FireMon, the leading network security and firewall policy management company, today announced it has been recognized by Cyber Defense Magazine with awards for Hot Company in Microsegmentation and Publisher’s Choice for Network Security and Management.
The recognition reflects a broader shift in how enterprises approach security. Most organizations already have the controls they need across firewalls, cloud, and segmentation platforms. The challenge is keeping policy consistent and aligned across those environments.
FireMon addresses this gap by operating as the control plane for security policy, ensuring intent is defined, enforced, and continuously validated across hybrid infrastructure.
“We appreciate the recognition,” said Jody Brazil, CEO of FireMon. “What we continue to see is that complexity is not the root problem. Lack of control is. Policy connects security intent to enforcement, and without that, even the best tools fall short.”
FireMon enables organizations to unify policy across firewalls, cloud environments, and microsegmentation platforms, giving teams clear visibility into exposure, risk, and remediation priorities. Its approach focuses on continuous validation and risk-aware change, so teams can move faster without introducing new risk.
Rather than adding another layer of tooling, FireMon helps organizations operationalize Zero Trust by making policy consistent, measurable, and provable across the environment.
“FireMon embodies three major features we judges look for to become winners: understanding tomorrow’s threats, today, providing a cost-effective solution, and innovating in ways that help mitigate cyber risk and stay ahead of the next breach. FireMon’s ability to bring visibility and control to security policy across firewalls, cloud, and microsegmentation environments reflects exactly the kind of innovation the market needs right now,” said Gary S. Miliefsky, Publisher of Cyber Defense Magazine.
We’re thrilled to be a member on this coveted group of winners, located here: http://www.cyberdefenseawards.com/
About FireMon
FireMon is the founder of Network Security Policy Management (NSPM) and the control plane for security policy across modern enterprise networks. FireMon provides an authoritative layer above enforcement technologies, continuously validating that deployed rules, segmentation, and access controls operate as designed across firewalls, cloud networks, and microsegmentation platforms.
The FireMon platform combines firewall policy management, a Zero Trust control plane, AI-powered policy control, and risk-aware policy change management to detect policy drift, quantify exposure, and drive prioritized corrective action. Global enterprises, government agencies, and service providers rely on FireMon to reduce measurable risk and maintain continuous compliance.
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About the Global InfoSec Awards
This is Cyber Defense Magazine’s thirteenth year of honoring InfoSec innovators from around the Globe. Our submission requirements are for any startup, early stage, later stage, or public companies in the INFORMATION SECURITY (INFOSEC) space who believe they have a unique and compelling value proposition for their product or service. Learn more at www.cyberdefenseawards.com
About the Judging
The judges are CISSP, FMDHS, CEH, certified security professionals who voted based on their independent review of the company submitted materials on the website of each submission including but not limited to data sheets, white papers, product literature and other market variables. CDM has a flexible philosophy to find more innovative players with new and unique technologies, than the one with the most customers or money in the bank. CDM is always asking “What’s Next?” so we are looking for best of breed, next generation InfoSec solutions.
About Cyber Defense Magazine
Cyber Defense Magazine is the premier source of cyber security news and information for InfoSec professions in business and government. We are managed and published by and for ethical, honest, passionate information security professionals. Our mission is to share cutting-edge knowledge, real-world stories and awards on the best ideas, products, and services in the information technology industry. We deliver electronic magazines every month online for free, and special editions exclusively for the RSAC Conferences. CDM is a proud member of the Cyber Defense Media Group. Learn more about us at https://www.cyberdefensemagazine.com and visit https://www.cyberdefensetv.com and https://www.cyberdefenseradio.com to see and hear some of the most informative interviews of many of these winning company executives. Join a webinar at https://www.cyberdefensewebinars.com and realize that infosec knowledge is power.
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