SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NSFOCUS IB today announced that Aftab Afzal has joined the company as the new Senior VP and General Manager for the EMEA region. NSFOCUS was founded in 2000 to provide enterprise-level network security solutions and services primarily in the Asia/Pacific market. The new NSFOCUS International Business subsidiary brings advanced security solutions to the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.
Mr. Afzal brings to the role a widely-admired reputation for building new markets for a range of technology companies. In his newest capacity at NSFOCUS IB, he will build on longtime relationships with marquee organizations, resellers and distributors to expand the already growing sales pipeline in his target markets, and establish a new footprint for the company’s solutions in different vertical industries.
“As we move forward with our global initiatives, we need the very best professionals to enhance our presence in new markets, and Aftab is exactly that person,” said Allan Thompson, COO of NSFOCUS IB. “He has worked with an amazing variety of enterprise technology solution providers, and succeeded in every capacity. We welcome him to the team, and look forward to having him lead our new business efforts in EMEA.”
Mr. Afzal was most recently at Akamai Technologies, where he was Sales Director for Southern Europe & Emerging Markets within Akamai’s security division. Before that he spent nearly five years in successively higher sales positions at Prolexic Technologies, the last two as VP of Sales. Earlier in his career, he held senior sales positions at ProVangel Ltd., a boutique Value Added Distributor; Mirapoint, where he was Strategic Development Director, EMEA; and security specialist Kaspersky Lab UK.
"I have been very successful in building sales and channel ecosystems throughout EMEA for the world’s leading information security vendors; successfully navigating the challenges, risks and threat landscape for the clients and partners I work with, to fulfill their aspirations,” said Aftab Afzal.
“When I was approached by NSFOCUS IB, I was impressed by the seasoned management team, as well as the depth of knowledge and industry maturity in the wider team. Following further investigation of the technologies, products and service offerings, I discovered they are extremely compelling. These offerings go beyond what is currently available today and this disruption is exactly what the market has been asking for. NSFOCUS IB has clearly created a new paradigm. This is an established company with proven solutions, coupled with the drive, energy and agility of a startup,” Afzal concluded.
NSFOCUS IB’s research and development teams focus on vulnerability analysis, threat understanding and security intelligence, while providing core technical support for NSFOCUS products, solutions and services. This long-term commitment has helped its customers maintain high levels of business operations and ensures that their online business systems always remain available.
With offices in the United States, Japan, Europe, China and Southeast Asia, NSFOCUS supports more than 27,000 enterprise-level customers including some of the largest telecom carriers, data centers, financial services companies, cloud service providers, managed security services providers and enterprises in the world.
About NSFOCUS International Business (IB)
NSFOCUS IB is a wholly owned subsidiary of NSFOCUS, an enterprise network security provider, and is expanding operations in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and Japan. The company is building on 15 years of proven success, innovation and trust, with offerings protecting four of the world’s five largest banks, as well as organizations in insurance, retail, healthcare, critical infrastructure, and government. Enterprise- and carrier-grade products undergo rigorous evaluation and testing to Veracode VL4 certification, delivering powerful and effective threat management combined with advanced data analytics and intrusion prevention and detection capabilities. A research arm, the NSFOCUS Security Labs, is a renowned technical institute that tracks and analyzes global intelligence while identifying new network vulnerabilities and security trends. NSFOCUS IB has technology and channel partners in more than 60 countries, and is a member of the Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP), StopBadware.org, and the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA).
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