CYREN Names Michael Myshrall as Chief Financial Officer

MCLEAN, Va., Aug. 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- CYREN (NASDAQ: CYRN) today announced the appointment of Michael Myshrall to the permanent role of Chief Financial Officer. Myshrall has served as interim CFO since March.

"Mike's technology consulting, banking, and operational experience have consistently contributed to CYREN's successful transformation into a cloud-based provider of Security as a Service (SecaaS) solutions," said Lior Samuelson, CEO and Chairman of the Board at CYREN. "Mike has earned the trust and confidence of our global organization. We believe his financial leadership will be critical to delivering improved performance, both financially and operationally, as we continue to execute on our growth strategy." 

Myshrall joined CYREN in January 2011 as vice president of corporate development and recently served as vice president of financial planning and analysis.  Prior to joining CYREN, he focused on technology strategy, financial advisory and mergers and acquisitions, first with Mercator Capital and more recently with Trilos Ventures. Myshrall previously held various roles with Nortel, Newbridge Networks, Corvis, and Civcom. He holds a degree in electrical engineering from the University of New Brunswick and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

About CYREN
CYREN is a leading provider of cloud-based security solutions that deliver powerful protection through global data intelligence. Regardless of the device or its location, CYREN's easily deployed web, email, and anti-malware products deliver uncompromising protection in both embedded and Security as a Service (SecaaS) deployments. Organizations rely on CYREN's cloud-based threat detection and proactive security analytics to provide up-to-date spam classifications, URL categorization and malware detection services. The CYREN GlobalView™ Cloud Platform leverages Recurrent Pattern Detection™ technologies to protect more than 550 million users in 190 countries. CYREN is traded on the NASDAQ Capital Market and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) under the trading symbol "CYRN." Visit the CYREN GlobalView Security Center or go to www.CYREN.com.

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U.S. Investor Contact:
Monica Gould
The Blueshirt Group
212.871.3927
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Israel Investor Relations Contact:
Iris Lubitch
EffectiveIR
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Company Contact:
Mike Myshrall, CFO
CYREN
703.760.3320
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CYREN Media Contact:
Matthew Zintel
Zintel Public Relations
281.444.1590
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