by ransomware, secure data without encryption, stop fraud and eliminate customer challenges though frictionless transaction authorization, and a trust overlay for the Internet.   New research includes creating a method for the efficient detection of attacks against data integrity, such as deep fakes.

About CTM

CTM invests in radically new approaches to solve some of the hardest problems in cyber, providing seed funding and resources to turn them into companies.  In just two years, investments have been made in six "big ideas" which have already resulted in four pending patents and the launch of two companies, Authoriti and ShardSecure , creating a combined IRR of over 200%.