FireEye was founded in 2004 by Ashar Aziz, a former Sun Microsystems engineer.[3][6] It received an early investment from the CIA's investment arm, In-Q-Tel
FireEye is known for uncovering high-profile hacking groups.[2]
In mid-2016, FireEye released a report on the impact of the 2015 agreement between US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping that neither government would “conduct or knowingly support cyber-enabled theft of intellectual property” for an economic advantage. The security firm reviewed the activity of 72 groups that it suspects are operating in China or otherwise support Chinese state interests and determined that, as of mid-2014, there was an overall decrease in successful network compromises by China-based groups against organizations in the U.S. and 25 other countries
FireEye's firm Mandiant was hired by Russia's Alfa Bank to locate information on connections to Trump's servers and was also hired by Equifax to determine source of data breach and in both cases, Mandiant did not find anything conclusive
In 2018, FireEye helped Facebook identify 652 fake accounts
Founder, Vice Chairman of the Board, and Chief Strategy Officer FireEye, Inc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FireEye
Growing up in Pakistan, Ashar Aziz at a young age had a goal to be a technologist and an inventor and entrepreneur. When he learned from one of his cousins that MIT was the best engineering school in the world, he decided that would be the best way to reach his goal.
Forbes published its annual Billionaires list with a record number 1,645 members. You can now add one more individual to that group.
Ashar Aziz, founder of cybersecurity firm FireEye, is the world's newest billionaire as shares in his company continue to skyrocket following a September initial public offering. Shares in the Milpitas, Calif.-based company are up 379% from its $20 IPO price
Here is the catch; few cyber security firms have achieved profitability since their IPO. Palo Alto (NYSE:PANW), Fortinet (NASDAQ:FTNT), and Proofpoint (NASDAQ:PFPT) to name a few are still dreaming of turning a GAAP profit.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanmac/2014/03/05/rampant-fireeye-stock-makes-founder-ashar-aziz-a-cybersecurity-billionaire/#5045d27f4559
https://www.eecs.mit.edu/node/6086
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4005260-fireeye-now-ashar-aziz-gone-expect
Mr. Kevin R. Mandia has been the Chief Executive Officer of FireEye, Inc. since June 15, 2016. Mr. Mandia was a Strategic Advisor of Trident Capital Cybersecurity.
He has developed specialized classes for the Federal Bureau of Investigations and personally trained over four-hundred FBI agents in investigating computer crime. He developed specialized training for the United States Attorney's Office, United States Secret Service, United States Air Force, State Department, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and other government agencies. He has trained at the FBI Academy, the National Advocacy Center and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. He has been a Director of FireEye, Inc. since February 9, 2016. He has been Director at Shape Security, Inc. since November 15, 2017. He serves as a Director of Ionic Security Inc. and PhishMe, Inc. He served as a Director of Mandiant Corporation. He developed classes approved by the Continuing Legal Education (CLE) boards in the States of Virginia, New York and California and has trained hundreds of attorneys in the technical aspects of computer forensics and network intrusions.
https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=29225533&privcapId=26991845
https://www.fireeye.com/company/leadership/kevin-mandia.html
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