55%
of enterprises and small
businesses suffered a
cyberattack last year
80%
of businesses identify attacks
on remote devices and employees
as a key concern
100%
of businesses wish their
cybersecurity solutions cost less
and were more effective
Zero Trust (ZT) seems to be in the headlines in every industry publication these days, highlighted as a security strategy that organizations need to embrace to stay protected in an increasingly dangerous threat environment. Many large organizations, with sizable IT budgets and teams, have begun their Zero Trust journeys, but overall market adoption has been slowed by the complexity and cost of the currently available solutions.
Some vendors have introduced Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) solutions that attempt to integrate multiple security products into a single platform, but the results have been mixed. The reality is that most of these platforms are created by taking legacy products and “stitching” them together. While they do represent an improvement versus completely siloed products, they typically do not significantly move the needle in two critical areas – cost and complexity.
Research from leading analyst firms like Gartner and Forrester continually highlight the challenges that organizations face in staffing their cybersecurity teams. There is not enough cybersecurity talent available to meet demand, and when the tools that cyber teams need to use are overly complex – and expensive – the situation is only exacerbated.
The ZTEdge SASE Security Platform is developed by Ericom Software, a company whose security and access solutions support thousands of companies around the globe. ZTEdge is a completely new cloud-first platform, unlike other offerings that have stitched together older technologies. This clean-slate approach allowed us to innovate and gave us the freedom to address the complexity and cost issues that other platforms have not been able to overcome.
When you see the demo, we are confident you will leave with three impressions:
And we heard you regarding how you wanted the service delivered – via Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs). We have partnered with leading MSSPs to deliver exactly what you want, a comprehensive, simple, and affordable Zero Trust security platform delivered as a managed service – that’s ZTEdge.
David Canellos
Chief Executive Officer
A seasoned cybersecurity leader with over two decades of experience heading early-stage, venture-backed startups, mid-sized and large organizations, David was previously Symantec SVP of Global Service Providers business. Earlier, he was President and CEO of Perspecsys Inc., overseeing its acquisition by Blue Coat Systems, which was then acquired by Symantec. David was SVP Worldwide Sales and Marketing at Irdeto division of Naspers, which acquired Cloakware, where he was President and COO.
John “JP” Peterson
Chief Product Officer
JP is the technology founder and architect of ZTEdge and is responsible for product strategy and helping to define and support go-to-market activity. Most recently, he was founding Chief Product Officer at Stellar Cyber. In his 30-year career, John has held executive positions at Comodo, Barracuda, Juniper, Fortinet, Websense, Montego Networks and Netscreen. He was a key member of four companies that went public and three that were acquired. John served as a United States Marine and holds multiple patents.
Dr. Chase Cunningham
Chief Strategy Officer
Creator of the Zero Trust eXtended framework and a cybersecurity expert with decades of operational experience in NSA, US Navy, FBI Cyber, and other government mission groups, Chase is responsible for ZTEdge’s overall strategy and technology alignment. Chase was previously VP and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research; Director of Threat Intelligence for Armor; Director of Cyber Analytics for Decisive Analytics; and Chief Cryptologic Technician, US Navy. He’s author of the Cynja series and Cyber Warfare: Truth, Tactics, and Strategies.
Nick Kael
Chief Technology Officer
A cybersecurity expert with over 20 years of experience in web technologies, architecture, infrastructure, networking and dev environments, Nick is responsible for solution management, technology strategy and technology partnerships. Nick was previously Symantec Group CTO for Global Service Providers, following his tenure as Director of the Chief Architect Team for Channel and Service Providers at Zscaler and an earlier position in the Symantec CTO organization. His certifications include CEH7, CCSK, BCCPP, Bluecoat Blue Knight, MCSE + Security, CCDP, CCNA, CCSA, VTP5 and VTSP5.
Gerry Grealish
Chief Marketing Officer
Gerry is a security industry veteran, bringing over 20 years of marketing and product experience in cybersecurity, cloud, analytics, and related technologies. Responsible for marketing and business development, Gerry previously was at Symantec, where he led the product marketing and go-to-market activities for the company’s broad Network Security portfolio. Prior to Symantec, Gerry was at Blue Coat, which he joined as part of Blue Coat’s acquisition of venture-backed Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) innovator, Perspecsys, where he was Chief Marketing Officer.
Simon Moran
VP, Global Business Development
Simon manages Ericom global business development and technology partnerships. Previously, as VP Cloud Security at Symantec Corporation, he focused on enabling next gen solutions for Cloud Infrastructure deployment. Along with a unique balance of sales, management and technical skills, Simon has over 34 years of software experience at the world’s largest and most successful software companies including Blue Coat, Oracle, SAP, and Software AG, and over a quarter century of experience in Enterprise Application sales of Security, Customer Experience and Supply Chain software.
Jared Hufferd
Vice President, Sales
Jared brings 23 years of cybersecurity sales leadership experience to his role as sales leader for Ericom’s ZTEdge Tiger Team. His career spans many successful start-up companies including participating in 3 IPOs, 8 companies eventually exiting through acquisition and 2 he co-founded. Bringing new technologies with new approaches that solve real business problems has been his formula for success. Most recently, Jared was Chief Revenue Officer of TransientX, a modern Zero-Trust Access SaaS provider.
Matt Howes
Director of Alliances, EMEA
An accomplished channel development leader with a successful track record of cybersecurity sales, Matt is responsible for partner-led distribution in EMEA and works closely with MSSP and reseller partners to drive their go-to-market efforts. Matt previously held multiple channel partner sales roles, most recently at Symantec, where he was a Channel Account Manager and Global Account Director for Symantec’s service provider business. Prior to Symantec, Matt worked for a number of cybersecurity VARs in various sales roles.
Leo Versola
Senior Director, Security Products
For over 25 years, Leo has executed on strategic business vision and technical leadership with a wide range of start-ups and established cybersecurity companies in various senior leadership roles. Leo’s expertise in enterprise, cloud and SaaS security enabled him to build and lead high-performance technical teams driving product development, technical innovation, and sales for a number of companies including VMware, Lastline, Zscaler, Barracuda Networks, Forcepoint, RedSeal Networks, Fortinet, Juniper, and NetScreen.