Bolster announced Rod Schultz as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). With over 25 years of experience in business strategy, product innovation, and secure technology development, Schultz will lead Bolster’s growth in combating the rising threat of AI-driven phishing and impersonation attacks. His background includes leadership positions at Apple, Adobe, and Zoom, specializing in SaaS and security solutions. Most recently, he was Senior Vice President of Product and Engineering at Dust Identity.
“As CEO, I look forward to fostering an innovative culture where employees are empowered to contribute to our mission and inspired to achieve extraordinary outcomes for our customers,” said Rod Schultz. “Bolster is dedicated to combating the growing threat of phishing campaigns that endanger both organizations and individuals worldwide. With the introduction of generative AI, the marginal cost to generate fraudulent emails, websites, applications, and social posts is effectively zero. By aligning employee goals to attack these challenges to authenticity of information, Bolster is positioned to create value for customers and innovate in the quickly growing technology sector of brand security.”
This leadership transition builds on the foundation established by Bolster’s co-founder and former CEO, Abhishek Dubey. Since co-founding Bolster in 2017, Dubey’s vision and dedication to innovation, resilience, and integrity have positioned Bolster as a trusted leader in brand security, committed to defending customers worldwide against evolving digital threats.
More than 90% of cyberattacks originate from phishing, and the rise of AI has lowered the cost and effort required for attackers to deploy increasingly sophisticated schemes across websites, mobile apps, social media, and more. Bolster’s platform uses large language models (LLMs) and the largest structured phishing dataset in the industry, to proactively respond, taking down nearly 700,000 malicious websites, over 53,000 applications and 23,000 social media websites threats since January 2023.
Under Schultz’s leadership, Bolster will expand its role as a leading brand security platform, using AI to detect and swiftly remove phishing and impersonation attacks across digital channels. Bolster’s AI-driven automation not only speeds up takedown times to mere minutes but requires no manual intervention in 95% of cases, setting a new standard for rapid, scalable brand protection.
“Bolster is uniquely positioned to protect enterprises from the growing threat of AI-driven phishing and impersonation attacks,” said Umesh Padval, managing director at Thomvest Ventures. “With Rod’s extensive experience in product and engineering management, combined with his strategic vision, I’m confident that Bolster will continue to lead the industry in leveraging generative AI for real-time detection and response to these critical security threats.”
Bolster has recently introduced eight advanced LLM-based transformers, enabling enterprises to detect phishing attempts before they reach email inboxes or social media accounts. Its latest feature, Bolster AI Security for Email, enhances this capability by harnessing crowd-sourced reports to spot and neutralize phishing and impersonation scams in real-time. The feature automates threat analysis and takedowns, protecting brands from fraudulent schemes that can harm customer trust and loyalty.
To learn more about Rod Schultz and the rest of the Bolster Executive Team, visit the website here.
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