Form 6-K CYREN Ltd. For: Apr 19

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16

OR 15d-16 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the month of April, 2017

 

Commission File Number 000-26495

 

Cyren Ltd. 

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

 

1 Sapir Road, 5^th Floor, Beit Ampa, P.O. Box 4014, Herzliya 46140, Israel

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F ☒     Form 40-F ☐

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):___

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):___

 

 

 

On April 19, 2017, the Registrant issued a press release announcing that John Becker had joined the company’s Board of Directors as an outside director. A copy of the press release is annexed hereto as Exhibit 1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

	Cyren Ltd. (Registrant)
Date: April 19, 2017	By:	/s/ J. Michael Myshrall
	J. Michael Myshrall
	Chief Financial Officer

 

 

3

Exhibit 1

 

 

 

Former Sourcefire CEO John Becker Joins Cyren Board as Outside Director

 

Becker brings more than 30 years of security technology experience, specifically in leading fast-growth companies

 

McLean, VA – April 19, 2017 – Cyren (NASDAQ: CYRN), an internet Security as a Service provider, announced that John Becker has joined the company’s Board of Directors as outside director effective April 1, 2017.

 

With more than 30 years of security industry and technology experience, Becker offers a lengthy record of growing highly successful technology companies. In addition to serving on numerous boards, he previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Sourcefire, ScienceLogic, Approva Corporation, Cybertrust and AXENT Technologies.

 

“I am excited that John has agreed to join the Cyren board,” said Lior Samuelson, Chairman and CEO at Cyren. “With his security and technology industry experience, John will be tremendously helpful in shaping our growth strategy.”

 

The recently announced Cyren Cloud Security 4.0 platform is the industry's first and only Internet security solution that can deliver web security, email security, DNS-based security, cloud sandboxing, and cloud access security all from a single unified SaaS platform. Cyren Cloud Security enables businesses to simplify and integrate the management of siloed point security solutions, eliminate complexity and costs, and deliver better protection from the latest, most sophisticated cross-vector threats.

 

“As a 100-percent Security as a Service company, Cyren has a unique opportunity to deliver more effective and efficient information security protections to organizations around the globe,” Becker said. “Through its single unified SaaS platform, I believe Cyren is incredibly well positioned to take advantage of the growing opportunity to deliver security through the cloud. I’m honored to share my expertise and help the company realize its vision.”

 

About Cyren

Cyren (NASDAQ and TASE: CYRN) protects more than 600 million users against cyber attacks and data breaches through its cloud-based web security, email security, DNS security and cloud sandboxing solutions. Relied upon by many of the world’s largest technology companies such as Dell, Google, McAfee and Microsoft, Cyren offers enterprise-focused security-as-a-service solutions as well as embedded solutions for software and security providers. Cyren’s global cloud security platform processes more than 17 billion daily transactions and uses innovative zero-day protection technology to proactively block over 130 million threats each day. Learn more at www.cyren.com. To test the effectiveness of your current web security solution, go to www.cyren.com/security-test.html.

 

Blog: blog.cyren.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/CyrenWeb
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/cyren
Twitter: www.twitter.com/CyrenInc or twitter.com/cyren_ir

 

Media Contact:

Matthew Zintel

Zintel Public Relations

+1.281.444.1590       

[email protected]

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