Sekur Private Data, Inc. (OTCQB: SWISF)(CSE: SKUR)(FRA: GDT0) has appointed Annette L. Redmond, a former U.S. State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary, to its Strategic Advisory Board, according to a company statement.

Redmond served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intelligence Policy and Coordination in the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research from September 2019 until her retirement in December 2023. In that role, she oversaw intelligence operations, counterintelligence policy, and the department's support to the Intelligence Community.

Her career spans 40 years across U.S. government agencies, including more than 21 years as an Army Military Intelligence officer and more than 12 years as a Senior Executive in the Department of Defense, where she served as the Army's Intelligence Chief Information Officer, overseeing IT capabilities for more than 57,000 personnel. She also served as the State Department's first Intelligence Chief Information Officer. Since retiring, she has founded Primus Global Solutions.

Alain Ghiai, Chief Executive Officer of Sekur Private Data, said Redmond's experience "leading secure intelligence operations and information systems at the Department of State, the Department of Defense, and across the Intelligence Community is precisely the expertise that governments, diplomatic officials, and enterprises demand from their communications partners."

Redmond said governments and diplomatic missions "require communications they can trust under a single jurisdiction, with rigorous protection of classified and sensitive information."

Sekur Private Data provides Swiss-hosted cybersecurity and private communications services, including products such as SekurMail, SekurMessenger, and SekurVPN. The company sells through its website, distributors, and the U.S. General Services Administration Multiple Award Schedule. Its main operations are based in Miami, Florida.