Armor Defense Inc

Armor Defense Inc.
Corporation
Industry Managed cloud computing
Founded 2009
Founder Chris Drake
Headquarters Richardson, Texas
Key people
 Chris Drake, founder & CEO
Jared Day, President
Jeff Schilling, CSO
Website www.armor.com

Armor Defense Inc. (previously named FireHost, Inc.) is a cloud computing security provider with headquarters in Richardson, Texas.[1] It focuses on serving clients with data security or compliance requirements, including companies in the healthcare, retail, financial services, and payment industries.[2]

History

Armor was founded (as FireHost) in 2009 by Chris Drake, the company’s CEO.[3] It launched its public cloud in 2011, and since then has raised $59 million in funding, mostly from the Stephens Group.[4]

In 2015, Dell started partnering with the company to offer FireHost’s private cloud service to its customers.[5]

In August 2015, the company changed its name from FireHost to Armor as part of a rebranding. The change in name reflected its shift from solely providing secure cloud hosting (the "Host" in "FireHost") to offering security products that can be used with any hosting provider.[6]

The company has about 200 employees[7] and operates data centers in Dallas, Phoenix, Singapore, Amsterdam, and London.[8]

Services

Armor offers security as a service[6] as well as both public and private managed cloud services.[9] The company differentiates itself by providing high cloud security,[10] and is known for employing cybersecurity experts with military backgrounds.[11]

Armor also offers compliance as a service (CaaS) to help businesses with PCI, HIPAA, and other regulatory requirements.[12] Armor is SSAE 16, ISO/IEC 27001, and PCI DSS Level 1 certified.[13] The company is Common Security Framework certified by the Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST).[14]

Security advocacy

Armor is active in political discussions about cybersecurity and online privacy regulations. The company met with U.S. Representative Will Hurd at their Richardson headquarters.[15] The company co-signed a letter to the U.S. Senate opposing an effort by government regulatory agencies to gain more access to customers’ private data.[16] It is also a corporate member of the Cloud Security Alliance.[17]

References

  1. ↑ "FireHost, Inc.: Private Company Information - Businessweek". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20141223000039/http://www.crunchbase.com:80/organization/firehost. Archived from the original on December 23, 2014. Retrieved May 7, 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ Strauss, Karsten (2013-06-14). "Beating Up Cyber-Bullies: FireHost Takes Another $12 Million.". Forbes. Retrieved 2015-04-27.
  4. ↑ Cho, Hanah (2014-04-16). "Dallas-based FireHost raises $25 million in new capital.". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 2015-04-27.
  5. ↑ Abril, Danielle (2015-02-04). "FireHost teams up with Dell for private cloud service.". Dallas Business Journal. Retrieved 2015-04-27.
  6. 1 2 Abril, Danielle (2015-08-31). "Firehost CEO Chris Drake: Why we're changing our name and branding". Dallas Business Journal. Retrieved 2015-08-31.
  7. ↑ Cho, Hanah (2015-02-04). "Richardson’s FireHost to join forces with Dell.". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 2015-04-27.
  8. ↑ "Dallas-based FireHost Goes Live With its New Data Center in Singapore.". Hosting Journalist. 2014-01-23. Retrieved 2015-04-27.
  9. ↑ "FireHost to Team with Dell to Deliver Secure Managed Private Cloud Services.". Yahoo! Finance. 2015-02-04. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
  10. ↑ Chickowski, Ericka (2015-02-06). "FireHost Teams With Dell For Secure Managed Private Cloud.". Talkincloud.com. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
  11. ↑ Cho, Hanah (2014-08-30). "Richardson cloud provider takes military approach to protect against cyberattacks". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
  12. ↑ Fellows, William (2015-01-30). "For FireHost, CaaS means 'compliance as a service' and elevates its value proposition". 451 Research. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
  13. ↑ "Compliant Cloud Hosting". FireHost.com. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  14. ↑ "FireHost Dominates in Compliance Again; Cloud Hosting Company Achieves HITRUST CSF Certification". HITRUSTAlliance.net. 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
  15. ↑ "Firms Relying on Previous Cloud Generations Are Vulnerable To Attack, Warns Ovum". Firehost.com. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  16. ↑ "Coalition Letter to the U.S. Senate Opposing Regulatory Agency Power to Demand Content from Third Parties". U.S. Chamber of Commerce. 2013-07-11. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
  17. ↑ "FireHost". Cloudsecurityalliance.org. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
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