Fortress Information Security announces Betsy Soehren-Jones as new COO

Fortress Information Security announced Monday that Betsy Soehren-Jones would take the lead as its Chief Operation Officer (COO).

Soehren-Jones previously worked at Exelon in Security Strategy, where she was one of the first to implement the industry model for cyber risk assessment. Soehren-Jones shared her experiences with the Supply Chain Committee for Edison Electric Institute, where she served as co-chair, as well as at the North American Transmission Forum (NATF), where she was the Committee Lead for Supply Chain.

As COO of Fortress, Soehren-Jones will be responsible for the company’s energy business, including sales and marketing, as well as the Human Resources, Public Policy, Sales, and Strategy organizations serving the Critical Infrastructure, Manufacturing, and Department of Defense business lines. Her primary focus will be on expanding Fortress’ information exchange, the Asset to Vendor Library (A2V), which currently hosts information on more than 40,000 vendors and products used by more than 40 percent of the U.S. power grid.

In her Security Strategy role at Exelon, Soehren-Jones was one of the first to implement the industry model for cyber risk assessment. This model produced critical data that allowed the Exelon executive team to make appropriate security strategy business decisions. Soehren-Jones shared her experiences with the Supply Chain Committee for the Edison Electric Institute (where she was the Co-Chair) and at the North American Transmission Forum (NATF), where she was the Committee Lead for Supply Chain. Based on Soehren-Jones’s thought leadership, both organizations were able to develop standards for evaluating cyber security attributes of devices and the exchange of information to the electric utility industry.

“Securing the grid is a top priority for utilities, but in an interconnected world – challenges are coming from all different directions,” said Soehren-Jones. “Through its partnership with both power companies and utility company vendors that participate in the Asset to Vendor network, Fortress is uniquely positioned to be the source for security products and services across our industry. While I enjoyed working with one power company on security issues, the opportunity to work with a company that shares the vision for securing the industry was too good to pass up.”