Fortanix Expands ANZ Team to Meet Growing Demand for Data and AI Security Innovation

Fortanix® Inc., a global leader in data and AI security and pioneer of Confidential Computing, today announced the expansion of its Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) operations with two senior business and technology leaders, reinforcing its commitment to meeting skyrocketing demand for modern data security in the region. Specifically, the company has named Sampanna Baidya Regional Sales Director for Australia and New Zealand, and Mohamed Khangi Senior Sales Engineer.

Both Baidya and Khangi join Fortanix with many years of deep industry expertise in enterprise data security and encryption, along with extensive success helping customers succeed and thrive across ANZ. Their appointments underscore Fortanix’s expansion goals in the region as organisations look to move beyond legacy approaches and adopt more future-ready security architectures.

Across ANZ, enterprises face increasing pressure to modernise their security posture in response to current and emerging challenges, including post-quantum cryptography (PQC), the rise of Confidential AI, and the growing need to protect sensitive data across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. At the same time, many organisations seek more agile, platform-driven solutions that can support evolving business and regulatory requirements.

Fortanix has seen strong momentum in the region as customers look for a unified approach to data security that enables encryption, key management and Confidential Computing within a single platform, rather than relying on fragmented, legacy solutions.

“These appointments are a direct response to what we’re hearing from customers across ANZ,” said Paul McClure, VP of APAC at Fortanix. “They’re dealing with a perfect storm of change between AI adoption, quantum risk and increasing regulatory pressures, and they’re looking for partners who can help them prepare for a rapidly evolving environment. Sampanna and Mohamed bring a strong technical understanding of how to translate security imperatives into real business results.”

“Across ANZ, I’ve seen a clear shift in how organisations are thinking about data security,” said Baidya. “Fortanix has positioned itself to meet what businesses need today and in the emerging landscape, and I can’t wait to help organisations in the region take that next step.”

“What stood out to me about Fortanix is the approach it takes to security,” said Mohamed Khangi. “The ability to protect both proprietary models and the data that trains them should be a no-brainer for any enterprise working with AI, and Fortanix does just that.”

Baidya and Khangi’s experience will play a key role in helping organisations transition away from aging hardware-centric approaches toward more flexible, software-defined security models that scale across environments.

“Fortanix is addressing a very real gap in the local market,” said Uli Klink, Head of GRC and Business Operations at Australian based Salt Group [Salt Group are truly independent, vendor agnostic authentication, HSM & PKI experts, and have been serving banking, financial services and government sectors in Australia, Europe/UK and Asia, since 2004]. “After having worked with Sampanna and Mohamed previously, I’ve experienced firsthand the value they bring to customers. I have no doubt they’ll continue this success story with Fortanix, as organisations look for advanced platforms that can support modern use cases.”

Fortanix’s platform is purpose-built to help organisations secure data across its entire lifecycle, including while it is in use, enabling capabilities such as Confidential AI, secure multi-party collaboration and quantum-resilient encryption. This approach is critical as enterprises look to leverage the value of their sensitive data without compromising security or compliance.

With these appointments, Fortanix is well-positioned to accelerate growth across Australia and New Zealand, further deepen its partner ecosystem, and support organisations as they navigate the next generation of data security challenges.

To learn more about Fortanix and its data protection capabilities, visit www.fortanix.com or request a demo of Fortanix Data Security Manager.

About Fortanix

Fortanix is the global leader in data and AI security and a pioneer of Confidential Computing, delivering a unified platform to protect sensitive data, AI models, and applications across on-premises and multi-cloud environments—at rest, in transit, and in use. Built on hardware-enforced security, Fortanix enables workloads to run in tamper-proof, isolated enclaves, protecting against data leakage, model extraction, and unauthorized access, even from privileged insiders.

As enterprises scale modern AI factories, Fortanix provides a Confidential AI foundation built on attestation-based trust, secure key release, and zero-trust enforcement. This ensures AI systems remain verifiable, auditable, and trustworthy—while enabling crypto agility and long-term resilience through post-quantum cryptography (PQC).

Trusted by leading enterprises and sovereign entities in highly regulated industries and powered by an industry-standard approach to Confidential Computing supported by leading technology providers, including Intel, Microsoft, and NVIDIA, Fortanix enables organizations to safely use sensitive data and drive AI adoption with confidence.

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