fireeye inc. type public company traded as nasdaq feye industry computer security founded 2004 founder ashar aziz headquarters milpitas california united states key people kevin mandia ceo products network security products number of employees 3 200 2016 website fireeye.com fireeye inc. is a publicly listed american network security company that provides automated threat forensics and dynamic malware protection against advanced cyber threats such as advanced persistent threats and spear phishing . founded in 2004 the company is headquartered in milpitas california . threat prevention platforms include network email endpoint mobile content analytics and forensics . fireeye has more than 4 400 customers across 67 countries including more than 650 of the forbes global 2000 . fireeye is the first cyber security company awarded certification by the department of homeland security . 1 usatoday says fireeye has been called in to investigate high profile attacks against target jp morgan chase sony pictures anthem and others . 2 yahoo finance says fireeye is again the fastest growing cyber security firm according to deloitte . 3 contents 1 foundation 2 expansion 3 products and services 3.1 central management system 3.2 dynamic threat intelligence 4 cyber actions 4.1 2008 4.2 2009 4.3 2011 4.4 2012 4.5 2015 5 references 6 external links foundation edit dave dewalt ceo and chairman of the board of fireeye in south korea in june 2013 in 2004 ashar aziz a pakistani american founded fireeye with venture capital provided by sequoia capital . 4 aziz formerly of sun microsystems is the original inventor of the core set of technologies behind the company s main product line the fireeye malware protection system . 5 in 2006 fireeye launched its first product a switch based network access control appliance . 6 major investors include sequoia capital norwest venture partners icon ventures svb capital 7 dag ventures juniper networks and in q tel. 8 expansion edit in june 2012 former ceo and president of mcafee dave dewalt joined fireeye as chairman . 9 dewalt was appointed ceo in november 2012 . 9 10 on december 30 2013 fireeye acquired mandiant in a stock and cash deal worth in excess of 1 billion . 11 on may 8 2014 fireeye acquired company npulse technologies 12 for approximately 60 million . npulse is intended to build on fireeye s ability to detect intrusions in a company s network by making it easier to track the intrusion and better understand its effect on the network . 13 in may 2015 the company raised its revenue forecast for the year to be between 615 million and 635 million . 14 on january 20 2016 fireeye announced the acquisition of isight partners a threat intelligence company . 15 in may 2016 it was announced that dave dewalt would step down from his position as ceo and become executive chairman on june 15 2016 . dewalt is replaced by the company s president kevin mandia . 16 products and services edit central management system edit the central management system cms consolidates the management reporting and data sharing of web mps email mps file mps and malware analysis system mas into a single network based appliance by acting as a distribution hub for malware security intelligence . 17 dynamic threat intelligence edit the fireeye cloud crowd sources dynamic threat intelligence dti detected by individual fireeye mps appliances and automatically distributes this time sensitive zero day intelligence globally to all subscribed customers in frequent updates . content updates include a combination of dti and fireeye labs generated intelligence identified through research efforts . cyber actions edit 2008 edit fireeye was involved in the forensic investigation against the srizbi botnet in 2008 . 18 19 2009 edit in october november 2009 fireeye participated in an effort to take down the mega d botnet also known as ozdok . 20 2011 edit on march 16 2011 the rustock botnet was taken down through an action by microsoft us federal law enforcement agents fireeye and the university of washington . 21 2012 edit in july 2012 fireeye was involved in analysis 22 of the grum botnet s command and control servers located in the netherlands panama and russia . 2015 edit in september 2015 fireeye obtained an injunction against a security researcher attempting to report vulnerabilities in fireeye malware protection system . 23 references edit fireeye first cyber security company awarded safety act certifications by department of homeland security . marketwatch . retrieved 21 may 2015 . fireeye has become go to company for breaches . usa today . retrieved 21 may 2015 . fireeye fastest growing cyber security . yahoo finance . retrieved 2015 11 20 . mitra sramana january 29 2009 . barriers to innovation . forbes . retrieved 2009 11 30 . crunchbase ashar aziz . crunchbase . 2012 07 18 . retrieved 2012 07 18 . messmer ellen 2006 05 02 . start up fireeye debuts with virtual machine security approach . network world . retrieved 2010 10 18 . jose sevilla 3 august 2015 . silicon valley bank svb capital . svb financial group . hoover j.nicholas november 19 2009 . in q tel joins forces with fireeye to fight cyberthreats . darkreading . retrieved 2009 11 30 . a b fireeye appoints board chairman david dewalt as chief executive officer press release . fireeye . 2012 11 28 . retrieved 2012 11 30 . robertson jordan 2012 11 28 . former mcafee chief dewalt named fireeye ceo aims for 2013 ipo . bloomberg . retrieved 2012 11 30 . perlroth nicole ; sanger david e. 2014 01 02 . fireeye computer security firm acquires mandiant . the new york times . computer forensics and malware analysis fireeye . fireeye . miller ron may 8 2014 . fireeye buys npulse technologies for 60m to beef up network security suite . techcrunch . tony owusu . fireeye feye stock spikes on earnings beat increased revenue guidance . thestreet . retrieved august 4 2015 . fireeye acquires isight partners . 2016 01 22 . retrieved 2016 08 07 . fireeye names new ceo . fortune . 2016 05 06 . retrieved 2016 05 06 . fireeye forecasts downbeat results for current quarter ; shares tumble nasdaq feye sonoran weekly review . sonoran weekly review . 2016 05 06 . retrieved 2016 05 06 . keizer gregg november 26 2008 . massive botnet returns from the dead starts spamming . computerworld . retrieved 2009 11 30 . kiriyama george november 11 2008 . sj based spammer unplugged . nbc 11 kntv . retrieved 2009 11 30 . cheng jacqui november 11 2009 . researchers well aimed stone takes down goliath botnet . ars technica . retrieved 2009 11 30 . wingfield nick 2011 03 18 . spam network shut down . wall street journal . retrieved 2011 03 18 . fireeye blog threat research analysis and mitigation . blog.fireeye.com . retrieved 2014 04 12 . goodin dan september 11 2015 . security company litigates to bar disclosure related to its own flaws . retrieved september 12 2015 . external links edit official website wikimedia commons has media related to fireeye . fireeye 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