A new FireEye study that looked into companies’ cyber defenses has found vulnerabilities in most architectures, which CEO David DeWalt says signals a need for a purpose-built offering against advanced, ever-evolving threats. The report examined attack data from more than 1,200 organizations that trialed but had yet to install FireEye products from October 2013 to March 2014 and […] More

FireEye has opened a Dresden, Germany-based research and development center, where the company will work with European educational institutions on security research, FireEye said Tuesday. David DeWalt, FireEye chairman and CEO, said the European research center is part of a company effort to help customers combat threats. The FireEye European, Singapore and Bangalore R&D teams will collaborate with […] More

Denver, Colorado-based cybersecurity platforms provider Optiv Security has named Dave DeWalt, formerly CEO of FireEye, and David Petraeus, a retired U.S. Army general, to its board of directors. DeWalt, a 25-year technology industry veteran, will also serve as vice chairman of the board at Optiv, the company said Thursday. DeWalt previously served as president and […] More

FireEye Chairman and CEO Dave DeWalt said the company plans to shift its focus from an infrastructure-based security to what he called as endpoint security as part of the firm’s growth strategy in the area of Internet of Things, DC Inno reported Friday. Chris Bing writes DeWalt envisions the company to equip power grids, smartphones, […] More

Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) and Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe will be among the keynote speakers at a FireEye-hosted forum to be held in Washington April 12. FireEye said Tuesday that Hurd and McAuliffe will headline the FireEye Government Forum with the theme “The Path to Cyber Resilience” with attending FireEye executives David DeWalt, board chairman and CEO, and Kevin […] More

FireEye will host a two-day conference in Washington to discuss best practices related to cybersecurity with corporate executives and chief information security officers. The company said Monday the 2015 FireEye Cyber Defense Summit on Oct. 13 and Oct. 14 will deal with threat intelligence, case studies of data breaches, incident response procedures, malware and technology trends. Among the […] More

Jonathan Couch, co-founder and former vice president of iSIGHT Partners, has joined ThreatQuotient as vice president for strategy at the Reston, Virginia-based enterprise security technology company. ThreatQuotient said Wednesday he will work to develop the company’s software roadmap and partnership strategy as well as collaborate with its partners and clients to help them  secure their business operations. “Couch has a deep understanding of the threat […] More