LEESBURG, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PhishMe, a global provider of phishing defense and intelligence
solutions for the enterprise, has announced the winners of the PhishMe
Excellence Awards at Submerge 2016, its inaugural phishing and defense
summit and user conference. PhishMe chose the winners for their
innovative, successful programs designed to combat phishing attacks and
protect their enterprise from the risks of malware infiltration and
fraud loss.
An anonymous panel of judges comprised of PhishMe product experts,
industry leaders and security professionals reviewed the applications
and designated the following companies winners across a number of
different categories.
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AVANGRID,
Inc., a diversified energy and utility company,
received the Phishing Defense Program of the Year, for
consistently demonstrating the most effective all-around,
top-performing phishing defense program with superior performance in
detection, alerting, reporting, training, participation and results. -
Palo
Alto Networks, the next-generation security company, received
the Most Innovative Phishing Defense Program Award, which
recognized the company’s ability to think outside the box to leverage
fresh approaches to achieve optimal training effectiveness and boost
company-wide cyber education participation. -
Additionally, PhishMe recognized industry leaders for achievements in
the field of incident response, honoring the team that demonstrated
superior overall process of responding to phishing threats in the Incident
Response Team of the Year category, and the
PhishMe Community Trailblazer of the Year, an award created to
recognize the PhishMe user who has gone above and beyond in their
phishing defense efforts.
Co-founders Rohyt Belani, PhishMe CEO, and Aaron Higbee, PhishMe CTO,
presented the awards to the winners on-stage at the PhishMe Submerge
Conference in Orlando, Florida. More than 150 phishing defense
professionals attended this inaugural conference, which provided them
with opportunities to learn from industry experts while networking with
peers and other PhishMe users from all over the world.
After the award ceremony, Belani commented, “I would like to extend my
huge congratulations to our winners and to all those who applied for the
PhishMe Excellence Awards this year. The quality of the submissions was
outstanding and a credit to the entire industry. I’m highly encouraged
to see the commitment companies and individuals exhibit in protecting
their businesses against increasingly sophisticated phishing attacks.
PhishMe is very proud to be part of such a remarkable and growing
community and we look forward to seeing everyone next year at Submerge
2017.”
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PhishMe Excellence Awards, please follow this link.
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About PhishMe
PhishMe is the leading provider of human-focused phishing defense
solutions for organizations concerned about their susceptibility to
today’s top attack vector — spear phishing. PhishMe’s
intelligence-driven platform turns employees into an active line of
defense by enabling them to identify, report, and mitigate spear
phishing, malware, and drive-by threats. Our open approach ensures that
PhishMe integrates easily into the security technology stack,
demonstrating measurable results to help inform an organization’s
security decision making process. PhishMe’s customers include the
defense industrial base, energy, financial services, healthcare, and
manufacturing industries, as well as other Global 1000 entities that
understand changing user security behavior will improve security, aid
incident response, and reduce the risk of compromise.