Coro promotes Benjamin Morrell to security strategy role

Coro has promoted Benjamin Morrell to Vice President of Security Strategy, expanding his role in shaping the company's product direction.

Based in Australia, Morrell will also take responsibility for securing Coro's own operations. His remit includes compliance, incident response, zero trust architecture and adversarial research. His team also uses Coro's platform internally, feeding operational experience back into product development.

The appointment comes as cybersecurity suppliers seek to show that their products reflect day-to-day security work rather than lab testing or sales priorities. At Coro, Morrell's role is intended to link internal security operations with decisions on usability and product design.

Before joining Coro, Morrell held cybersecurity roles at NextGen and Anomali. His background spans security technology, product strategy and go-to-market work, including positions across Sales, Marketing and Product Management.

Expanded brief

In the new role, Morrell will help shape the strategic direction of Coro's product portfolio while overseeing the protection of the business itself. Coro describes that internal function as "Customer Zero", meaning its own teams use the same platform sold to customers and provide direct feedback on how it performs in practice.

That approach is particularly relevant as suppliers increase their use of artificial intelligence in security software. One of Morrell's main areas of focus will be how Coro applies AI across its platform for organisations with small IT and security teams.

According to Coro, 92.3% of all security tickets generated globally on its platform over the past year were handled and resolved automatically. The company has also introduced Model Context Protocol tools that let users query live security data, generate reports, visualise trends and take action from AI assistants and other software environments rather than through separate dashboards.

Chief Executive Officer Joe Sykora linked the promotion to Coro's broader product and internal security agenda.

"As Coro continues to scale, Ben's leadership will play an important role in how we strengthen both our internal security posture and our product strategy," said Joe Sykora, Chief Executive Officer, Coro. "He brings a rare combination of hands-on product knowledge, security expertise, and market understanding that will help us continue building a platform that meets the real needs of Lean IT teams."

Morrell said the role will connect the company's internal security work with product decisions for customers.

"I've spent years seeing firsthand how difficult it can be for organizations to close the gap between the security they need and the resources they have," said Benjamin Morrell, Vice President of Security Strategy, Coro. "This role creates an opportunity to help close that gap from both sides by using our platform to protect the business and applying those insights to make Coro more resilient, intelligent, and effective for customers."

Growth push

The promotion comes during a broader period of investment in leadership and channel sales. Coro has been expanding a channel-first go-to-market model, with a recent emphasis on managed service providers and partner programme changes designed to widen access and simplify commercial terms.

It also recently hired Lindsey Westbrook as Vice President of Marketing. That appointment is intended to support partner-led growth and deepen engagement across the MSP market.

For Coro, the personnel changes suggest an effort to tie product planning more closely to sales execution and partner distribution. In a crowded cybersecurity market, vendors are under pressure to show not only that their tools can detect and respond to threats, but also that they fit the needs of smaller teams without dedicated security headcount.

Coro says its platform combines endpoint, email, network and cloud security in a single system aimed at organisations with lean IT teams. Based in Chicago, the company has said its recent growth has been driven by demand for consolidated security tools that reduce the number of products customers need to manage.

Morrell's work will focus on adversary behaviour and day-to-day security operations as Coro develops the next stage of its product portfolio.