San Diego-based web security appliances vendor St. Bernard Software has appointed Lou Ryan as CEO. The appointment follows the resignation of Vincent Rossi, CEO and acting CFO, who left the company to pursure other opportunities. Ryan will also retain his position as chairman of the board, a position he has held since June 2008.

George Adams, the U.S. president of global encryption provider SSH Communications Security, has additionally taken on the role of executive vice president of global sales and marketing for SSH Communications Security Corp. He will develop and execute SSH's worldwide sales, marketing strategy and market development programs for the SSH Tectia portfolio. www.ssh.com

Archer Technologies, provider of governance, risk and compliance solutions, has partnered with Application Security, maker of database security products, to create an integrated offering. The Archer SmartSuite Framework and DbProtect integration will enable customers to manage risk while identifying and repairing database-level vulnerabilities.

GE Energy, a unit of General Electric, has signed an OEM agreement with SCADA and process control security company Industrial Defender. Under the deal, GE Energy will offer Industrial Defender's technology suite. The offering will be integrated with GE's smart grid automation technologies, such as energy management systems.

The Information Technology Sector Coordinating Council, whose mission is to promote discourse on critical infrastructure protection, has named two new people to its executive committee. Tiffany Jones, director of government relations at Symantec, has been named treasurer and Franck Journoud, manager of information security policy at the Business Software Alliance, has been appointed a member. Robert Dix Jr. was re-elected to his second term as chairman.

The PCI Security Standards Council, which manages the payment industry guidelines, has appointed Lib de Veyra as chairman. He replaces Rob Tourt, who led the council since Jan. 2008. De Veyra is vice president of emerging technologies at JCB International.

Three executives have joined network security firm GFI Software. Sergio Galindo has been named VP of product marketing, Ed Harnish, VP of marketing and Ellan Murphy, VP of operations. Galindo joins from Lehman Brothers, while Harnish and Murphy come from Acronis, provider of data backup and disaster recovery offerings.

Palisade Systems, provider of data-loss prevention solutions, has appointed Christian Renaud to vice president of strategy. Prior to the move, Renaud was in charge of Cisco's New Markets and Technology Group, where he was chief architect of networked virtual environments. At Palisade, Renaud will work to increase brand awareness and grow revenues and customers.

Network security firm GFi has appointed three industry veterans to join its executive management team: Phil Bousfield as VP of product engineering, Dave Winpenny as VP of worldwide customer support and John Wilson as manager of global sales.

ESET, provider of anti-virus solutions, has signed on with InQuira, maker of software apps for web self-help and enterprise knowledge management. ESET will integrate InQuira's Multilingual Dictionary platform to bolster customer service for its users. The implementation comes as ESET is consolidating its international sites.