Marc Maiffret appointed chief security architect at FireEye

February 5, 2010

FireEye, maker of network security solutions, has appointed Marc Maiffret as chief security architect. Maiffret formerly served as the co-founder and CTO of eEye Digital Security. At FireEye, he will be charged with leading the development of the company╒s malware protection technology, while expanding its global security research efforts.

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