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Posts by Tim Freestone

Tim Freestone, Chief Strategy Officer, Kiteworks
Tim joined Kiteworks as chief marketing officer in 2021 and was promoted to Chief Strategy Officer in 2026. Tim brings over 15 years of experience in marketing and marketing leadership, including demand generation, brand strategy, and process and organizational optimization. Tim was previously vice president of marketing at Contrast Security, a scale-up application security company. Before Contrast, Tim was the vice president of corporate marketing at Fortinet, a next-generation firewall and cloud security company.
Tim holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Communication Studies from The University of Montana.
One Policy, Every Channel: Why Fragmented Data Governance Is a Breach Waiting to Be Found
Location Is Not Sovereignty: Why Data Residency Alone Cannot Protect You From Foreign Access Laws
Residency Is Not Enough: Why Every Data Sovereignty Strategy Needs a Control Plane for Egress
Contracts Cannot Override the Law: Why Data Sovereignty Has to Be Architectural, Not Contractual
5 Steps to Secure Supply Chain Data Sharing for Regional Manufacturers
What Financial Services Need for Digital Operational Resilience
Why Gulf Government Agencies Need Sovereign Data Controls
BSI IT-Grundschutz Requirements for Swiss Federal Departments: Enterprise Security Architecture and Compliance Strategy
How to Secure Cross-Border Financial Transactions in Benelux
How Gulf Investment Firms Secure Cross-Border Financial Data
Connecting AI Agents to Your Data: The Governance Gap Nobody’s Talking About
The AI Agent Accountability Gap Is Now a Boardroom Problem
How Saudi Law Firms Protect Client Confidentiality in Digital Communications