Hornetsecurity honored again with InfoSec award

German cloud security company recognized for innovation in cybersecurity

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Mar 05, 2019, 08:00 ET

PITTSBURGH, March 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Hornetsecurity has won a Cyber Defense Magazine InfoSec Award for its innovation in cybersecurity, marking the second straight year the cloud security company has been honored by the publication.

Hornetsecurity CEO Oliver Dehning received the Most Innovative Saas/Cloud Security Award during the 2019 RSA Conference in San Francisco on March 4, 2019. Last year, the Germany-based company received a Cutting-Edge Award in the category of Advanced Persistent Threat.

"While nation-state exploitation, cybercrime, cyberespionage, ransomware and malware exploits are all on the rise, Hornetsecurity has been forward-thinking and a leader in pushing back that tide," said Gary S. Miliefsky, publisher of Cyber Defense Magazine. "After we reviewed nearly 3,000 InfoSec companies across the globe, they were selected because they are a company successfully innovating to stop breaches and getting one step ahead of these threats."

The award comes not long after Hornetsecurity released its newest product, 365 Total Protection, a security and compliance suite specially developed for Microsoft Office 365's cloud services. It uses artificial intelligence to protect companies and to ensure companies are in step with European regulations and any future domestic rules.

"For years, we have focused on cloud-based solutions for email security, including using artificial intelligence as a tool to break new ground," Dehning said. "What this award says is we're on the right track, and we have consistently been able to develop effective products that address this area of cybersecurity. It's a testament to the important and successful work done by our employees around the world."

Hornetsecurity, which will be in booth 5671/2 at the RSA Conference, has a U.S. headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pa. The company also recently acquired Spanish email security leader Spamina.

About Hornetsecurity
Hornetsecurity has been focused on cloud computing since 2007, when the company was founded by Oliver Dehning and Daniel Hofmann in Hanover, Germany, where it maintains its global headquarters. Today, Hornetsecurity has grown to about 200 employees, offering comprehensive security solutions in the fields of email security, web security, encryption and data storage to more than 40,000 business customers around the world. More information can be found at www.hornetsecurity.com.

About CDM InfoSec Awards
This is Cyber Defense Magazine's seventh year of honoring InfoSec innovators. Submission requirements are for any startup, early stage, later stage or public companies in the Information Security (InfoSec) space who believe they have a unique and compelling value proposition for their product or service. Learn more at www.cyberdefenseawards.com

About the Judging
The judges are CISSP, FMDHS, CEH, certified security professionals who voted based on their independent review of the company submitted materials on the website of each submission including but not limited to data sheets, white papers, product literature and other market variables. CDM has a flexible philosophy to find more innovative players with new and unique technologies, rather than the one with the most customers or money in the bank.

About Cyber Defense Magazine
With over 1.4 million annual readers and growing, and over 7,000 pages of searchable online infosec content, Cyber Defense Magazine is the premier source of IT security information. It is managed and published by and for passionate information security professionals, with the goal of sharing cutting-edge knowledge, real-world stories and awards on the best ideas, products and services in the information technology industry. We deliver electronic magazines every month online for free, and limited print editions exclusively for the RSA conferences and our paid subscribers. CDM is a member of the Cyber Defense Media Group. Learn more about CDM at http://www.cyberdefensemagazine.com.

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