Joe Sullivan Joins StackHawk Board of Directors

Joe Sullivan, a veteran in the security industry with experience at Meta, Uber, and Cloudflare, is joining StackHawk's board, drawn by the company's innovative approach to addressing the evolving security challenges in software development. With the rapid adoption of AI coding tools, software engineering has dramatically changed, accelerating code production and increasing challenges for security teams who need to address issues that aren't detected by traditional static analysis tools. Sullivan highlights the inadequacy of existing tools to handle vulnerabilities that manifest during runtime, emphasizing the need for solutions that effectively test software as it is executed. StackHawk, founded by Joni Klippert and Scott Gerlach, offers a solution tailored for modern development pipelines by focusing on testing running applications for genuine risks, not just in production environments. The company leverages AI to enhance the accessibility and power of runtime testing, aligning with the industry's shift towards handling security post-execution, and Sullivan believes StackHawk's approach is essential for the future of software security.