What Happened?
Seattle, WA-based SignalSense Appointed Kurt Kokko as Chief Technology Officer
About the Company
SignalSense exists to increase the fidelity of security alerts and expand on what can be detected in enterprise networks. The challenges facing those responsible for securing networks have increased exponentially in the last few years -- both from the sophistication of the threats seen, the explosion of agile development and the distribution of applications across varied environments. This is further compounded by the move to public cloud environments, where traditional inspection methods don’t exist. The challenges of delivering high fidelity security visibility into these environments will require new types of security tools that are just now being developed. Machine learning and neural networks, combined with new scalable methods of data collection and processing will provide the opportunity to keep up with the pace of growth in these new agile environments. The foundation of the SignalSense approach is an investment in data science that leverages a variety of machine learning methods, including deep learning, and GPU capacity to classify, characterize and profile network traffic. This enhances detection of threat and compromise, saving valuable investigation time for network security operators.
About the Person
Kurt Kokko brings 28 years of experience on the customer side of network architecture, operations and security to the creation of a product designed to meet today`s demanding needs for security visibility in enterprise networks. Most recently, at the Walt Disney Company, Mr. Kokko was responsible for the architecture of network operations and security to support Disney`s transition to the use of private and public cloud infrastructure for application delivery. Prior to that he managed the network engineering team responsible for the architecture, engineering, operations and security of the online content properties. During his eight-year tenure at Disney, Kokko`s technology expertise touched every aspect of the company`s business, including delivery traffic for ESPN, ABC, Parks and Resorts, Disney Shopping, The Disney Channel, the Disney Studios and Disney Interactive. Prior to Disney, Kokko oversaw the Network Services team at Getty Images. Before Getty, Mr. Kokko owned a consulting firm providing high-level network consulting services to enterprise and telecommunications companies. He also co-founded LightRealm Communications, which developed one of the first virtual machine technologies for Web hosting. LightRealm serviced over 800,000 domains and was purchased in a strategic acquisition.
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