Ledger appoints Oded Blatman as CIO and CSO to enhance security

Ledger just handed one person the keys to its entire security and technology apparatus. The crypto hardware wallet company announced the appointment of Oded Blatman as both Chief Information Officer and Chief Security Officer, merging what are typically separate roles into a single position overseeing everything from product security to enterprise risk management. The move comes as the digital asset industry grapples with $1.4 billion in hacks, with AI-powered attack vectors making exploits cheaper and faster to execute. For a company that has built its reputation on never having its signing devices compromised, the consolidation reads less like a corporate reorg and more like a war footing. Who is Oded Blatman Blatman arrives at Ledger from Fireblocks, the institutional digital asset infrastructure provider, where he spent five years holding a similar dual CIO/CSO role. Before that, his resume reads like a cybersecurity greatest hits compilation: national-defense cyber positions in Israel, security leadership at Israel’s largest bank, and steering the security side of Salesforce’s $1.4 billion acquisition of ClickSoftware. His scope at Ledger will be broad. The role covers network...