Impact of Fireeye's Technologies
What is the impact of the technologies and products developed by FireEye?
It is no secret that software companies claiming to be security guardians of your PC have the same agenda as the people making malicious software – to make money. But of course that is not the full picture. In terms of the network security company FireEye, for example, we should take a closer look at its successes, failures and impacts on society before we come to conclusions about its merit or worth.
SUCCESS AND IMPACT
In 2012 Forbes magazine published an interesting comment on internet security companies. “[They] won’t get far trying to drive looking in the rearview mirror”, it said. The implied critique is that security companies only offer protection from existing malicious software, providing a whole host of expensive defense products that cyber-criminals can outsmart in a heartbeat. However this is not the case for FireEye. The company has secured a firm position as the industry leader and that is due to two compelling reasons:
1. FireEye’s products detect and prevent attacks that have never happened before
At the core of FireEye’s success are its proprietary technology and patents. It is the only company in the internet security space that can simultaneously pre-empt and wipe out next generation threats like Zero-Day Attacks and APTs on web, email, file and mobile. Consequently – in the words of founder Ashar Aziz himself, there is no real competitor for FireEye. While this might be excellent news to another company, this particular industry is different. When FireEye’s security system launched in 2009, early adoption was low and first-stage reception lukewarm. Users were essentially hesitant to believe in a product of such premium quality.
In response to society’s initial disbelief, FireEye proved its products’ efficacy to the market. The test was to install the FireEye product behind the clients’ own firewalls to see whether existing security products were letting
It is no secret that software companies claiming to be security guardians of your PC have the same agenda as the people making malicious software – to make money. But of course that is not the full picture. In terms of the network security company FireEye, for example, we should take a closer look at its successes, failures and impacts on society before we come to conclusions about its merit or worth.
SUCCESS AND IMPACT
In 2012 Forbes magazine published an interesting comment on internet security companies. “[They] won’t get far trying to drive looking in the rearview mirror”, it said. The implied critique is that security companies only offer protection from existing malicious software, providing a whole host of expensive defense products that cyber-criminals can outsmart in a heartbeat. However this is not the case for FireEye. The company has secured a firm position as the industry leader and that is due to two compelling reasons:
1. FireEye’s products detect and prevent attacks that have never happened before
At the core of FireEye’s success are its proprietary technology and patents. It is the only company in the internet security space that can simultaneously pre-empt and wipe out next generation threats like Zero-Day Attacks and APTs on web, email, file and mobile. Consequently – in the words of founder Ashar Aziz himself, there is no real competitor for FireEye. While this might be excellent news to another company, this particular industry is different. When FireEye’s security system launched in 2009, early adoption was low and first-stage reception lukewarm. Users were essentially hesitant to believe in a product of such premium quality.
In response to society’s initial disbelief, FireEye proved its products’ efficacy to the market. The test was to install the FireEye product behind the clients’ own firewalls to see whether existing security products were letting