SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 2025--
Concentric AI today announced it has named Lane Sullivan as its new Chief Information Security and Strategy Officer. In this new role, Mr. Sullivan leads the company’s cybersecurity program and contributes to its strategy, ensuring alignment with businesses’ real-world security needs. He is focused on maintaining Concentric AI’s security posture and fostering an innovative approach to enhancing safeguards for sensitive information across today’s complex digital ecosystems.
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“Concentric AI’s rapid growth and technology leadership make this a pivotal moment to come on board,” said Mr. Sullivan. “I’m excited to lead our cybersecurity program and shape our strategy around data protection, insider threats, and responsible AI.”
Mr. Sullivan has 25+ years of experience leading enterprise-wide security transformations and guiding organizations through high-stakes incidents, including ransomware breaches. His most recent position was SVP, Chief Information Security Officer at Magellan Health, where he led the cybersecurity, physical security, and data governance programs, while also championing mental health awareness within cybersecurity teams. Recognized as a Top Global CISO by Cyber Defense Magazine in both 2023 and 2024, Sullivan further contributed to the industry through his active involvement with the HITRUST Health 3rd Party Trust Initiative. Previously, he served as Director, Information Security and Compliance (CISO) at Ingram Content Group; and as VP of Infrastructure at C&S Wholesale Grocers. Mr. Sullivan also served as Chief Information Officer and Chief Operating Officer at JT Investments. He earned his Master of Science degree in Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance and his Bachelor of Science degree in Business – IT Management.
“It is a pleasure to welcome Lane to Concentric AI’s executive team,” said Karthik Krishnan, Concentric AI Founder and CEO. “His deep experience leading high-performing teams and delivering enterprise-wide security transformation comes at a critical time of growth for Concentric AI. Lane brings a proven track record of building resilient security strategies that span multiple industries that matter deeply to us, including healthcare, finance, retail, and energy.”
Concentric AI’s Semantic Intelligence platform redefines what’s possible for data security governance. Instead of relying on rigid rules, keywords, or data samples, it uses its patented AI to understand the context behind structured and unstructured data across cloud and on-premises environments. This means it can find not only PII, PCI, and PHI with exceptional accuracy, but also things like intellectual property and critical business documents that others miss. This result is stronger, more accurate classifications and access policies within the platform itself and across a customer’s entire security stack. And with continuous monitoring and remediation, risks like overpermissioning and misclassified data are handled automatically.
Concentric AI’s Semantic Intelligence solution provides advanced data security governance by discovering both structured and unstructured data across cloud and on-premises repositories. Its proprietary AI understands context—enabling it to detect not only PII, PCI, and PHI, but also intellectual property and critical business documents that don’t follow fixed patterns. The solution classifies and tags data automatically, identifies risks from over-permissive access or inappropriate sharing, and can take action—either autonomously or by working with your existing security stack—to secure data quickly and continuously.
About Concentric AI
Concentric AI is intelligent data security made easy. Its AI-powered platform simplifies data management, helping businesses discover sensitive data, remediate risk, eliminate duplicates, and maintain compliance across cloud and on-premises environments. The solution provides clear insights into where data resides, who’s accessing it, how it’s being shared, and empowers organizations to take remediation actions. With co-managed services, Concentric AI handles the heavy lifting while organizations stay in control—defining policies, managing risks, and running reports on demand. From reducing costs to preventing data leaks, Concentric AI ensures your data works for you, not vice versa. Concentric AI is venture-backed by leading Silicon Valley VCs and is headquartered in San Jose, Calif. For more information, see https://www.concentric.ai.
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Seasoned Fortune 500 cybersecurity and risk executive Lane Sullivan named new Concentric AI Chief Information Security and Strategy Officer.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has released tens of thousands more documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, a tranche that included multiple mentions of President Donald Trump but added little new revelatory information to the long-anticipated public file on the late financier and convicted sex offender.
The release is the most voluminous so far and comes after a massive public campaign for transparency into the U.S. government’s Epstein investigations.
Many of the mentions of Trump in the file came from news clippings, though it includes an email from a prosecutor pointing out the flights that Trump took on Epstein’s private jet during the 1990s.
The two men were friends for years before a falling out. Trump has not been accused of wrongdoing in connection with Epstein. The Justice Department issued a statement that some documents contain “untrue and sensationalist claims” about Trump made shortly before the 2020 election.
Here are some takeaways:
Among the mentions of Trump in the latest batch of the Epstein files is a note from a federal prosecutor from January 2020 that said Trump had flown on the financier’s private plane more often than had been previously known.
An assistant U.S. attorney from the Southern District of New York said in an email that flight records the office received on Jan. 6, 2020, showed that Trump was on Epstein’s jet “many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware).”
The prosecutor who flagged the Trump mentions in the flight logs said they did so because lawyers “didn’t want any of this to be a surprise down the road.”
His travels on Epstein’s plane spanned the time that would likely be covered in any criminal charges against Epstein’s co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell. Trump was listed as a passenger on at least eight flights between 1993 and 1996, and on at least four of those flights, Maxwell was also there, according to the email.
On one of those eight flights, in 1993, Trump and Epstein were the only two passengers listed in the flight logs. On another flight, the three passengers listed in records are Epstein, Trump, and a redacted individual, who was 20 years old at the time. Two other flights included two women -- whose names were redacted in follow-up emails — identified as potential witnesses in a Maxwell case.
Several additional Trump trips on Epstein’s plane had been previously disclosed during Maxwell’s criminal proceedings.
Asked for comment about the email, the White House pointed to a Justice Department statement saying Monday’s release contained “unfounded and false” claims against the president submitted to the FBI shortly before the 2020 election, but they were nevertheless being released for full transparency.
The Justice Department specifically raised questions about the validity of a document mentioning Trump that was styled as a letter from Epstein to Larry Nassar, the sports doctor convicted of sexually abusing Olympic athletes. The department pointed out that it was processed three days after Epstein's death.
Trump complained that the files were a distraction from the work he and other Republicans are doing for the country.
Speaking during an unrelated event at his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida, on Monday, the president blamed Democrats and some Republicans for the controversy.
“What this whole thing is with Epstein is a way of trying to deflect from the tremendous success that the Republican Party has,” Trump said.
He also expressed frustration about the famous people shown with Epstein in photos released by the Justice Department — people who he said may not have known him but ended up in the shot anyway.
“You probably have pictures being exposed of other people that innocently met Jeffrey Epstein years ago, many years ago. And they’re, you know, highly respected bankers and lawyers and others,” Trump said.
Well-known people shown in the files include former President Bill Clinton, the late pop star Michael Jackson and singer Diana Ross. The mere inclusion of someone’s name or images in files from the investigation does not imply wrongdoing.
The latest release also includes files that put the U.K.'s former Prince Andrew back in the headlines.
Among those documents is correspondence between Maxwell and someone who signs off with the initial “A.”
The email exchange includes other references that suggest Maxwell’s correspondent may be Andrew. He did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The August 2001 email from someone identified only as “The Invisible Man,” said he is “up here at Balmoral Summer Camp for the Royal Family,” an apparent reference to the Scottish estate where the royal family have traditionally taken their late summer holidays.
“A” writes: “How’s LA? Have you found me some new inappropriate friends?”
The writer says he has left “the RN” and refers to the challenges of looking after “the Girls.” Andrew retired from the Royal Navy in 2001 and has two daughters.
Andrew, one of King Charles III’s younger brothers, was stripped of the right to be called a prince and his other royal titles and honors in October, amid continued publicity about his links to Epstein and concerns about the potential damage to the rest of the royal family. He is now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
Andrew has repeatedly denied committing any crimes, including having sex with Virginia Giuffre, who alleged that she was trafficked by Epstein and had sex with Andrew when she was 17.
Trump tried for months to keep the records sealed before relenting to political pressure, including from some fellow Republicans, though he eventually signed a bill mandating the release of most of the Justice Department’s files on Epstein.
Monday's release was the biggest dump yet, including nearly 30,000 more pages. The data released by the law's Friday deadline contained a fraction of that amount, mostly photographs taken during FBI searches of Epstein’s homes.
The new cache includes news clippings, emails and surveillance videos from the New York jail where Epstein was held before taking his own life in 2019, much of which was already in the public domain.
The law called for the files to be released within 30 days, but the Justice Department has instead released them in stages starting Friday. Officials have said they’re going slowly to protect victims, though some women assaulted by Epstein have spoken out publicly to call for greater transparency.
Associated Press writer Darlene Superville in Washington and Danica Kirka in London contributed to this report.
President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
