Credant Continues Global Expansion - Opens Regional Office in APAC

High Profile Security Breaches in 2011 Substantiate Urgent Need for Data Protection

ADDISON, Texas & SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Credant Technologies, the trusted expert in data protection, today announced expansion of its global organisation with several new hires and the opening of APAC headquarters in Sydney, Australia.

“Credant’s entry into the region demonstrates a commitment to securing both intellectual property and customer information from malicious or accidental data breaches across the globe”

Credant’s expansion into APAC is in response to the growing need for data security with several high profile, costly 2011 data breaches, more than double the number in 2010 when organisation cost estimates reached A$2 Million. Credant’s solution addresses just this, managing the security of sensitive data, whether it is located on laptops, smartphones, removable media or private or public cloud infrastructures. Credant’s flagship product, Mobile Guardian, delivers patented real-time data-centric disk encryption to more than ten million devices worldwide.

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“Credant’s entry into Australia is in response to the growing need for organisations to secure access to a company’s most sensitive information wherever the information originates or is accessed,” said Darryll Dewan, executive vice president, worldwide sales and field operations for Credant Technologies. “Credant’s data protection solution not only offers a proven line of data defense but further exempts organisations from public notification of a possible breach.”

As part of Credant’s expansion, Nick Riley joins the Credant team as regional director. Riley brings more than 15 years of experience providing security and IT solutions for governments, law enforcement, financial services, health care and pharmaceutical organisations throughout Asia Pacific. With a proven track record in managing cross functional and cultural teams throughout the region, Riley will be responsible for all of the regions activities including expansion of Credant’s rapidly growing global partner program into the region.

“Credant’s entry into the region demonstrates a commitment to securing both intellectual property and customer information from malicious or accidental data breaches across the globe,” said Nick Riley, regional director APAC for Credant Technologies. “Credant has distribution available across the Asia Pacific region, and our footprint is continuing to grow as we recruit channel partners in-country to service customers’ demands for security, data protection and regulatory compliance.”

About Credant Technologies

Credant Technologies is the trusted expert in data protection. Founded in 2001, Credant’s solutions comprehensively address the leading enterprise security issues of controlling, managing and protecting data located on desktops, laptops, smart phones, removable media or private or public cloud infrastructures. Credant Technologies’ flagship product, Credant Mobile Guardian, offers the broadest range of integrated enterprise solutions. Investors are Austin Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Crescendo Ventures, Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO), and Intel Capital (NASDAQ:INTC). For more information, visit www.credant.com.