Cortex by Palo Alto Networks

NYSE: PANW. Palo Alto Networks is the leader in next generation network security. All Things D (Aug. 2011) - Seven Questions for Asheem Chandna of Greylock Partners - http://allthingsd.com/20110801/seven-questions-for-asheem-chandna-of-greylock-partners/Serve on Compensation (committee chair), and Nominating and Governance board committees.Led by Mark McLaughlin (formerly CEO of Verisign). Nir Zuk (formerly principal engineer at Check Point, CTO at NetScreen) founded the company in February 2005 with a small seed financing and worked out of Greylock offices during 2005. The product idea for building a next generation firewall was conceptualized during 2005 - over multiple whiteboard sessions and then validated via meetings with multiple leading IT customers. The company closed a full Series A financing in January 2006. Nir and I worked together as colleagues at Check Point Software during the 1990s. Show less