LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Emerging Threats, a world-leading provider of open source and commercial threat and malware intelligence, has named Michael Cadle as vice president of sales.  Cadle will be responsible for and lead the worldwide sales team for Emerging Threats. Cadle will be based in the Washington, DC area, and will report to Kenneth Gramley, CEO in the Lafayette, IN corporate office. 

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Cadle will be responsible for delivering Emerging Threats' product lines to enterprises, government agencies, financial institutions, SMBs, higher education, and service providers worldwide. In addition, he will also be responsible for overseeing Emerging Threats' resellers and sales partners. With an increase in malicious threats throughout the globe, the demand for malware and threat intelligence solutions has never been greater. Emerging Threats had a record revenue year in 2012 by with its ETPro™ Ruleset flagship product and is poised for future growth with its IQRisk™ Suite of threat intelligence products.

"Michael is a great addition to the Emerging Threats global sales team, he brings vast experience in selling both hardware and software security solutions to the enterprise and OEM markets," said Kenneth Gramley, CEO of Emerging Threats. "With an increasing worldwide demand for Emerging Threats products and solutions, Michael will be a valuable asset to our existing sales team that has made great strides in the past year by increasing our customer base and creating new sales opportunities. We are pleased to have him lead the sales team to another record breaking year."

Prior to joining Emerging Threats, Cadle held prominent sales positions for many leading start-ups such as Fidelis (acquired by General Dynamics), and before that Solera Networks, IronPort (acquired by Cisco), Apple, and EDS. He holds a bachelor's degree in engineering from the US Military Academy at West Point.

About Emerging Threats

Emerging Threats is a world-leading provider of open source and commercial threat and malware intelligence. Founded in 2003 as a cyber security research community, Emerging Threats has become the de facto standard in network-based malware threat detection. The company's ETOpen Ruleset, ETPro™ Ruleset, and IQRisk™ suite of threat intelligence are platform agnostic for easy integration with Suricata, SNORT^®, and other network intrusion protection and detection systems. With ETPro Ruleset, organizations can achieve the highest standards of malicious threat detection with world-class support and research for extended vulnerability coverage. ETPro Ruleset is ideal for enterprises, government agencies, financial institutions, SMBs, higher education, and service providers. For more information, please visit http://www.emergingthreats.net.

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Global Corporate Contact:
Byron Rashed
Emerging Threats Pro, LLC
+1 866 504 2523, x-112
brashed@emergingthreats.net

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