In The News

• 24 April 2012 thewhir.com FireHost Reports 80% of Web Application Attacks Originate in the US

  FireHost blocked a total of 19 million attacks for its clients in Q1 2012. The attacks originated from more than 25 countries, with 15 million attacks coming from the US. South Asia and Europe accounted for 7 1.4 million and 1.3 million attacks respectively. Read More »
• 06 February 2012 cbronline.com Private cloud should not exist as a category

  Private clouds are no longer needed and are being pushed by companies with legacy business models. Read More »
• 30 January 2012 theregister.co.uk Year of the cloud? Not until it can shield world's Mitnicks.

  Unlike FireHost, security isn't easy for most cloud companies, and that's one of the reasons that the much-hyped "year of the cloud" still hasn't happened. Read More »
• 25 January 2012 thenextweb.com FireHost switches on its European cloud hosting service

  Cloud hosting company FireHost has announced the expansion of its operations into Europe, with news that its hosting services are now available at data centres in London and Amsterdam. Read More »
• 09 January 2012 networkcomputing.com FireHost Flexes Its Cloud Scaling Options

  This is just as flexible and secure as a much more costly managed private cloud - the only other option comparable in terms of this level of security and flexibility. Read More »
• 15 December 2011 thewhir.com FireHost Adds Scheduled Scaling Function to Cloud Hosting

  FireHost has added a new scheduled scaling function to its secure cloud hosting offering, providing customers with a unique third means of scaling their cloud instances, along with the existing manual and auto-scaling functions. Read More »
• 11 October 2011 securityweek.com Just Because Your Business is Compliant Doesn't Mean It's Secure

  Real security goes beyond compliance, and integrates with validation and security processes. This causes confusion for many organizations as they pursue compliance standards. So let’s break it down. What drives PCI 2.0 compliance? Read More »
• 15 September 2011 techcrunch.com Cloud Hosting Company FireHost Raises $10 Million

  FireHost, a company that specializes in secured cloud hosting, has raised $10 million in Series B funding in a round led by family-owned private equity firm The Stephens Group, with earlier backers also participating. Read More »
• 15 August 2011 securityweek.com IT Outlook: Not Yet Cloudy for CIOs

  Sorting Through Conflicting Information About Private and Public cloud Hosting Environments? How can any CIO make an informed decision? By dispelling the fears and misgivings, one by one. Read More »
• 25 July 2011 lightreading.com Cloud Chronicles: The FireHost Difference

  A podcast interview with FireHost's CEO Chris Drake. Learn how FireHost's public cloud is as secure as any private cloud offering, which makes the difference for customers that handle credit card and healthcare data. Read More »