Absolute Security takes a major strategic step forward today. Specifically, the leader in Autonomous Cyber Resilience acquires FirmGuard from Phoenix Technologies. FirmGuard operates as a specialized UEFI BIOS firmware security, management, and networking service. Consequently, FirmGuard extends Absolute Persistence technology across enterprise networks. The result is greater visibility, integrity validation, posturing, patching, and compliance enforcement. It follows that FirmGuard is essential for building the required firmware foundation for securing endpoints, artificial intelligence (AI) workstations, and autonomous agents from growing threats.
Moreover, current industry studies have indicated an increase in attacks on hardware and firmware. Eighty percent of information technology decision-makers have claimed that the use of artificial intelligence will lead to weaponized attacks. Sixty percent of businesses have been delaying their firmware updates due to business operations. Consequently, attackers evade traditional security tools and persist undetected. Because of these factors, robust firmware security now becomes a strategic imperative for Chief Information Security Officers worldwide.
Strengthening Endpoint Control and AI Security
Enterprise security leaders can quickly activate Absolute capabilities across endpoint fleets and advanced AI workstations. Through OEM partnerships with Dell, HP, and Lenovo, Absolute remains embedded in 600 million endpoint devices. Thus, customers maintain an unbreakable hardware connection to recover corrupted operating systems. Additionally, strategic collaborations with NVIDIA and HP extend these protective capabilities directly to AI environments.
“AI-driven threats and fragility are disrupting enterprises from the cloud to the endpoint. Full resilience requires visibility, control, security, and recovery capabilities in the device hardware a unique and exclusive location only Absolute occupies,” said Christy Wyatt, President & CEO, Absolute Security. “For more than 30 years, we have led the market in helping customers withstand cyberattacks and IT failures and recover from operational breakdowns. Our strengthened platform will help security and risk leaders confidently accelerate and protect AI initiatives against threats, complexity, and downtime.”
Delivering Automated Firmware Protection at Scale
Moreover, Absolute incorporates FirmGuard features into a consolidated, best-in-class security solution. The integration of FirmGuard delivers expanded below-the-OS management, continuous patching, flexible data-wipe options, and unified firmware-to-cloud control.
“We built FirmGuard to make firmware protection simple and secure. Absolute has proven its firmware-embedded platform can do this at enterprise scale,” said Gerard Moore, President & CEO, FirmGuard. “With FirmGuard integrated into Absolute, customers can remain confident their AI devices will stay secure, compliant, and running, so when something goes wrong, downtime will not become a business loss.”
Finally, Boston Meridian Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor to Phoenix Technologies for this transaction.
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