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GuidePoint names Thornberry CBO to grow AI, hyperscaler partnerships. October 19, 2026 GuidePoint Security has promoted Mark Thornberry to chief business officer, a newly created role aimed at accelerating the company's work with top AI platforms, hyperscalers, and emerging startups. Thornberry, who previously led GuidePoint's vendor relationships group for four years, will now focus on expanding and deepening critical partnerships in key market segments, based on information published by CRN. In his expanded role, Thornberry will oversee GuidePoint's strategy for AI platforms, hyperscalers, and venture capital firms, moving beyond siloed approaches to a more integrated ecosystem strategy. This move signals an increased focus and investment in these crucial partnerships to facilitate further organic growth. The cybersecurity solutions provider aims to strengthen its connections with AI model providers, recognizing the transformative impact of AI technologies on cybersecurity. Additionally, GuidePoint will enhance its hyperscaler partnerships and deepen relationships with venture capital and private equity firms, enabling earlier engagement with promising security startups. This strategic shift allows GuidePoint to capitalize on the rapid development and market entry of new vendors, ensuring a more thoughtful and measured approach to partnerships without altering the company's core identity. An in-depth guide to AI. Get essential knowledge and practical strategies to use AI to better your security program.

Optery now offered through GuidePoint Security in reseller partnership expansion. September 29, 2026 09:00 ET | Source: Optery New reseller partnership gives GuidePoint Security customers access to Optery for Business to remove the personal data threat actors use to target employees and executives SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Optery, the leading provider of enterprise-grade personal data removal software, today announced a new reseller partnership with GuidePoint Security, the leading cybersecurity solution provider that helps organizations make better decisions that minimize risk. Through the partnership, GuidePoint Security customers can now purchase Optery for Business to find and remove personal information about employees and executives from data broker and people-search sites. Threat actors use personal and professional details exposed on data broker sites to research and target people inside organizations with both cyber and physical threats. Security teams often have limited visibility into this external exposure. Optery for Business helps reduce that attack surface at scale, helping prevent social engineering, account takeovers, doxxing, and physical targeting. "Organizations have invested heavily in protecting corporate systems, but attackers often bypass those defenses by targeting the people with access to them," said Lawrence Gentilello, CEO and founder of Optery. "Making Optery available through GuidePoint Security gives customers a practical way to reduce the exploitable personal and professional data that fuels targeted social engineering and physical threats, helping lower the volume of attacks against their employees and organizations." Optery for Business combines patented search technology, advanced matching, monthly rescans, and automated and custom removals across hundreds of data broker and people-search sites. Before-and-after screenshots verify exposure and removal results. A self-service administrative dashboard lets security and IT teams enroll employees, monitor exposure, track removal status, and measure organization-level progress. Enterprise capabilities include SSO, SCIM, APIs, MCP, and webhooks, and Optery is SOC 2 Type II attested. Independent evaluations have repeatedly validated Optery's effectiveness and industry leadership. CNET named Optery Editors' Choice and the Best Overall Data Removal Service of 2026, ranking it number one among leading data removal services. PCMag has named Optery Editors' Choice for five consecutive years. In a TechCrunch evaluation, Optery found nearly 50 exposed profiles that had remained after the journalist used a competitor. Optery is the most awarded personal data removal service in the industry, with major cybersecurity and technology recognition from CNET, PCMag, Cyber Defense Magazine, the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards, the Globee(R) Awards, SiliconANGLE, the Fortress Cybersecurity Awards, Fast Company and Evan Kirstel's GovCloud Network Love Tech Awards. "As attackers exploit employees' personal information to tailor and launch attacks, organizations need to account for employee and executive exposure as part of their overall risk posture," said Mark Thornberry, senior vice president of partnerships at GuidePoint Security. "Reducing that exposure is necessary as part of a layered defense against social engineering, impersonation, and other identity-based threats." Optery for Business is now available through GuidePoint Security. To learn more, visit optery.com/business. About Optery Optery is the first company to offer a free report with dozens of screenshots showing where your personal information is being posted by hundreds of data brokers online, and the first to offer security teams a completely self-service platform for finding and removing employee personal information from the web. Optery subscription plans automatically remove customers from these sites, clearing your home address, phone number, email, and other personal information from the Internet at scale. The service provides users with a proactive defense against PII-based threats. Optery has completed its AICPA SOC 2, Type II security attestation, and distinguishes itself with unparalleled search technology, data removal automation, visual evidence-based before-and-after reporting, data broker coverage, and API integration options. Over one million people and 1,000 businesses use Optery to prevent attacks and keep their personal information off the Internet. For more information, visit www.optery.com. Contact Sara Trammell [email protected]