Chief Executive Officer, Phoenix
Search every verified Gerard Moore interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. In an October 2024 interview, Gerard Moore, CEO of Phoenix Technologies, promoted the company’s FirmGuard product and discussed the importance of BIOS security. Moore stated that Phoenix provides firmware for Lenovo, LG, and Vio laptops and collaborates with chip makers including Intel, AMD, and ARM. He described firmware as a “critical attack surface” and cited a warning from CISA that firmware is increasingly targeted by hackers, adding that “if you get control of the firmware you have control of the entire device.” Moore offered free, cloud-based firmware audits through FirmGuard, noting that “up to 10% of their inventory to their surprise was in legacy mode which is not secure.” He positioned the audits as a way for managed service providers to identify and fix vulnerabilities in client devices, including for compliance purposes such as HIPAA. Moore also described Phoenix as a “40-year startup” and emphasized that the company’s firmware development focuses on security.
“If you get control of the firmware you have control of the entire device operating system the hard disks and you're below the operating system so they persist so even if you reboot the machine or even reinstall the operating system the firmware malware is still there.”
“We have found with people who have done these audits that maybe up to 10% of their inventory to their surprise was in legacy mode which is not secure.”
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