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One of the advantages of having a lot of unique hobbies is that they wire your brain a little differently. You will find yourself approaching problems from a different angle as you mentally cross-contaminate different domains. As a semi-active Paramedic, I find tons of parallels between responding to meat-bag emergencies ... Read More

Two years ago, FireMon elevated its game by introducing real-time features in our Cloud Defense platform. This was a significant development because it transformed our tool from a basic safety checker into a full-fledged cloud security guardian. Real-time capability is crucial for advancing tools from basic vulnerability assessment to a ... Read More

We are big supporters of open-source security tools and even employ some of them ourselves. However, it’s not always the right answer. Deploying and managing the infrastructure and software updates becomes your responsibility. These tools don’t always scale effectively and may lack a complete user experience. Furthermore, you shoulder the ... Read More

Early on at FireMon (well, before we became FireMon), we realized that attempting to live-assess customers’ cloud accounts (including subscriptions/projects) was… problematic. Running that many assessments would quickly hit service limits and could potentially disrupt a customer’s internal API calls. Keep in mind that we started doing this about 7 ... Read More

While we may not actively monitor customer accounts for findings and alerts, we recently had a customer reach out to us for a more proactive role in their journey towards automated remediation. At the customer’s request, we were keeping an eye on a few things when… something interesting happened. Our ... Read More

In the ever-evolving landscape of cloud security, businesses are on a perpetual quest for comprehensive yet cost-effective solutions to safeguard their cloud infrastructure. FireMon, a pioneer in network security management solutions, has always been at the forefront of this endeavor. In April, the company launched Cloud Defense Free to mitigate ... Read More

Network security has become a top priority for enterprises to safeguard their sensitive data, protect against cyber threats, and ensure compliance with industry regulations. And rightfully so; with today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, network security is of utmost importance, with 74% of all breaches involving human element (DBIR Verizon, 2023) ... Read More

Reflections from Infosec 2023: The Growing Interest in Asset Management and Discovery FireMon recently had the privilege of attending the Infosec 2023 conference in London. It was a whirlwind of knowledge sharing, networking, and insightful discussions, with asset discovery and management emerging as some of the hottest topics of the ... Read More

I had a bit of a weird moment a few weeks before the RSA Conference. I was grumbling a bit about finishing my slides, which were late due to an agenda change, and my wife just looked at me and asked, “do you remember how excited you were that first ... Read More

FireMon is really giving away basic, enterprise-scale Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) for free, no strings attached. Because we can, and because we should.  Remember when you had to buy antivirus for your shiny new computer before you dared use it? Remember how that felt? There’s a reason Microsoft and ... Read More