IANS conducted a Return on Security analysis of FireEye Web Malware Protection System (MPS) and calculated an estimated average net total return of $16.5M* over a three-year period.
In this white paper, you will find how IANS evaluated the return on the FireEye Web MPS based upon the following metrics:
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On behalf of FireEye, IANS conducted a Return on Security (ROS) analysis of FireEye’s Web Malware Protection System (MPS). To facilitate this study, IANS interviewed personnel from four (4) FireEye customers, all of whom have direct responsibility for malware reduction and infection management, and who deployed and continue to use FireEye's malware protection products. Customers interviewed spanned a broad set of verticals: a financial services organization, a storage vendor, a power management firm, and a manufacturing and technology company. In addition to the interview and follow-up questions by e-mail, IANS also drew from its existing knowledge base of customer surveys and security technology cost models.
The data yielded from the interviews allowed IANS to create a quantified estimate of the total costs and benefits, drawing the following conclusion concerning the value of FireEye's MPS, making reasonable estimates of the net benefits over three years.
Based on the above assumptions, we have the following “average” and “conservative” estimates of total return over a three-year period...
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*IANS, The ROS of FireEye's Next Generation Threat Protection, December 2011