Symbiot's mission is simple: Measure perimeter network risk in a way that can be acted on quickly. The greatest challenge to managers tasked with maintaining IT infrastructures is the difficulty in measuring and acting upon information misuse in a growing environment of complexity and unknown impact. Traditional methods of information security approach the problem from a one-dimensional trajectory: That of "the attack". Symbiot's approach measures the three contributory factors which make up what really matters: Loss. These factors are: "Attacker," "Defender," and "Method". Symbiot has developed a system for quantifying network risks into simple scores using long-term attacker profiling, behavioral modeling and defender vulnerability. Symbiot's Risk Metric solutions dramatically optimizes the flow of network traffic into a system of measurement, visualization and reporting tools that can be relied on as a decision support system by technical managers faced with growing security concerns. Symbiot's Risk Metric Scoring solves the hard problem of distilling thousands of security alerts per minute down to an "at a glance" network health measurement. This summary score is ideal for use in highly regulated heterogeneous environments by technical professionals who have limited time and resources to devote to keeping vigilant on IT security threats.

Mike W. Erwin
Founder

Mr. Erwin is the President and Chairman of Symbiot, Inc. and has over 15 years of experience as a visionary entrepreneur, incorporating all aspects of founding and managing a business from concept to cash-out. His ability to explore revolutionary ideas, develop the business opportunities surrounding them, test a market for disruptive products/services, and engage an effective go-to-market strategy has led to his success in multiple ventures. Prior to Symbiot, Mr. Erwin founded OuterNet Connection Strategies, where he served as OuterNet's Chief Executive Officer and chaired the company's board until 2000 when the company was merged with a NASDAQ traded public company. Mr. Erwin also founded and serves on the board of Tomorrow's Technologies, Inc., a technology venture and incubation company. Through Tomorrow's Technologies, he provides management advice and technical due diligence to investors in, and potential buyers for network and data technologies. He has authored more than a dozen books and speaks frequently on a variety of entrepreneurial and technology topics. Mr. Erwin's formal education is in finance and computer science. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin.

whurley (William Hurley)
Founder

Mr. Hurley has 15 years of experience in the research, development, and commercialization of groundbreaking technologies. During this time, he has earned numerous honors and awards including IBM's Master Inventor title, an IBM pervasive computing award, two 'Going for the Gold' awards for innovation from Apple Computer, and a 2004 Apple Design Award. He is responsible for authoring numerous patents on behalf of Fortune 500 companies including IBM, Tivoli Systems, and Apple Computer. Prior to joining Symbiot Mr. Hurley held executive and management positions at IBM, Apple Computer, and several Austin, Texas-based startups. He is a published author (IDG, Hayden, McMillan) and has been interviewed frequently in the media (The Associated Press, CNN, New Scientist Magazine, O'Reilly Publishing, NetCraft). Mr. Hurley speaks frequently on the topics of future software directions, software development, Internet and e-business technologies, and intellectual property, open source, and disruptive business strategies. He is also responsible for Symbiot's participation in several standards-based organizations. Mr. Hurley holds a CISSP from the ISC(2) and is a member of the HTCIA (High Technology Crime Investigation Association), and the FBI's Infragard program.

Jamie Pugh
Founder

Mr. Pugh is the Vice President of Security and Technology of Symbiot, Inc. and has over 10 years of experience in computer and network security, systems security integration, optimization, architecture, and network analysis. Prior to joining Symbiot Mr. Pugh held multiple leadership roles at Aperian, Inc. including incident response and the forensic analysis of network-based attacks. Prior to Aperian, Inc. Mr. Pugh worked at Cleardata where he managed the process of integrating over 20 information service providers into a single clustered computing environment. While at Cleardata, Mr. Pugh managed security policy and operations through the company's growth to over 400 employees. Prior to Cleardata Mr. Pugh was an Automation and Process Engineer for Motorola Inc. where he was recognized for his creation of process and automation improvements that saved the company millions of dollars. He holds a CISSP from the ISC(2), is Cisco certified (CCNP, CCSP), and is a member of the High-Tech Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA).