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FORMER KGB MAJOR ENLISTS EX-CIA CHIEF AND OPERATIVE FOR SOFTWARE START-UP
On May 16, 1980, CIA operative David Rolph met KGB Maj. Victor Sheymov in a back alley in Moscow, then smuggled him, his wife and daughter out of the country so they could defect to the U.S. Twenty-one years later, Rolph-- along with a former CIA director and America's largest insurer-is again aiding Sheymov, this time with the marketing of his Internet security firm, Invicta Networks Inc.
Founded last year by Sheymov, Invicta Networks has recently signed on an impressive cast of marketers, board members and corporate partners, personnel that your average start-up CEO might betray his country for. They include R. James Woolsey, former CIA director, who joined Herndon, Va.-based Invicta as a board member, and American International Group Inc., the world's largest insurer, which is marketing Invicta to its clients.
SeIling security
Moving from 20th century detente to cyberspace, Invicta's...