CYBERSECURITY LEADERSHIP MOVES

Terra Security Appoints James Cook as Vice President of Global Sales

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20+ YRS
CYBERSECURITY EXPERIENCE
10+ YRS
IN OFFENSIVE SECURITY
$38M
TOTAL FUNDING RAISED
2X
SALES TEAM GROWTH TARGET

Terra Security, the AI-native Offensive Security platform, has announced the appointment of James Cook as Vice President of Global Sales, as the company plans to double its sales organization and expand beyond North America.

A Veteran Sales Leader Joins the Category Frontrunner

Cook is a cybersecurity executive with more than 20 years of experience, joining Terra Security as the company plans to double the size of its sales organization and expand its continuous agentic Offensive Security platform beyond North America.

He brings over a decade in the Offensive Security category and a track record of building high-performance sales teams, joining at a moment when speed of execution defines category leadership.

"AI is transformational, but it's not a silver bullet. The same way no enterprise is fully replacing their developers with AI, no security leader is replacing their pentesters or red teamers. The winning model in offensive security is human guided autonomy, and Terra is the clearest execution I've seen in the category."

— JAMES COOK, INCOMING VP OF SALES, TERRA SECURITY

Expanding Coverage Across the Attack Surface

Terra is the first agentic Offensive Security platform to cover all major attack surfaces: web applications, AI systems, external networks and internal networks. The company also recently announced Prevention, the first agentic Offensive Security platform to act on the risks it proves exploitable, closing the gap between a confirmed finding and a deployed fix.

Underpinning both offerings is Terra's commitment to human guided autonomy, a philosophy CISOs and security practitioners consistently cite as a non-negotiable requirement for running continuous Offensive Security programs at scale.

About Terra Security

Founded in 2024 by Gal Malachi and Shahar Peled, Terra Security is a New York-based Series A company providing AI-powered continuous penetration testing as a service. The company has raised $38M in funding from investors including Felicis Ventures, FXP and SYN Ventures.

Terra's platform uses AI agents supervised by human experts to deliver comprehensive testing that incorporates business context and adapts in real time, prioritizing remediation based on actual business impact.

Key Takeaways

  • James Cook, a 20-year cybersecurity veteran, joins Terra Security as Vice President of Global Sales.
  • Terra plans to double its sales organization and expand beyond North America.
  • Cook brings over a decade of experience specifically within the Offensive Security category.
  • Terra is the first agentic Offensive Security platform covering web apps, AI systems, and external and internal networks.
  • The company recently launched Prevention, closing the gap between confirmed findings and deployed fixes.
  • Terra Security has raised $38M in total funding since its founding in 2024 by Gal Malachi and Shahar Peled.
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