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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.
5 Critical Data Sovereignty Challenges for Banks in Qatar
Third-Party Risk Management Best Practices for Banking Institutions
How to Ensure AI Systems Meet Enterprise Data Privacy Regulations
How to Prevent Sensitive Business Data Leakage When Using LLMs
How to Prevent Unauthorized Access When LLMs Query Internal Files
AI Safety Asia: Crisis Diplomacy and Evidence-Based AI Governance at India Summit 2026
What Happens When You Give AI Agents Real Power
How to Secure Client Data Transfers Between French and EU Financial Institutions
How DIFC and ADGM Banks Achieve Data Sovereignty in the UAE
How to Implement Customer-Controlled Encryption Keys in Banking
There’s No “–dangerously-skip-permissions” for Your Data
It’s Not the AI That’s Unsafe. It’s the Access You’re Giving It.
AI Agents Are the Biggest Data Security Threat You’re Not Governing