Filip Cerny

Filip Černý is a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Progress, where he leads product marketing initiatives for network observability, cybersecurity and infrastructure monitoring solutions. With extensive experience in B2B technology marketing, he specializes in translating complex technical concepts into clear business value for customers, partners and industry stakeholders.

Throughout his career, Filip has focused on helping organizations improve network visibility, strengthen cybersecurity posture and enhance operational resilience through modern monitoring and observability practices. His expertise spans go-to-market strategy, product positioning, messaging development, content strategy, competitive analysis and customer engagement for enterprise software solutions.

At Progress, Filip works closely with product management, sales, engineering and marketing teams to drive awareness and adoption of monitoring, observability and security technologies. He is responsible for developing strategic messaging, launching new capabilities, creating thought leadership content and educating technical and executive audiences on emerging trends in network performance monitoring, network detection and response (NDR), observability and AI-driven IT operations.

As a frequent contributor to industry blogs and technical content, Filip focuses on helping IT leaders, security professionals and network operations teams understand evolving technology challenges and identify practical solutions that deliver measurable business outcomes. His goal is to empower organizations to gain deeper visibility into their digital environments, improve operational efficiency and proactively address security and performance risks.

Outside of work, Filip is passionate about hiking, basketball, gym and healthy lifestyle and fantasy books.

Areas of Expertise:

• Network Security & Threat Detection
• Network Traffic Visibility & Monitoring
• Network Detection and Response (NDR)
• IT Operations & Infrastructure Management
• Cybersecurity Best Practices
• Anomaly Detection & Behavioral Analysis
• Product Marketing & Go-to-Market Strategy
• Analyst relations

Credentials & Publications:

• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
• Bachelor's degree in Economics, Faculty of Economics Brno
• Progress Blog — progress.com/blogs/author/filip-cerny
• The Fast Mode — thefastmode.com/author/3537-filipcerny
• Kemp Technologies Blog — kemptechnologies.com/blog/author/filip-cerny

Selected recent articles:

• "What Are Cybersecurity Best Practices?" — Progress Blog, Feb 2026
• "What is Cybersecurity?" — Progress Blog, Feb 2026
• "How Log Management and NDR Work Together to Speed Up Incident Response" — Progress Blog, Nov 2025
• "Unleashing Progress Flowmon 13: Speed, Smarts and Security Redefined" — Progress Blog, Nov 2025
• "The Benefits of Visibility in Higher Education Networks" — Progress Blog, Jul 2025
• "7 Critical Insider Threat Indicators and How to Detect Them" — Progress Blog, Jun 2025