Binalyze bolsters leadership team as company advances global growth and innovation in cyber investigations

London, UK – December 10th, 2025 - Binalyze, the cybersecurity company delivering AIR - Automated Investigation and Response, has announced three strategic leadership appointments to drive its next phase of global growth. Brian D. Owen has been named Chairman of the Board, Jonathan Rees joins as Chief Operating Officer, and Jim Hansen, a founding executive of Mandiant, joins the Board of Directors.

These appointments reflect growing global demand for solutions that help security teams go beyond alerts - delivering the visibility and context needed to act faster and with greater certainty. Binalyze AIR connects with existing security tooling to automate evidence collection and deliver rich, investigation-ready context across endpoints, cloud, and hybrid environments enabling teams to respond decisively to both proactive and reactive threats.

Brian Owen brings more than three decades of experience leading and scaling enterprise SaaS and infrastructure companies. A seven-time CEO and advisor to over two dozen technology firms, he has guided 17 successful exits and driven significant investor returns, including a 300% IRR for Greylock’s MapInfo IPO and a tenfold return for Viola following the sale of Decalog to SunGard.

“Binalyze is solving one of the biggest gaps in cybersecurity - helping teams close the space between detection and understanding,” said Owen. “AIR delivers context where other tools stop. That shift from guesswork to evidence-driven action is game-changing.”

Joining as Chief Operating Officer, Jonathan Rees brings extensive international experience in scaling high-growth technology businesses. Having led operations, go-to-market execution, and organizational transformation, most recently at Nuix, Rees will oversee Binalyze’s global business operations and execute the company’s next phase of commercial expansion.

“Security teams are overwhelmed by alerts but lack the context to act confidently,” said Rees. “Binalyze flips that dynamic by giving analysts what they really need - speed, clarity, and control. That’s why demand is accelerating, and why we’re scaling to meet it.”

Binalyze also welcomes Jim Hansen to its Board of Directors. Hansen, one of the founding executives of Mandiant (acquired by FireEye, Inc.), is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of modern incident response. As Mandiant’s Chief Operating Officer, he helped define the company’s strategy and build its renowned sales and services organization, driving an average of 90% annual revenue growth over four years. Under his leadership, Mandiant became a trusted name in digital forensics and cyber incident management.

With more than two decades in information security, Hansen’s career spans executive roles at Trident Data Systems, Veritect, Foundstone, and Oakley Networks - all later acquired by leading defence and cybersecurity firms. Before entering the private sector, he served as Deputy Director of Computer Crime Investigations for the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations, overseeing global investigations into Department of Defense network intrusions.

“I've seen how critical visibility and speed are in cyber investigations,” said Hansen. “Binalyze delivers both - but in a way that scales with today’s hybrid, cloud-driven environments. This is the kind of innovation that resets the standard.”

For Emre Tinaztepe, Binalyze’s Founder and CEO, the appointments represent both an acceleration of the company’s growth and a deepening of its leadership in the emerging category of Cloud Investigation and Response Automation.

“This is about more than growth - it's about focus, execution, and helping our customers solve a critical challenge: turning detection into decisive action,” said Tinaztepe. “With Brian, Jonathan, and Jim, we’re ready to scale AIR globally and lead this category.”

Recognized by Gartner in the CIRA category, Binalyze AIR is trusted by enterprises, MSSPs, and incident response teams worldwide. By integrating with existing security tooling, AIR automates the evidence collection process and delivers rich, contextual insight - helping analysts cut investigation times from hours to minutes, and act with precision and confidence. 

About Binalyze

Binalyze is the global leader in Automated Investigation and Response. AIR connects with your existing security stack to automate evidence collection and deliver the context your team needs to investigate faster and act with confidence. By turning alerts into insight and signal into clarity, Binalyze empowers security teams to stay ahead of both proactive and reactive threats.

AIR automates the collection and analysis of evidence data across endpoints, cloud, and hybrid environments, enabling faster, conclusive investigations and continuous readiness. Recognized by Gartner in the Cloud Investigation and Response Automation (CIRA) category, Binalyze is trusted by enterprises, MSSPs, and incident response teams worldwide.

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