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Avecto announced as finalist in three categories by Info
Security Products Guide's Global Excellence Awards
Avecto - the leader in Windows privilege management, today
announced that it is a finalist in three 2012 Global Excellence
Awards categories. Info Security Products Guide - the industry's
leading information security research and advisory guide, has
shortlisted Avecto as Best Overall Security Company, Best New
Security Start-Up Company and Innovative Company of the Year
(Security). These prestigious global awards recognize security and
IT vendors with advanced, ground-breaking products and solutions
that are helping set the bar higher for others in all areas of
technologies.
"Least privilege, as a concept, is not new but is yet to be
adopted by most organizations and we do so much more than just
that. We educate the security market on its importance and
demonstrate how vital an aspect this is of their whole security
ethos," explains Paul Kenyon, Avecto'sCOO. "While the threat from
within may come from people, we understand that not everyone's
intentions are malicious. We're constantly looking at ways of
improving Privilege Guard to enhance not just the core feature set
but the user experience as well, currently no other product come
close to what our capabilities are at the moment."
The growing ecosystem of insider threats identifies excessive
user privileges as a significant security concern for
organizations. As requirements for compliance increase, securing
data as it passes through a personal computer system is crucial to
satisfy auditors, and ensuring security breaches don't result in
expensive data loss. Whilst antivirus and firewalls provide some
protection, these are only effective as part of a defense-in-depth
security strategy. Avecto designed Privilege Guard specifically to
plug the 'Trusted Insider' security gap, allowing IT to selectively
elevate rights of individual applications and tasks, and
eliminating the need to grant users local admin rights.
There are a number of features in Privilege Guard that could be
behind Avecto's selection as Innovative Company of the Year
(Security). Paul speculates, "We're theonlyWindows privilege
management solution that includes an anti-tamper mechanism
intelligent enough to distinguish between elevated processes and
real system administrators. This blocks elevated processes from
tampering with the agent and policies and only true system
administrators can modify Privilege Guard and its configuration
settings. Or perhaps it's that we recognize people are the key to
security, not the technology. For this reason we don't stop them
from doing what they need to do, just empower them to do it in a
secure manner."
As a relatively new kid on the block, but with experienced hands
on the tiller, Avecto is thrilled to be shortlisted in the Best New
Security Start-Up category. Paul believes it's down to the amazing
results the company has seen in the last year, "The Company
experienced huge growth over the last 12 months and revenue from
the North American market alone, now represents over 50% of our
turnover during this period. Year on year we are doubling the
size of our business with sales figures up over 350% at our
financial year end in June 2011."
In conclusion, Paul sums up, "We're so proud that, with
Privilege Guard, we've been recognized as a leading industry player
and named finalists in not one but three categories by Info
Security Products Guide. We believe that we have the world's
leading Windows privilege management solution and it's wonderful to
have external audiences support this conviction. We remain
committed to our customers and will continue to ensure they can
deploy secure and compliant desktops and servers. This recognition
from Info Security Products Guide is further validation of our
dedication."
About Info Security Products Guide Awards
Info Security Products Guide sponsors leading conferences and
expos worldwide and plays a vital role in keeping end-users
informed of the choices they can make when it comes to protecting
their digital resources. It is written expressly for those who are
adamant on staying informed of security threats and the preventive
measure they can take. You will discover a wealth of information in
this guide including tomorrow's technology today, best deployment
scenarios, people and technologies shaping info security and market
research that facilitate in making the most pertinent security
decisions. The Info Security Products Guide Awards recognize and
honor excellence in all areas of information security. To learn
more, visit www.infosecurityproductsguide.com
and stay secured.
About Avecto
Avecto is the leader in Windows privilege management, helping
organizations to deploy secure and compliant desktops and servers.
With its award winning Privilege Guard technology, organizations
can now empower all Windows based desktop and server users with the
privileges they require to perform their roles, without
compromising the integrity and security of their systems.
Customers of all sizes rely on Avecto to reduce operating
expenses and strengthen security across their Windows based
environments. Our mission is to enable our customers to lower
operating costs and improve system security by implementing least
privilege. Avecto is building a worldwide channel of partners and
system integrators and is headquartered in Manchester, UKwith key
regional offices in Andover, MA. For more information, visit www.avecto.com
Contact:
Donna Shaw
donna.shaw@avecto.com
Regine Hartmann
Regine@eskenzipr.com
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