Sourcefire's Oliver Friedrichs Named a Rising Silicon Valley Star

Most are now aware that in the past five years, the face and behavior of malware has changed considerably. What, unfortunately, had not changed considerably in that timeframe is the anti-malware approach that most security vendors still use, rooted back several decades.

Enter Sourcefire's Oliver Friedrichs, the senior vice president of our cloud technology group. Oliver called upon his years of experience, having founded three cybersecurity companies (all acquired by major IT security players) to rethink from the ground up, how we as an industry -- and even a society -- address the ongoing confrontation with malware. He co-founded Immunet, now part of Sourcefire, and built a team and developed a product that calls on the power of the cloud and big data to redesign how malware is combated.

For these reasons, along with many others, Oliver has been recognized by the Silicon Valley San Jose Business Journal in their annual "40 Under 40" that acknowledges the top 40 rising stars in Silicon Valley who are under the age of 40.

We would like to heartily congratulate Oliver on his inclusion in such a distinguished, select list. He exemplifies the focus and flexibility, innovation and integrity, respect and responsibility, and enthusiasm and excellence that we value in all of our Sourcefire employees.

Again, Oliver, thank you for such remarkable innovation and congratulations from your Sourcefire teammates on being named one of Silicon Valley's rising stars.