What Happened?
Milpitas, CA-based FireEye has Promoted Ashar Aziz as Chief Technology Officer
About the Company
FireEye provides the world`s only malware control system designed to secure networks from targeted malware. The FireEye platform is deployed in over 40 countries and more than 1,000 customers and partners, including over 25 percent of the Fortune 100. FireEye has pioneered the next generation of threat protection to help organizations protect themselves from being compromised. Cyber attacks have become much more sophisticated and are now easily bypassing traditional signature-based defenses, such as next-generation firewalls, IPS, anti-virus, and gateways, compromising the majority of enterprise networks. The FireEye platform supplements these legacy defenses with a new model of security to protect against the new breed of cyber attacks. The company has been involved with dismantling cybercriminal infrastructure, including some of the world`s largest botnets as well as web hosting provider McColo, which was responsible for a significant amount of malware and botnets. FireEye also produces "Malware Intelligence Lab," an industry security blog covering the latest trends in cybercrime, Web 2.0 attacks, Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs), and malware.
About the Person
Ashar founded FireEye in 2004 and served as chief executive officer until November 2012. He has served as vice chairman of the board, chief technology officer, and chief strategy officer since November 2012 and as a member of the board of directors since February 2004. Prior to FireEye, Ashar founded Terraspring, Inc., a data center automation and virtualization company acquired by Sun Microsystems, Inc., in November 2002 and served as chief technology officer of its N1 program until October 2003.
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