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Tempered Networks – Managing Cyber Risk with new
technology that fixes the fatal flaw
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Jeff Hussey, President & CEO
The stalwart behind the glory
of Tempered Networks
Jeff Hussey is the President and
Chief Executive Officer of Tempered
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Networks, the pioneer of the Airwall. As an
accomplished entrepreneur and business
leader with a proven track record in the
networking and security markets, Hussey
also founded F5 Networks, the global leader
in application delivery and an S&P500 listed
company. He maintains numerous board
positions across a variety of technology,
non-profit and philanthropic organizations.
Currently, Hussey is the chairman of the
board for Carena and chairman and co-
owner of Ecofiltro and PuraVida Create
Good. Hussey also serves on the board for
Webaroo and the Seattle Symphony. He was
the chairman of the board for Lockdown
Networks, which was sold to McAfee in
2008. Hussey received a BA in Finance from
SPU and an MBA from the University of
Washington.
yber risk is
everyone’s problem.
In the first six
months of this year, 4.1
billion records were
breached. 38% of office
buildings have been
breached. As billions
of OT devices without
built-in cybersecurity are
connected to IT networks,
they are creating a massive
and rapidly growing
attack surface by offering
remote control of critical,
physical infrastructure.
This exponential increase
in new attack vectors
didn’t exist when today’s
security solutions were
being designed. The
result is rapidly raising
cost and complexity and
a precipitous decline in
protection.
Tempered is a cyber-risk
management company
which eliminates
catastrophic cyber risks
with a solution that
fixes the fatal flaw and
is purpose-built for IIoT
to eliminate remote
attacks, including lateral
attacks that easily evade
firewalls. Its Airwall™
eliminates costly, complex
network upgrades and
firewall OPEX cash burn,
and accelerates digital
transformation.
What is an
Airwall™ and How
Does It Work?
The Airwall architecture
incorporates a fully
encrypted network
fabric made up of Airwall
edge services and their
connected devices,
managed through an
orchestration engine,
called the Airwall
Conductor. Unlike
traditional IP networking
and SDN approaches,
the Airwall is a true
overlay requiring little
to no modification of the
underlying network or
security infrastructure. It
provides a simple policy-
based configuration of