RenRe exec joins AXIS Capital as chief information security officer

AXIS Capital has appointed Kelly Lindsey Isikoff as its chief information security officer (CISO), based in New York.

She will oversee enterprise-wide information security strategies, as well as partner with AXIS Capital business segments and its global cyber and technology unit to provide strategic counsel to its clients and distribution partners

Isikoff joins from RenaissanceRe, where she served as the firm’s CISO. Here she had overall responsibility for technology risk management, information protection and security assurance.

Prior to that, she served as executive director, CISO, as JP Morgan Asset Management.

She has also spent over 10 years at Citigroup, where she was senior vice president, security technology. She began her career at Warner Music Group.

Isikoff will report to AXIS Capital’s global chief information officer, Keith Schlosser.

“Kelly brings experience leading information security strategies for world-class organizations spanning multiple sectors. I expect that both our colleagues and customers will benefit from Kelly’s deep expertise, which spans technology risk management, information protection and security assurance, among other areas,” said Schlosser.