Technology Magazine October 2019 | Page 148

FIREEYE INC
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“SECURITY CERTAINLY HAS CHANGED A LOT . BACK IN THE DAY , IT WAS SIMPLY A CASE OF MAKING SURE YOU HAD THE BEST PERIMETER SECURITY OUT THERE . TODAY , NO ONE ’ S SAFE ”

— Colin Carmichael , CIO , FireEye
For the past 15 years , FireEye has fought tooth and nail against the machinations of cyber criminals , relentlessly protecting its customers from the impact and consequences of cyber attacks . Carmichael himself came to the firm in 2016 , having previously worked in “ every function of IT you can think of : hands on coding , managing people , building data centers , building applications . You name it , I ’ ve done it ,” he laughs . Carmichael cut his teeth at Californian technology giant Sun Microsystems , and later held senior roles at Amazon
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