SecureData, a member of the JSE-listed ERP.com Group and the southern African distributor for Application Security, today announced that AlwaysOn has chosen AppSecInc as one of the Top 100 Private Company award winners.
AppSecInc was handpicked by the AlwaysOn editorial team based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, customer adoption, media buzz and investor value creation.
The AO 100 was selected from more than 1 000 companies, peer-nominated by leading venture capitalists, investment bankers and industry analysts. The AO 100 consists of private companies at all stages of development, from early to late stage.
With more than 48 million personal records exposed in 2005 alone, the reality is that the focus of attackers has moved away from individual endpoints or the network infrastructure itself, and is now centred on the highest value target - the enterprise database.
Without adequate security for critical software applications such as databases, enterprises face the very real potential of compromised information assets and the severe damage to business and brand which results from the disclosure of the loss. Traditional security offerings - built for and deployed at the network and operating system levels - cannot defend against dynamic threats to the application.
Widely acknowledged as having the industry's most comprehensive database security portfolio, and chosen as a VISA Alliance partner, AppSecInc products proactively secure enterprise applications at more than 350 organisations around the world by discovering, assessing, and protecting databases against rapidly changing security threats. By securing data at its source AppSecInc enables organizations to more confidently extend access to their business critical systems to customers, partners and suppliers.
"The AO 100 companies are shaping today's Web-driven, connected environment," commented Tony Perkins, founder and editor of AlwaysOn. "We were inundated with nominations from leading companies, many of which I hope will appear on our list next year. My congratulations to each AO 100 winner - these are the companies that we predict will have the greatest market traction, strongest innovation and most game-changing approaches this year."
"The critical need for stronger and more proactive database security has grown exponentially since our selection as an AO100 top private company last year," added Jack Hembrough, President and CEO of Application Security Inc. "Our selection this year underscores that much still needs to be done, and highlights AppSecInc's leadership position in offering a complete vulnerability management suite, giving our customers the ability to proactively assess, discover and protect their critical applications and databases. We are pleased to join the most innovative and promising industry leaders in the AO100 for a second year in a row."
@EditorNote = Application SecurityApplication Security Inc is the leading provider of database security solutions for the enterprise. Application Security's products proactively secure enterprise applications at more than 200 organizations around the world by discovering, assessing, and protecting the database against rapidly changing security threats. By securing data at its source, we enable organisations to more confidently extend their business with customers, partners and suppliers. Our security experts, combined with our strong support team, deliver up-to-date application safeguards that minimise risk and eliminate its impact on business.
SecureData
SecureData, an ERP.com company, is Africa's premier IT security solution provider. SecureData's solutions incorporate anti-virus and content security, network security, intrusion prevention software and network asset management.
SecureData's comprehensive "Managed Security Services" include design, audit, implementation, vulnerability assessment, outsourcing and hosting. SecureData distributes, sells and supports category leading IT security products to the public, corporate and SME sectors throughout Africa as well as products and services to the SOHO and consumer markets through partnerships with ISPs.
As well as being the sole distributor in Sub-Saharan Africa for Trend Micro, SecureData is the African distributor for US-based TippingPoint Technologies and the southern African distributor for US-based Application Security, eEye, Rocket Software, RSA Security, St Bernard and Websense; and UK-based Centennial. For more information, visit SecureData at www.securedata.co.za.
ERP.com
ERP.com is a JSE-listed company focused on the implementation, integration and management of enterprise applications in an e-business environment. For more information, visit ERP.com at www.erpcom.co.za.
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AppSecInc was handpicked by the AlwaysOn editorial team based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, customer adoption, media buzz and investor value creation.
The AO 100 was selected from more than 1 000 companies, peer-nominated by leading venture capitalists, investment bankers and industry analysts. The AO 100 consists of private companies at all stages of development, from early to late stage.
With more than 48 million personal records exposed in 2005 alone, the reality is that the focus of attackers has moved away from individual endpoints or the network infrastructure itself, and is now centred on the highest value target - the enterprise database.
Without adequate security for critical software applications such as databases, enterprises face the very real potential of compromised information assets and the severe damage to business and brand which results from the disclosure of the loss. Traditional security offerings - built for and deployed at the network and operating system levels - cannot defend against dynamic threats to the application.
Widely acknowledged as having the industry's most comprehensive database security portfolio, and chosen as a VISA Alliance partner, AppSecInc products proactively secure enterprise applications at more than 350 organisations around the world by discovering, assessing, and protecting databases against rapidly changing security threats. By securing data at its source AppSecInc enables organizations to more confidently extend access to their business critical systems to customers, partners and suppliers.
"The AO 100 companies are shaping today's Web-driven, connected environment," commented Tony Perkins, founder and editor of AlwaysOn. "We were inundated with nominations from leading companies, many of which I hope will appear on our list next year. My congratulations to each AO 100 winner - these are the companies that we predict will have the greatest market traction, strongest innovation and most game-changing approaches this year."
"The critical need for stronger and more proactive database security has grown exponentially since our selection as an AO100 top private company last year," added Jack Hembrough, President and CEO of Application Security Inc. "Our selection this year underscores that much still needs to be done, and highlights AppSecInc's leadership position in offering a complete vulnerability management suite, giving our customers the ability to proactively assess, discover and protect their critical applications and databases. We are pleased to join the most innovative and promising industry leaders in the AO100 for a second year in a row."
Application SecurityApplication Security Inc is the leading provider of database security solutions for the enterprise. Application Security's products proactively secure enterprise applications at more than 200 organizations around the world by discovering, assessing, and protecting the database against rapidly changing security threats. By securing data at its source, we enable organisations to more confidently extend their business with customers, partners and suppliers. Our security experts, combined with our strong support team, deliver up-to-date application safeguards that minimise risk and eliminate its impact on business.
SecureData
SecureData, an ERP.com company, is Africa's premier IT security solution provider. SecureData's solutions incorporate anti-virus and content security, network security, intrusion prevention software and network asset management.
SecureData's comprehensive "Managed Security Services" include design, audit, implementation, vulnerability assessment, outsourcing and hosting. SecureData distributes, sells and supports category leading IT security products to the public, corporate and SME sectors throughout Africa as well as products and services to the SOHO and consumer markets through partnerships with ISPs.
As well as being the sole distributor in Sub-Saharan Africa for Trend Micro, SecureData is the African distributor for US-based TippingPoint Technologies and the southern African distributor for US-based Application Security, eEye, Rocket Software, RSA Security, St Bernard and Websense; and UK-based Centennial. For more information, visit SecureData at www.securedata.co.za.
ERP.com
ERP.com is a JSE-listed company focused on the implementation, integration and management of enterprise applications in an e-business environment. For more information, visit ERP.com at www.erpcom.co.za.
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