FireEye to Host Fifth Annual MIRcon Conference Featuring Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson and General Keith B. Alexander

MILPITAS, CA--(Marketwired - Jul 17, 2014) - FireEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: FEYE), the leader in stopping today's advanced cyber attacks, today released the keynote talks and conference tracks of the fifth annual Mandiant Incident Response Conference (MIRcon™). David DeWalt, chairman of the board and CEO, FireEye and Kevin Mandia, SVP and COO, FireEye will join acclaimed astrophysicist, Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, and former Director of the National Security Agency, General Keith B. Alexander, as the 2014 event's headliners.

MIRcon attracts hundreds of professionals across all disciplines of information security. Attendees engage with industry leaders and hear from experts in the field to learn what is next in the fight against advanced attackers and share experiences about utilizing technology to detect, analyze and resolve cyber attacks.

The 2014 MIRcon program includes more than 25 sessions across three tracks. Topics will cover best practices, case studies and instruction on network security, threat intelligence, incident response, malware analysis, reverse engineering, and computer forensics among others. To see the full conference agenda and register for the event visit: https://www.mandiant.com/events/mircon/.

In addition, attendees will hear from four keynote speakers:

• Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson - Science As a Way of Knowing
  Dr. Tyson will discuss the joys of knowing how the universe works and the disaster that can unfold when you do not. Dr. Tyson will illustrate examples of each drawn from across time and cultures, culminating in a commentary on the state of science in America today.
• General Keith Alexander - Staying Ahead of the Curve: Securing a Nation Amid Change
  Attacker methods continue to advance and take advantage of the increasing speed at which our nation adopts new technologies. General Alexander will provide insight into addressing security needs when our technologies are seemingly at-odds with them.
• David DeWalt - Reimagining Security to Combat Advanced Attackers
  Despite substantial investments in traditional security technologies, the vast majority of advanced attacks go undetected and proliferate undefended. Mr. DeWalt will discuss how organizations can reimagine security to find and stop attackers that would otherwise bypass traditional security technology and defense models.
• Kevin Mandia - State of the Hack