Governance & Risk Management , Identity & Access Management , Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP)

Robert Herjavec on Managed Services, Identity and CEO Change

"Shark Tank" Star on Decision to Leave Cyderes CEO Post and Future of Cybersecurity
Robert Herjavec, outgoing CEO, Cyderes

The fall of the perimeter has driven convergence between managed services and identity, and that trend informed the selection process for the new CEO at Cyderes, according to outgoing CEO Robert Herjavec.

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The "Shark Tank" star said individual people increasingly represent the new security perimeter amid the risk of remote work, making identity management crucial for future security strategies. Herjavec will step aside Tuesday as CEO of the nearly 1,000-person cybersecurity services titan he founded back in 2003 and be replaced by Chris Schueler, who has led identity and access management MSSP Simeio since 2020 (see: Robert Herjavec Passes Cyderes CEO Role to Chris Schueler).

"We interviewed over 25 candidates at one point, and Chris was head and shoulders above any other candidate," Herjavec said. "He comes from our industry, from managed services, and most recently was with an identity company. And we really believe that those two worlds are coming together. We think, with the fall of the perimeter, that identity will be a crucial part of an overall managed service solution."

In this video interview with Information Security Media Group, Herjavec also discussed:

  • The increased role of compliance in cybersecurity purchasing decisions;
  • The rationale behind the sale to PE firm Apax Partners and merger with Fishtech;
  • How social media can help with promoting cybersecurity best practices.

Herjavec is a global cybersecurity expert and an entrepreneur. He was a cybersecurity advisor for the Government of Canada and is a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Task Force for Cybersecurity. He also appears since 2009 as an investor on the U.S. business reality TV series "Shark Tank."


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Michael Novinson

Michael Novinson

Managing Editor, Business, ISMG

Novinson is responsible for covering the vendor and technology landscape. Prior to joining ISMG, he spent four and a half years covering all the major cybersecurity vendors at CRN, with a focus on their programs and offerings for IT service providers. He was recognized for his breaking news coverage of the August 2019 coordinated ransomware attack against local governments in Texas as well as for his continued reporting around the SolarWinds hack in late 2020 and early 2021.




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