1Kosmos names Frank Cohen as Chief Revenue Officer

1Kosmos has appointed Frank Cohen as Chief Revenue Officer, adding a sales executive with more than 20 years of experience in cybersecurity and enterprise technology.

Cohen will oversee the company's worldwide sales organisation, channel partnerships, customer growth and go-to-market strategy. The appointment comes as 1Kosmos seeks wider adoption of its identity verification and passwordless authentication platform in enterprise, government and regulated markets.

Based in New Jersey, 1Kosmos focuses on identity proofing, credential verification and passwordless authentication. The company argues that organisations are placing greater emphasis on verifying users during high-risk interactions such as account recovery, device enrolment, privileged access requests and service desk contacts.

Cohen joins from ORDR, where he served as Chief Revenue Officer. Earlier roles included General Manager, Americas at Claroty, Senior Vice President of Global Sales at OPSWAT and Vice President of Global Sales at Intertrust Secure Systems.

Those positions gave him experience across industrial security, critical infrastructure and trusted computing, sectors where buyers often face strict compliance and security demands. At 1Kosmos, that background is expected to help customers dealing with impersonation attacks, account takeover and fraud.

The move reflects how identity security has become more central to cyber defence strategies as companies expand their use of cloud services, digital channels and artificial intelligence tools. Businesses are under pressure to verify not only who enters a system, but who remains behind sensitive actions across the full user lifecycle.

1Kosmos says its platform combines onboarding and authentication in one system rather than through separate tools. The company serves banks, telecommunications providers, healthcare groups, retailers and technology businesses, and says it handles millions of authentications each day.

According to the company, it has raised more than USD $72 million in venture funding. The appointment comes as the business tries to convert product adoption into broader commercial growth.

Chief Executive Officer Hemen Vimadalal linked the hire to that effort.

"Frank has built world-class sales organizations for several growing AI and cybersecurity companies, and helped scale these businesses into market leaders," said Hemen Vimadalal, Chief Executive Officer of 1Kosmos.

"His proven expertise and relationships in enterprise security markets, channel development, and global go-to-market execution position him as the ideal leader to accelerate our next phase of growth and capitalize on the foundational role of verified identity for maintaining digital trust in the AI era."

For 1Kosmos, the challenge is to persuade organisations that identity checks should extend beyond first registration. The company argues that repeated verification during risk-sensitive moments can reduce fraud and account abuse while limiting reliance on passwords.

That pitch has gained ground as cyber attackers increasingly use impersonation techniques to exploit help desks, reset credentials or hijack accounts. Security vendors have responded by putting more focus on continuous identity assurance rather than one-time checks at login.

Cohen's hiring also underlines the competition among identity and access management providers to win large organisations and public sector bodies. These buyers often face long sales cycles, rely on channel partners and expect products to fit existing security and compliance frameworks.

Cohen pointed to the broader shift in how companies view identity.

"Identity has become a board-level business issue, driven by AI, digital transformation, and increasingly sophisticated impersonation attacks," said Frank Cohen, Chief Revenue Officer of 1Kosmos.

"1Kosmos is exceptionally well positioned to become the leader in establishing and maintaining trust across digital interactions in commercial and government markets. I'm looking forward to helping accelerate the company's next stage of growth."