Small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) experience many of the same security issues as larger organizations, yet they have traditionally struggled to find proactive and responsive security solutions designed to meet their needs—at a price point that also meets their budgets. Over the past few years, extended detection and response (XDR) solutions have emerged that are specifically engineered—and priced—for the SMB market.
Join Mark Ehr, S&P Global Senior Consulting Analyst, and Matt Warner, Blumira CTO and co-founder, for a panel-style discussion around SMB security needs and XDR solutions to meet those needs.
Speakers
Matthew Warner, CTO and co-founder, Blumira
Matthew Warner is the Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Blumira, bringing nearly two decades of cybersecurity experience to the company. Prior to founding Blumira, Matthew served as Director of Security Services at NetWorks Group, an MSSP focused on compliance and ethical hacking.
Seeing a gap in the market, Matthew developed a threat detection and response platform designed specifically for SMBs that was easy to use and cost-effective. The success of this technology led him to found Blumira in 2018 and focus on scaling the platform.
Passionate about cybersecurity education, Matthew frequently shares practical advice to help resource-constrained SMBs improve their security through webinars, articles, podcasts and more. His genuine desire to help SMBs, often the most vulnerable to cyberattacks, strengthen their security posture shines through.
Matthew’s leadership and innovative problem-solving were recognized in 2022 when he received the CTO of the Year award from the Globee Cybersecurity Global Excellence Awards. He was specifically honored for his notable research uncovering additional Log4j vulnerabilities and contributions to Blumira’s 2022 State of Threat Detection and Response Report.
Mark Ehr, Senior Consulting Analyst, 451 Research Advisors
Mark Ehr is a Senior Consulting Analyst in the S&P Global TMT team based in Denver, Colorado, USA. Prior to joining S&P, he spent 12 years at IBM in roles including worldwide security sales enablement and QRadar SIEM product management.
Prior to IBM, he worked for BigFix, Cabletron, Enterprise Management Associates, Ping Identity, Polarsoft, Siebel Systems, and Sybase, in roles including consultant, entrepreneur, industry analyst, product marketer, software developer, and tech seller.
Mark holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Metropolitan State University of Denver.