FREMONT, Calif., July 09, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Attivo Networks®, the award-winning leader in deception for cybersecurity threat detection, announced today that Network Products Guide, an industry-leading technology research and advisory guide, has recognized the company with four prestigious awards in the 13th Annual 2018 IT World Awards®. Attivo Networks triumphed, collecting wins for “Hot Company of the Year,” “Best Brand Experience Event,” “IT Products and Services for Finance, Banking and Insurance,” and “IT Products and Services for Healthcare.”

An annual achievements and recognition awards program with active participation from a broad spectrum of industry voices, the coveted IT World Awards recognition program encompasses the world’s best in organizational performance, products and services, hot technologies, executives and management teams, successful deployments, product management and engineering, customer satisfaction, and public relations in every area of information technology.

More than 80 judges from a broad spectrum of industry voices from around the world participated and their average scores determined the 2018 award winners. Winners will be honored in San Francisco on Monday, July 30, 2018 during the annual SVUS Red Carpet Awards Ceremony Dinner in San Francisco attended by the finalists, winners, judges and industry peers.

“It is an honor to be recognized for four IT World Awards,” said Tushar Kothari, CEO, Attivo Networks. “Attivo has applied its deep cybersecurity expertise to deliver authentic, easy to use, and scalable solutions for detecting advanced threats within today’s evolving attack surface. This win is a powerful validation of the innovation and value Attivo brings to the cybersecurity market.”

The ThreatDefend™ Deception and Response Platform is a powerful security control for an active defense, which provides early threat detection and adds offense-based strategies to change the asymmetry against attackers. The Attivo Networks deception solution takes an innovative approach to detection by dynamically setting traps and lures to create a virtual hall of mirrors, altering an attacker’s reality and imposing increased cost as they are forced to decipher what is real versus fake. The ThreatDefend platform reduces attacker dwell time by providing visibility throughout the attack lifecycle and detects activity that has bypassed traditional security controls. Designed for the most sophisticated human and automated attackers, the Attivo Networks deception technology is proven at global scale by Fortune 500 customers to accurately and efficiently detect threats. In addition to its high fidelity detection and alerts, the solution empowers an active defense with automated attack analysis, forensic reporting, and extensive 3rd party integrations for attack information sharing and automation of incident response actions.

About Attivo Networks Attivo Networks® is the leader in dynamic deception technology for the real-time detection, analysis and forensics of cyber-attacks. The Attivo Deception Platform provides inside-the-network threat detection for user networks, data centers, clouds, and ICS-SCADA environments.  Not reliant on known signatures or attack patterns, Attivo uses high-interaction deception techniques based on Attivo BOTsink® engagement servers to lure attackers into revealing themselves. Combined with the Attivo End-Point Deception Suite, advanced luring technology is deployed to detect the use of stolen credentials, ransomware, and targeted attacks. Comprehensive attack analysis and forensics provide actionable alerts and can be set to automatically block and quarantine attacks for accelerated incident response. For more information, visit  www.attivonetworks.com .

About NPG's IT World Awards  As industry's leading technology research and advisory publication, Network Products Guide plays a vital role in keeping decision makers and end-users informed of the choices they can make in all areas of information technology. The Annual IT World Awards is part of the SVUS Awards® recognition program from Silicon Valley in the United States of America which also includes other programs such as CEO World Awards, Consumer World Awards, Customer Sales and Service World Awards, Golden Bridge Awards, Globee Awards, Info Security PG's Global Excellence Awards, Pillar World Awards, PR World Awards, and Women World Awards. To learn more, visit  http://www.networkproductsguide.com

Contact:

Christina Adams Attivo Networks christina@attivonetworks.com 510.623.1000

Pete Johnson/Jenna Buraczenski Matter Communications for Attivo Networks pjohnson@matternow.com 971.245.3117 jburaczenski@matternow.com 401.351.9509