Veteran cybersecurity revenue leader brings more than 25 years of experience scaling enterprise technology companies and building high-performing go-to-market organizations
Boston, MA — November 12, 2026 — Cobalt™, a pioneer in pentesting as a service (PTaaS) and a leader in continuous offensive security testing, today announced the appointment of Mike Campfield as Head of Sales. Campfield brings more than 25 years of experience driving revenue growth, scaling enterprise sales organizations, and helping cybersecurity companies establish market leadership. In his new role, he will lead the company’s global revenue organization, overseeing sales and channel go-to-market strategy as the company expands adoption of its Cobalt Offensive Security Platform.
Campfield joins Cobalt as organizations increasingly seek to move beyond periodic security assessments toward continuous, intelligence-driven offensive security testing. As attack surfaces expand and AI reshapes both cyber threats and defensive capabilities, enterprises need more effective ways to identify exploitable vulnerabilities, validate security controls and prioritize remediation. Cobalt is addressing these challenges by combining AI-powered capabilities with the expertise of its global community of security professionals to help organizations continuously test and strengthen their security posture.
“Mike has an exceptional track record of building revenue organizations that scale and helping innovative cybersecurity companies become market leaders,” said Sonali Shah, CEO of Cobalt. “As demand for continuous offensive security accelerates, his experience translating emerging technologies into sustainable growth will be instrumental in expanding our market reach and helping more organizations adopt a proactive approach to security.”
Throughout his career, Campfield has built and led high-performing sales and customer success organizations, developed scalable go-to-market strategies and guided companies through periods of rapid growth and transformation. At ExtraHop, he increased annual recurring revenue (ARR) by more than 700% and helped establish the company as a leader in Network Detection and Response ahead of its acquisition by Bain Capital and Crosspoint Ventures.
Prior to joining Cobalt, Campfield held revenue leadership roles at SafeGuard Cyber, Uptycs and Sauce Labs, as well as senior leadership positions at ExtraHop, FireEye, Syncplicity, EMC and Documentum. His experience spans enterprise sales, customer success, market expansion and revenue operations, with a focus on helping organizations translate differentiated technology into measurable business outcomes.
“Organizations are rethinking how they approach offensive security as traditional, point-in-time testing struggles to keep pace with rapidly evolving threats and increasingly complex environments,” said Campfield. “Cobalt has a tremendous opportunity to lead this shift by bringing together the speed and scale of AI with the expertise of experienced security professionals. I’m excited to join the team and help accelerate growth, deepen customer relationships and bring continuous offensive security to more organizations worldwide.”
Campfield’s appointment comes as the company continues to advance its Cobalt Offensive Security Platform, expanding its AI-powered testing capabilities and integrations to help enterprises incorporate real-world offensive security findings into their existing security workflows. His leadership will support the next phase of growth for Cobalt as it strengthens its enterprise presence, expands strategic partnerships and helps customers adopt more continuous approaches to security validation.
About Cobalt
Cobalt is the pioneer in pentesting as a service (PTaaS) and a leader in continuous offensive security testing grounded in human expertise. The Cobalt Offensive Security Platform spans the full spectrum of offensive security, from targeted, human-led pentesting to high-frequency, AI-driven autonomous security testing. Only Cobalt brings together the four critical elements of modern offensive security: elite human expertise, a context-aware platform, AI-powered orchestration, and the industry's largest dataset of real-world pentest results. Thousands of customers and hundreds of partners rely on Cobalt and its global network of 500+ vetted security experts to continuously identify, prioritize, and remediate exploitable risk with the speed, flexibility, and precision today's organizations require.
Cobalt maintains an outstanding NPS of 9, reflecting its dedication to customer satisfaction. Read our reviews on G2 to see why customers love us. More at https://www.cobalt.io. Follow Cobalt on LinkedIn and X.
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