At WatchGuard, we believe that good things can come in small packages. Our smallest tabletop appliances run the same operating system, or firmware, as the largest rack mount units. This means we can provide enterprise class security in a small form factor that helps protect small offices, retail stores, and remote branches of a distributed enterprise. This is why we are very … [Read more...]
Brendan Patterson
Brendan Patterson is a Director of Product Management at WatchGuard Technologies, with responsibility for the Fireware operating system, security services, and Dimension. He speaks around the world for WatchGuard and is a regular contributor to Secplicity.
Brendan is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) with over 15 years of experience in security and networking technologies. Prior to WatchGuard, Brendan was Vice President of Marketing and Product Management at The PowerTech Group, the leader in enterprise security solutions for IBM mid-range servers.
Brendan has a master's degree in the Management of Technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., and a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the National University of Ireland.
Bash or "Shellshock" vulnerability
Summary News is breaking about a major new high severity vulnerability, CVE-2014-6271, with widespread impact. Gnu Bourne again shell (Bash) is a UNIX like command shell that is included in most distributions of Linux and also Apple OS X. The vulnerability allows an attacker to create environment variables that include malicious code before the system calls the Bash shell. The … [Read more...]
11.8.3 Update 1 now available to fix Heartbleed vulnerabilty in Fireware XTM OS
New Release: Fireware XTM 11.8.3 Update 1 Yesterday we posted an update about the Heartbleed vulnerability (CVE-2014-0160) in OpenSSL. We are pleased to announce that 11.8.3 Update 1 is now available at the software download site with a critical patch to address this issue in WatchGuard appliances. We recommend you update immediately if you use Fireware XTM v11.8.x. This … [Read more...]
