Clorox Company’s chief security officer has resigned from his position following a corporate network breach that cost the manufacturer hundreds of millions of dollars.
amy bogac She held the roles of chief information security officer (CISO) and vice president of enterprise security and infrastructure at Clorox since June 2021, according to her LinkedIn profile.
Although her LinkedIn profile doesn’t indicate a job change, Bogac’s the last day The multinational detergent conglomerate, according to Bloomberg News, which reviewed an internal memo and cited two people familiar with the matter.
Bogak didn’t respond. registerIn response to inquiries, a Clorox spokesperson declined to say whether Bogac would remain on staff.
“Out of respect for our current and former teammates, we do not comment on personnel matters,” a spokesperson responded.
Chau Banks, the $7 billion business’ chief information and data officer who reportedly wrote the memo, will fill the role of Mr. Bogac’s Clorox. continue to clean up the mess Find and hire a replacement.
“She promotes cybersecurity best practices externally and throughout the company by continually participating in lunch series with leaders to influence and educate others about cybersecurity awareness and related topics. He was an advocate,” the memo said. “While at Clorox, she also developed a strong security and infrastructure for her team.”
Clorox first disclosed in August that its computer network had been compromised in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. At the time, the company said some IT systems and operations were “temporarily impaired” due to “unauthorized activity” in its IT environment.
A subsequent filing with the SEC in September cited “massive disruption” to the entire business as a result of the intrusion.
These disruptions included manually processing orders after some systems went offline. “The company has been operating at reduced order fulfillment rates and has recently begun experiencing high levels of consumer product availability issues,” Clorox said at the time.
In its fiscal 2024 first quarter earnings report earlier this month, Clorox reported: 20% decrease The company noted that first-quarter net sales were down year-over-year, with the $356 million decrease “primarily caused” by the cyberattack.
In a subsequent SEC filing, Clorox noted that costs related to network intrusions totaled $24 million in the three months ended Sept. 30.
“The costs incurred were primarily due to third-party consulting services, including IT recovery and forensics experts and other professional services incurred in investigating and remediating the attack and the resulting disruption to the company’s business operations. “This is related to additional operational costs.”to Form 10-Q filing.
Clorox also disclosed that it expects to incur additional costs related to the security super snafu in future periods. ®