Partners demonstrate the effectiveness of FireMon in solving customers’ complex business issues through advanced visibility and management of their infrastructure from ground to cloud across the hybrid enterprise.

FireMon, the leading network security policy management (NSPM) company that brings visibility, control, agility, and automation to enterprise cloud and hybrid network infrastructure, today announced its 'Ignite Partner of the Year' award winners for 2023. These awards celebrate its partners' sales, marketing, and technical success across all regions.

As a 100% channel organization, FireMon has designed these annual awards to reflect the importance of its partners understanding the value it brings to their business and building on long-standing relationships built on trust and mutual respect.

The FireMon Ignite Partner Program is designed to drive sales opportunities, increase partner profitability, and deliver high customer satisfaction. FireMon created and founded the network security policy management (NSPM) space more than two decades ago to help customers achieve and maintain compliance, reduce security risk, and improve operational efficiency to reduce costs. These award-winning FireMon partners have shown their passion and commitment to helping their customers improve their security operations to improve security outcomes.

The 2023 FireMon Ignite Partner of the Year Award winners are:

  • Alliance partner of the year – Fortinet
  • Partner of the year for North America – GuidePoint Security
  • Partner of the year for EMEA – SCC UK
  • Partner of the year for APAC – WWT Singapore
  • Partner of the year for LATAM – Agility
  • Revenue partner of the year for North America – Optiv
  • Growth partner of the year for North America – WWT
  • Emerging partner of the year for North America – Climb Channel Solutions

"As a 100% channel company, it is essential that FireMon enables our partners and recognizes their efforts to effectively position and sell FireMon solutions. Our Partner of the Year awards spotlight those that have gone above and beyond in their commitment and results,” stated Nicole Stavroff, Vice President of Worldwide Channels.

"That being said, at the end of the day, partners may know your products inside and out, but if they don’t trust you, they won’t sell you. I am proud to say everyone at FireMon, from our executives to our field sales and technical teams, understand the importance of building and rewarding long-standing relationships, based on trust and mutual respect with our channel and alliance partners. The channel is a priority for our company and having strong relationships with our partners is the most critical component to a successful channel program and to selling together in the field.”

Continuously evolving to meet the demands of the modern era, FireMon enhances and refines the Ignite Partner Program. This evolution is driven by a deep understanding of changing customer requirements. Consequently, FireMon has expanded its account-based, focused go-to-market sales strategy, aligning its channel strategy accordingly. This strategic alignment involves close collaboration with alliance partners that align with FireMon's ideal customer profile, enabling more effective positioning and selling of FireMon solutions together.

"As organizations increasingly rely on technology to streamline operations and ensure compliance in the face of ever-changing regulations, the stakes for maintaining adherence have never been higher," explained Stavroff. "Teams often grapple with the challenge of interpreting and implementing these evolving guidelines effectively. Positioned to assist customers in achieving compliance, FireMon plays a crucial role in helping organizations avoid the stress of major fines or breaches caused by misconfigurations. This is particularly pertinent for partners seeking to navigate the complexities of compliance alongside their clients."

Stavroff concluded, "I want to again congratulate all our award-winning partners on achieving excellent results and being the best of the best in a highly competitive market."

Partnering with FireMon provides access to vital tools such as comprehensive visibility, policy management, continuous compliance monitoring, automated risk assessment, and incident response capabilities. These resources empower partners to guide their clients through the complex compliance landscape confidently. As regulations evolve and the demand for compliance intensifies, adopting solutions such as FireMon becomes critical for organizations dedicated to upholding the highest compliance and security standards.

To visit the FireMon Ignite Partner Program, click here: FireMon Partners.

About FireMon

FireMon’s mission is to improve security operations that will in turn lead to better security outcomes. FireMon delivers industry-leading security policy management, cloud security operations, and asset management solutions to over 1,700 enterprises in nearly 70 countries. Our security policy management platform is the only real-time solution that reduces firewall and cloud security policy-related risks, manages policy changes, and enforces compliance. FireMon’s Cloud Defense (formerly DisruptOps) offering is the only distributed cloud security operations offering that detects and responds to issues in the fast-paced public cloud environments such as AWS and Azure. Our cloud-based Asset Management solution (formerly Lumeta) can scan an entire enterprise infrastructure, from on-premises networks to the cloud, to identify everything in the environment and provide valuable insights into how it’s all connected together. Learn more at FireMon.com and the FireMon Blog.

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