Seasoned cybersecurity leader brings expertise to scale Terra’s AI-native offensive security platform
Terra Security, a pioneer in Agentic Offensive Security, announced the appointment of Anna Sarnek as Vice President of Business & Strategy. Sarnek has served as a strategic advisor to Terra over the past year, helping shape the company’s strategic direction, growth trajectory, and ongoing partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
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Sarnek brings more than 15 years of experience spanning cybersecurity, enterprise IT, and cloud partnerships. A trusted advisor to the security community, she most recently led Cyber Startup and Venture Capital Business Development at AWS, where she managed key cyber investor and priority founder relationships to help early and growth-stage companies build strong foundations for scale. With this background, Anna is well-positioned to bridge the gap between Terra and its stakeholders, ensuring the company’s strategies remain closely aligned with evolving market demands and industry trends.
“Anna has been instrumental in building Terra behind the scenes since last May,” said Shahar Peled, cofounder and CEO of Terra Security. “She brings a deep understanding of our product, customers, and partners, which will help her scale the company thoughtfully and strategically. More importantly, she shares our conviction that AI-native security represents an entirely new category, one where Terra is uniquely positioned to lead.”
As Vice President of Business & Strategy, Sarnek will complement Terra’s organic momentum by focusing on product innovation, growth strategy, and industry partnerships, leveraging technology companies, the channel, MSSPs, and consulting firms. Drawing on her background in consulting and strategic business development, she will orchestrate alignment across Terra’s business units and partners, ensuring platform strategy, partner feedback, go-to-market execution, and long-term growth move forward in lockstep.
“Channel partnerships used to be deeply strategic, but the explosion of vendors has pushed many relationships toward more transactional motions,” said Anna Sarnek, VP of Business & Strategy at Terra Security. “We need to return to the kind of strategic alignment that originally made the channel so effective, building best-of-breed solutions and cohesive platform narratives alongside our partners rather than operating in silos. It’s also time to challenge the conventional startup playbook that delays hyperscaler and channel investment. Strong partnerships compound over time, and if you wait until later funding stages, you forfeit that advantage. Terra is already seeing the benefits of starting early.”
Terra’s approach reflects a broader belief that modern security outcomes require alignment across people, process, and technology. By investing early in trusted ecosystem relationships, from hyperscalers to leading consulting and red teaming firms, Terra is establishing a foundation for comprehensive solutions that resonate with CISOs, executive decision-makers, and frontline practitioners.
“Terra represents a category with materially different value,” Sarnek added. “We see a clear path to building a company that defines Agentic Offensive Security.”
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