FREMONT, CA--(Marketwired - Jun 22, 2016) - Attivo Networks®, the award-winning leader in deception for cyber security threat detection, announced today that John Quinn has joined the company's leadership team as the vice president of worldwide channels. As the new Channel Chief for Attivo, Quinn will architect and lead partner sales strategy, enablement, and growth initiatives.
Attivo Networks provides the industry's most comprehensive deception and response platform, which is designed to detect in-network threats, provide attack forensics and dramatically improve incident response. Hundreds of companies in financial, healthcare, technology, energy, and other industries have turned to Attivo detection technology for early alerts to network intrusions and breach prevention. Commitment to a channel-centric go-to-market strategy will empower the company to quickly scale to meet demand and global market expansion.
Quinn brings more than 20 years of channel and direct sales experience, as well as channel strategy development and sales leadership. Prior to Attivo, he held sales leadership roles at Extreme Networks, InfoBlox, IronPort/Cisco and most recently, FireEye. At FireEye, Quinn designed and executed the foundational strategies for leading to success for value added resellers (VARs), distributors, managed security service providers (MSSPs), systems integrators and strategic alliances. These strategies contributed to the growth of FireEye from $15 million when he joined to $623 million in 2015.
"John brings a powerful combination of channel and sales, as well as cyber security experience to Attivo Networks as we continue to enhance our go-to-market strategy," said Tushar Kothari, CEO of Attivo Networks. "John's expertise will be invaluable as we scale the company to meet the demand for deception technology."
"Attivo Networks is the leader in deception technology, generating significant opportunities for partners working to help their customers accurately detect threat actors and protect valuable assets," added Quinn. "Attivo understands and embraces the importance of a channel model, and I'm eager to apply my experience to construct a global strategy and accelerate the company's growth and success."
Quinn holds a bachelor's degree from Siena Heights University. He was recognized in 2013 as a "Channel Chief" by CRN: www.crn.com/channel-chiefs/cc2013-details.htm?c=191.
About Attivo Networks
Attivo Networks® is the leader in dynamic deception technology for the real-time detection, analysis and forensics of cyber-attacks. The Attivo Deception Platform provides inside-the-network threat detection for user networks, data centers, clouds, and ICS-SCADA environments. Not reliant on known signatures or attack patterns, Attivo uses high-interaction deception techniques based on Attivo BOTsink® engagement servers to lure attackers into revealing themselves. Combined with the Attivo End-Point Deception Suite, advanced luring technology is deployed to detect the use of stolen credentials, ransomware, and targeted attacks. Comprehensive attack analysis and forensics provide actionable alerts and can be set to automatically block and quarantine attacks for accelerated incident response. For more information visit www.attivonetworks.com
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