Senior Vice President of Global Strategic Alliances & Business Development, Netscout
Search every verified Thomas Raimondi interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. In a September 2021 interview at WSJ Tech Live, Tom Raimondi, then Chief Marketing Officer at NETSCOUT, discussed the company's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and evolving cybersecurity threats. He stated that DDoS attacks had increased, with a shift from large attacks to smaller, more consistent ones, which he attributed to the work-from-home movement creating new VPN sites and perimeters. Raimondi said NETSCOUT had provided customers with upgrade licenses and product access before purchase orders were issued, and that the company had donated equipment to the organization running the presidential debates to protect against hackers. Raimondi described NETSCOUT's employee policies during the pandemic, including a no-layoff policy announced by CEO Anil Singal, weekly mental health outreach, and free weekly coronavirus test kits for employees returning to the Westford headquarters on a volunteer basis. He also highlighted the company's philanthropic efforts through its Heart of Giving foundation, including partnerships with Habitat for Humanity and a new program to support disadvantaged families with internet access, computers, and educational resources. Looking ahead, Raimondi said NETSCOUT would continue investing in next-generation security, cloud technology, and cost reduction, and described the company's "visibility without borders" architecture as providing customers with a unified view of application management, troubleshooting, and security across virtual environments.
“DDoS attacks are up all over the place right now and it's very interesting. It used to be that you would see very large DDoS attacks; now what we're seeing is lots of smaller attacks very consistent. Everybody's being hit with the work from home movement, the perimeter went from the edge of your data center out now to...”
“We've gone out and we've given customers upgrade licenses before they can get a PO out. We've let customers use product to help them make sure that their environments are protected.”
“We provided the organization that ran the presidential debates gear to make sure that their environments were protected from hackers because they love to take down big events like elections. They like to stop civil opportunities like presidential debates and NETSCOUT always likes to volunteer and help out in those area...”
“Our CEO Anil Singal is a very caring individual. We've allowed our employees to work from home, and Anil announced a no layoff policy. Because we have a culture of being frugal and lean, we have the financial capabilities to weather a storm like this and so we've reassured our people that their jobs are safe, we have t...”
“We just opened up our Westford headquarters on a volunteer basis for those people that do want to come back to the office where they feel better working from the office, and for these people we give them free weekly coronavirus test kits.”
“NETSCOUT has a foundation called Heart of Giving. We have partnered with Habitat for Humanity and have been building houses for years. We donate land, sponsor house builds, and encourage employees to give with dollar-for-dollar matching. We also donate the value of employees' time and cash back to the organizations.”
“We created a foundation to support disadvantaged families who don't have access to internet and online education. We want to make sure that all families have the ability to educate their children, get access to high-speed internet, and get access to computers. NETSCOUT just started a new program where we're donating mo...”
“As we look into 2021, we're going to continue to invest in next generation technology around security, around cloud, around bringing costs down. The pandemic has really created an environment where people are trying to move to cloud faster. Many more edges have been created in the marketplace today. The concept of a tr...”
“NETSCOUT has a technology or a philosophy called 'visibility without borders' where we offer it to security across the board. We're providing our customers with a ubiquitous view of management of their applications, troubleshooting, and security regardless of whether you reside today or tomorrow.”
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