Our Mission
We aim to improve the productivity of our customers by tackling the challenges faced by their analysts day in and day out. We do this through centralising alerts, eliminating rework and retaining key knowledge.
About us
We're a team obsessed with efficiency.
Our Story
AlertFusion may be a very new business, established in 2019, but the seed of the idea for the solution it would offer had been formulating over a decade.
The story is best told by Jayanth Varma, founder and CEO, the man whose brainchild it was:
I spent many years as a security analyst and later as a security operations and engineering manager working for a number of large enterprise organisations. I found that, while the set-up, size of team and type of technology would differ from one organisation to another, the same basic problems persisted.
These problems included:
- Too many processes being worked with each in its own silo
- Excessive time spent reworking repetitive alerts in every team
- Slow, manual processes for validating and responding to alerts
- The need to operate between multiple ticketing systems
- Lack of a unified platform for operational processes
- Difficulty in customising multi-vendor technologies
- High costs of scaling automation and orchestration
- Loss of security knowledge due to staff attrition
I spoke to many vendors about addressing these problems, but none was willing to consider making the effort to develop solutions to fix these issues. So, because I felt so strongly that something needed to be done, I decided to take on the challenge myself.
Jayanth VarmaFounder and CEO“Because I felt so strongly that something needed to be done, I decided to take on the challenge myself.”
I took a break to consider how I should approach the project and to develop ideas for a single technology that would counter all the issues. From my past experience I knew, that if I could create a platform that would unify and streamline the myriad of security processes, it would increase the productivity of analysts across multiple teams and, in doing so, improve the efficiency of the organisation.
In 2019 I launched AlertFusion, a unique technology platform that addresses the need for a multi-tenant solution and acts as a base platform for operations delivering high efficiency.
Meet the team
Leverage a ready made platform that solves all your operational challenges and helps you retain knowledge within your organisation. At AlertFusion, we know how to make you more efficient in your day to day operations.
Jayanth Varma
Founder & CEO
Marc Andrews
Adviser
Marc is a seasoned executive with a proven track record in building business for sustainable and profitable growth.
Marc Andrews
Adviser
Marc is a seasoned executive with a proven track record in building business for sustainable and profitable growth.
In a career spanning over 35 years, Marc has successfully led and orchestrated numerous turnaround and transformational businesses, and has built and retained a network of some of the most talented executives and teams in the cyber security sector. He is expert in building and rapidly scaling this network globally, to achieve growth and profitability.
Marc served as SVP at Symantec, where he led the company’s go-to-market organisation, having had responsibility for the integration and transformion of two large teams that came out of the acquisition of Blue Coat Systems by Symantec in 2016.
Marc was SVP World Field Operations at Blue Coat Systems and was part of the executive team taking the company private in 2012 which led to it being acquired by Bain Capital and then ultimately by Symantec Inc. Prior to this, Marc held COO and President Roles at NetIQ Inc. and Microfocus PLC.
Development of people and their careers has been a focal point in his various roles. He is a strong and capable leader, with great insight into people, which is one of his core strengths.
Marc has extensive knowledge and expertise in the international markets. He is a strategic thinker with a very sharp eye for detail. Across his many leadership roles Marc has always ensured a smooth operating environment, which has led to predictably positive results.
Jim Rutt
Adviser
Jim is the Chief Information Officer/CISO at the Dana Foundation, where he provides strategic planning for information and technology management and oversees all back office technology operations.
Jim Rutt
Adviser
Jim is the Chief Information Officer/CISO at the Dana Foundation, where he provides strategic planning for information and technology management and oversees all back office technology operations.
A graduate of Stetson University, Jim has over 22 years of technology experience spanning the financial, healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors).
An early adopter of cloud security solutions, Jim frequently speaks to peer organisations on corporate cybersecurity strategy and risk management. He has presented at multiple CIO and leadership conferences and has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal (among other publications) for his views on mobile security and governance.
The former President and Chairman of Technology Affinity Group (TAG), Jim is currently Vice President and Board Director for the New York Metro Chapter of the Cloud Security Alliance, as well as an Advisory Board member of the EC-Council C|CISO Advisory Board. He is also a founding advisory board member of BWG Strategy LLC, and works as an advisor to Lightspeed Ventures, Vation Ventures, Glilot Partners, and board advisor to multiple startups including ShieldX, Tala Security, Baffle, Axonius, Minerva Labs and Pixm.
Tom Millar
Adviser
Tom founded ITC in 1995. The registered name was changed to ITC Global Security Limited in 2000 and the business was acquired as ITC Secure in 2016.
Tom Millar
Adviser
Tom founded ITC in 1995. The registered name was changed to ITC Global Security Limited in 2000 and the business was acquired as ITC Secure in 2016.
With business experience spanning 25+ years, Tom has seen and done more than most. He loves to share his knowledge to help improve and align individuals and teams. This is always done with passion and care for the win and the result.
Tom is considered by many to be an exceptional salesman. He’s proud of this, but sees his key attribute as that of an inspirational leader. He’s big on culture and planning, structure and strategy. He believes in “teams over talent” and that any truly successful company must first have a culture/soul/centre before it can deliver a strategy, and that underpinning this there has to be a structure of good governance, with every player in their strongest position on the pitch.
A straight talker, Tom always says what he means and means what he says. He seeks loyalty and commitment from those with whom he works, with the understanding that they can expect the same from him. Always willing to take counsel and advice from those he trusts, Tom operates well under extreme pressure and is happy making critical decisions.
Tom is a confident speaker; happy on stage, networking and entertaining. Throughout his career he has made many friends and few enemies.