SANTA CLARA and MILPITAS, Calif., June
20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Gigamon, Inc. ("Gigamon") the
company leading the convergence of network and security operations
to help organizations improve their security stance, and FireEye,
Inc. (NASDAQ: FEYE), the intelligence-led security company, today
announced a global strategic partnership to improve threat defenses
across their customers' security infrastructures.
The multifaceted alliance offers customers FireEye® Network
Security combined with the GigaSECURE® Security Delivery Platform
with flexible deployment options and scalability for optimal threat
protection. With GigaSECURE providing intelligent access and
control of network traffic and options for both inline and
out-of-band deployments, FireEye can detect and contain
sophisticated threats quickly and efficiently.
As strategic alliance partners, the companies will deliver
customer value by:
- Offering market-leading security solutions architected for
security efficiency and network performance without compromising
network uptime.
- Providing performance, scale and resiliency of comprehensive
prevention and detection security solutions in large enterprise
networks.
- Enabling greater threat detection performance through increased
visibility with SSL decryption, and access to traffic across the
physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure.
- Reducing the need for network downtime due to planned and
unplanned outages for maintenance or device failure.
The strategic alliance will allow both companies and their
channel partners to bring a unified approach to global sales and
deployments, delivering deeper integration and more effective
security solutions to existing and new customers.
"Gigamon and FireEye are important elements of the cybersecurity
strategy here at Parsons, for both network resiliency and cyber
threat prevention," said Ron
Nielson, vice president and chief technology officer of
Parson Corporation's Cyber and Intelligence Division. "Deploying
the joint Gigamon and FireEye solutions has helped us minimize our
risk of attacks, infections and breaches. I'm hoping this closer
collaboration translates to even more effective solutions for
Parsons."
"We are delighted to announce our strategic partnership with
FireEye. Our joint solutions have already been deployed by hundreds
of customers worldwide to improve efficiency and decrease
complexity of their security stack," said Ananda Rajagopal, vice president of products at
Gigamon. "Together we will continue to deliver pre-integrated,
market-leading solutions that will help our joint customers achieve
increased confidence in their security posture."
"Customers today are overwhelmed by managing multiple, disparate
security solutions," said Rich
Stegina, vice president of strategic partnerships at
FireEye. "Gigamon and FireEye have been long
time integration partners, and over the years we've seen
the joint solution benefit both our mutual customers and our
channel partners. By moving to a strategic partnership we can
further simplify how our customers protect their networks and
make it easier for our partners to deliver our joint
solutions."
The joint Gigamon and FireEye solution is available now from
both companies:
- Read the Gigamon and FireEye joint solution brief
- Learn how FireEye and Gigamon team up to take out Advanced
Persistent Threats (APT)
- Visit the FireEye Strategic Alliance Partner page
For more information, contact ecopartners@gigamon.com or
GigamonPartner@fireeye.com
About Gigamon
Gigamon is the company leading the
convergence of network and security operations to help
organizations reduce complexity and increase efficiency of their
security stack. The Company's GigaSECURE® Security Delivery
Platform is a next generation network packet broker that helps
customers make threats more visible across cloud, hybrid and
on-premises environments, deploy resources faster and maximize the
performance of their security tools. Global 2000 companies and
government agencies rely on Gigamon solutions to stop tool sprawl
and save costs. Learn how you can make your infrastructure more
resilient, more agile and more secure at www.gigamon.com, on our
blog and Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
About FireEye, Inc.
FireEye is the intelligence-led
security company. Working as a seamless, scalable extension of
customer security operations, FireEye offers a single platform that
blends innovative security technologies, nation-state grade threat
intelligence, and world-renowned Mandiant® consulting. With this
approach, FireEye eliminates the complexity and burden of cyber
security for organizations struggling to prepare for, prevent, and
respond to cyber attacks. FireEye has over 6,800 customers across
67 countries, including more than 45 percent of the Forbes Global
2000.
FireEye Forward-Looking Statements
This press release
contains forward-looking statements, including statements related
to expectations, beliefs, plans and objectives with respect to the
strategic partnership between Gigamon and FireEye, and the features
and benefits of offerings associated with the strategic
partnership. These forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties, as well as assumptions which, if they do not fully
materialize or prove incorrect, could cause FireEye's results to
differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include,
but are not limited to, customer demand and adoption of the
offerings associated with the strategic partnership; real or
perceived defects, errors or vulnerabilities in such offerings;
FireEye's and Gigamon's ability to react to trends and challenges
in their respective businesses and the markets in which they
operate; FireEye's and Gigamon's ability to anticipate market needs
or develop new or enhanced solutions to meet those needs;
difficulties, delays or the inability of FireEye and Gigamon to
execute their plans and objectives with respect to the strategic
partnership; and general market, political, economic, and business
conditions; as well as those risks and uncertainties included under
the captions "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," in
FireEye's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on May 4,
2018, which is available on the Investor Relations section
of FireEye's website at investors.FireEye.com and on the SEC
website at www.sec.gov. All forward-looking statements in this
press release are based on information available to FireEye as of
the date hereof, and FireEye does not assume any obligation to
update the forward-looking statements provided to reflect events
that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they
were made. Any future offering, objective or benefit that may be
referenced in this release is for information purposes only and is
not a commitment to deliver any offering, objective or benefit.
FireEye reserves the right to modify future plans at any time.
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