Momentum Partners Names illusive networks to its 2017 Watch List

NEW YORK and TEL AVIV, Israel, July 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- illusive networks the leader in deception-based cybersecurity, announced today that it was recognized by Momentum Partners as one of ten cybersecurity firms on their Watch List: Q2 2017.

Drawn from more than 1,700 cybersecurity companies that the firm tracks globally, the decision was reached by a network of cybersecurity professionals, investors, and corporate dealmakers. They chose illusive networks as one of the top ten cyber security companies this quarter displaying outstanding growth and innovation.

"We are honored to receive this recognition, attesting to our innovative approach to cybersecurity," Ofer Israeli CEO of illusive networks. "The upsurge and severity of recent cyberattacks clearly indicates that enterprises must adopt a new direction to proactively defend against penetrations, be they by malicious attackers or insider threats."

"Our watch list highlights organizations that demonstrate tremendous momentum and innovation," said Dino Boukouris, Director and Founding Member of Momentum Partners. "Companies like illusive networks demonstrate these qualities and we will continue to follow their progress and growth in deception-based cybersecurity."

illusive networks' award-winning Deceptions Everywhere® technology blankets a company's entire network —across every endpoint and server, alongside the network, application and data layers – with information that deceives attackers. Automatically generated and AI-driven, illusive's deceptions are tailor-made to the customer to appear realistic and authentic to attackers. As soon as attackers attempt to use the deceptive data, illusive detects and alerts enterprise security teams, providing real-time contextual forensics from the source host that enable informed, targeted and timely incident response operations. illusive's technology is deployed across dozens of leading financial institutions, healthcare and insurance providers, retailers, energy and telecommunications companies in the United States, EMEA and APAC.

About illusive networks

illusive networks is pioneering deception-based cybersecurity with its Deceptions Everywhere® technology that neutralizes targeted attacks and Advanced Persistent Threats (APT) by creating a deceptive layer across the entire network. By providing an endless source of false information, illusive disrupts and detects attacks with real-time forensics and without disruption to business. For more information, please visit www.illusivenetworks.com or follow on LinkedIn, @illusivenw on Twitter and Facebook.

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