Sept 11 (Reuters) - Cybersecurity firm SentinelOne ( S )

on Wednesday named Barbara Larson as its new finance chief,

effective immediately, succeeding Dave Bernhardt.

SentinelOne ( S ) is trying to take share from CrowdStrike ( CRWD )

after a global outage due to the bigger rival's faulty

software update triggered some customers to rethink their

options, with additional investments in AI-powered cybersecurity

products.

Larson joins SentinelOne ( S ) after a decade-long stint at

Workday where she became the finance chief at the human

resources software provider in 2022 and left the post a year

later.

Mountain View, California-based SentinelOne ( S ) said the

outgoing CFO Bernhardt will remain as an advisor through the end

of this year. He joined the company as CFO in September 2020.

The cybersecurity company had raised its annual revenue

forecast last month, signaling a surge in spending as cyber

threats become more sophisticated amid rising hacking activity.