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XBOW has appointed WonLae Lee, a former Samsung SDS penetration testing leader with 30 years of offensive security expertise, as General Manager for South Korea to lead the company’s Asia-Pacific expansion amid rising demand for autonomous offensive security against AI-enabled cyberattacks.
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XBOW, the leading autonomous offensive security company, announced the appointment of WonLae Lee as General Manager, South Korea. Beginning with South Korea, Lee will drive XBOW’s expansion across the Asia-Pacific region as enterprises increasingly adopt autonomous offensive security to counter the surge in AI-enabled cyberattacks. The company plans to grow its APAC footprint in 2026 through targeted customer deployments, strategic partnerships, and regional hiring.
“We’re honored to welcome Mr. Lee to XBOW at a pivotal moment in our growth,” said Oege de Moor, CEO and Founder, XBOW. “His deep cybersecurity expertise and nuanced understanding of the South Korean market will help APAC organizations rapidly evolve their security strategies. I’m excited to see the immense impact he’ll make on our business in 2026 and beyond.”
Lee brings three decades of specialized experience in penetration testing, Red Team operations, vulnerability research, and incident response. Most recently, as Advanced Penetration Test Team Leader at Samsung SDS, he led Red Team efforts across Samsung affiliates, established standardized offensive security methodologies, and uncovered critical vulnerabilities in diverse domains including electronics, finance, cloud, and IoT systems. He also contributed significantly to talent recruitment, mentoring, internal capability building through research and training, and participation in external security competitions.
“I’ve spent my career building teams and systems that think like attackers,” said WonLae Lee, General Manager, South Korea, XBOW. “XBOW’s autonomous offensive security platform represents a significant step forward for the industry. I look forward to advancing XBOW’s vision across the region.”
Earlier in his career, Lee operated across Red, Blue, and Purple Team functions, including system auditing and CERT roles, where he managed incident response, conducted root-cause analysis, and helped establish enterprise-wide security policies and controls. This comprehensive background provides him with a rare, end-to-end perspective on both offensive and defensive security grounded in operational reality.
Lee joins an expanding XBOW leadership team that includes Dean Breda (General Counsel), Jonaki Egenolf (Chief Marketing Officer), Niroshan Rajadurai (Chief Revenue Officer, formerly of GitHub Advanced Security & GitHub Copilot), and Nico Waisman (Chief Security Officer, former CISO of Lyft). The appointments reflect XBOW’s focus on scaling globally while maintaining technical depth and market momentum.
The move follows XBOW’s achievement of topping the HackerOne global leaderboard in 2025 and comes as organizations worldwide face increasingly automated, AI-driven threats. XBOW’s platform combines AI reasoning with offensive security workflows to deliver expert-level testing at machine speed, enabling security teams to shift from reactive to proactive defense at scale.
About XBOW
XBOW is the autonomous offensive security company redefining cyber defense for the AI era. Combining AI reasoning with offensive security workflows, the XBOW platform delivers expert-level security testing at machine speed. XBOW empowers security teams to transform from reactive to proactive defense at AI scale.
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