Introducing FireMon’s New President & CEO, Satin H. Mirchandani
FireMon announced Satin H. Mirchandani, its new President and CEO, today. In this blog interview, we ask him about himself and what his plans are for FireMon in the near and distant future. 1) What three things attracted you to FireMon? First and foremost, the [...]
The Economics of Security
Cyber security budgets are curious things. There is a constant balancing act between the ability to provide maximum protection and risk reduction against flat IT budgets and incremental personnel hiring. And most organizations expect that proportionately more money will be spent on security each year. [...]
Messy firewall rules get security professionals “grounded for life”
Hands up, whose firewall rules are a mess? Yes? Well, the good news (if it can be considered good news) is that you’re not alone, because 65% of your peers are in the same boat according to a survey carried out last month at Infosecurity [...]
Tagging, It’s Not Just for Twitter Anymore
So much of the current industry buzz is about the promise of machine learning and artificial intelligence to finally win the security battle. From what I've seen, the near term promise of machine learning is to scale the human layer of data analysis for security. [...]
FireMon Accelerates Year-Over-Year Bookings in Second Quarter 2016
Market leader in security management and risk assessment software continues global growth streak, adds more Fortune 500 companies and continues to drive high renewal rates Summary: FireMon delivers strong Q2 and first half with notable highlights: Substantial year over year bookings growth Expansion of market [...]
Almost one-third of cyber security professionals surveyed admit to compromising ethics to pass audits
Over-stretched IT security pros spend more time fire-fighting than doing meaningful security work Overland Park, KS – June 30, 2016 - A study carried out by security management vendor FireMon at this month’s Infosecurity Europe in London has given brutally honest insight into the immense [...]
Tired of fighting fires instead of doing real security work?
You aren’t alone! FireMon conducted a survey at Infosecurity Europe earlier this month, and I wish I could say the results were surprising. As a group, cyber security professionals are overworked, underutilized, and required to satisfy business and regulatory demands that are often in direct [...]
FireMon Gets Cisco Firepower APIs
Cisco made a big announcement yesterday about the expansion of their partner ecosystem, and FireMon is thrilled to be a part of it. As part of their ongoing commitment toward openness and integration, they have enabled us to make use of Cisco Firepower’s “write” [...]
FireMon Security Manager Customers Gain Upwards of $890K Return on Their Security Investment
IANS report demonstrates substantial returns over three years for average FireMon customer using its web-based firewall management platform - even more for MSSPs. OVERLAND PARK, KAN. – May 10, 2016 – According to a security insight report made available today and carried out by research [...]
FireMon Delivers Record 2015 Revenue; Adds Security Industry Veteran as CMO in Q1 2016
Former Juniper Networks and McAfee marketing executive Michael Callahan joins FireMon as the security management company builds on record revenue, bookings and customer growth. OVERLAND PARK, Kan., April 27, 2016 – FireMon CEO Jim Lewandowski today announced the security management firm achieved record growth in [...]