Splunk wins 2012 SC award for Best Enterprise Security Solution

Johannesburg, 30 May 2012

Exponant, a leader in delivering groundbreaking solutions using smart technologies and highly skilled people, and the master reseller in sub-Saharan Africa for Splunk, today announced that the latter has been recognised as the 'Best Enterprise Security Solution' by SC Awards Europe 2012.

The SC Awards Europe recognised Splunk as a company providing excellence and innovation in every aspect of IT security. Paul Fisher, editor for SC Magazine, commented: "The SC Awards Europe are without peer - simply the most coveted and prestigious awards for the information security industry. Our awards honour professionals working to secure enterprises of all sizes and the vendors that deliver innovative security technologies."

"Security professionals have been frustrated at the limitations of traditional security tools used for collecting, monitoring and analysing machine data, regardless of source, type or scale. Splunk has proven key in identifying unknown security threats and advanced persistent threats, as well as for forensic investigations and monitoring for known threats," added Splunk Chief Marketing Officer Steve Sommer.

"Splunk's selection by SC Awards Europe as the Best Enterprise Security Solution is recognition of the value Splunk brings to cyber-security, including big data analytics. Splunk's ability to manage machine data beyond traditional security silos provides users with the ability to lower their risk through monitoring and detecting sophisticated attacks, helping uncover complex fraud scenarios and faster forensic investigations."

The annual SC Awards Europe highlight and showcase the best solutions, services, and professionals, while recognising achievement and technical excellence in the information security industry in Europe. Hundreds of entries were submitted for 27 possible awards in three categories - professional, technology, and industry.

The award was recently announced at the SC Awards Europe gala dinner at the London Hilton during the Infosecurity Europe exhibition.

Splunk

Splunk (NASDAQ: SPLK) provides the engine for machine data. Splunk software collects, indexes and harnesses the massive machine data continuously generated by the Web sites, applications, servers, networks and mobile devices that power business. Splunk software enables organisations to monitor, search, analyse, visualise and act on massive streams of real-time and historical machine data. More than 3 700 enterprises, universities, government agencies and service providers in more than 75 countries use Splunk Enterprise to gain operational intelligence that deepens business understanding, improves service and uptime, reduces cost and mitigates cyber security risk.

Splunk is a registered trademark of Splunk in the Unites States and other jurisdictions. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

For further information, please contact Wolfgang Selzer, tel: 012 663 0160; fax: 012 663 5678; e-mail: wolf@exponant.com.

Exponant

Exponant, originally founded in 1998, is a software, services and consulting company that includes a significant focus on monitoring and detection solutions in the areas of security, operations and application management.

In this regard, it is the master reseller in sub-Saharan Africa for Splunk and is a reseller for many global security brands such as AlienVault, Check Point Software Technologies, Imperva, Palo Alto, Trend and WebSense.

Although not exclusively focused on any specific markets, it is very strong in the financial, telecommunications, mining and engineering sectors.

Exponant is rated as a level 3 contributor BBBEE company and has customers from both the private and public sectors.

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