King & Union Appoints Suzanne Spaulding as Board Advisor

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- King & Union, the provider of Avalon, a threat analytics platform built with collaboration at its core, today announced that Suzanne Spaulding is joining its board of advisors. Spaulding brings more than 25 years of experience working on national security issues for both Republican and Democratic Administrations and on both sides of the aisle of Congress. In her advisory role, she will provide strategy and counsel to the company as they increase cyber threat information sharing and leverage real-time collaboration to deliver unparalleled visibility and outsmart adversaries.

"Spaulding is a recognized leader who has played a critical role in strengthening the security and resiliency of our nation's critical infrastructure, and her insight will be invaluable in shaping our future direction and continued growth," said John Cassidy, CEO and co-founder of King & Union. "We're honored to have such a well-known and trusted advisor recognize the true value of Avalon in unifying security analysts globally to finally turn the tide in the ongoing cyber war."

Spaulding is the former undersecretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), where she managed a $3 billion budget and a workforce of 18,000 and was charged with strengthening cybersecurity and protecting the nation's critical infrastructure. Throughout her career, she has advised CEOs, boards, and government policymakers on how to manage complex security risks across all industry sectors. Spaulding has served in a variety of roles, including acting as general counsel for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and minority staff director for the U.S. House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

She is a member of the Aspen Institute's Homeland Security Group; former chair of the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Law and National Security; founder of the Cybersecurity Legal Task Force; and was a member of Harvard University's Long-Term Legal Strategy Project for Preserving Security and Democratic Freedoms in the War on Terror. Spaulding currently acts as the Senior Adviser, Homeland Security Program and International Security Program at the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), serves on the Board of Directors for George Washington University's Center for Cyber & Homeland Security and the Advisory Board of Harvard University's Defending Digital Democracy project and is a member of the faculty of the National Association of Corporate Directors.

"Hackers are sharing information and working together, yet security professionals continue to work in silos, with threat analysts manually combing through thousands of threat alerts daily on a problem they're never going to fix on their own. We need speed and collaboration to outsmart cyber attackers," said Spaulding. "It's high time to move a step ahead of our adversaries and King & Union is changing the game for security analysts with its Avalon platform. I'm honored to play a role in their future growth and success."

About King & Union

Headquartered in Alexandria, VA and founded in 2017, King & Union is outsmarting cyber adversaries by uniting security professionals and amplifying the power of the cybersecurity analyst. The company's flagship product, Avalon, is a threat analytics platform built with collaboration at its core. Avalon provides a dynamic workspace where security operators and analysts can lean in, cut through the noise and reduce the time to address threats from hours to minutes. The platform provides access to truly unique and exclusive data sources, automating repetitive workflows and leveraging real-time collaboration to deliver unparalleled insight and full context based on facts. Currently, Avalon is in use with several Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and large MSSPs. For more information, visit: https://www.kingandunion.com/

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