DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zimperium, the global leader in mobile threat defense (MTD), today announced that it has been named the winner of the “Overall Mobile Security Company of the Year” award from CyberSecurity Breakthrough, an independent organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global information security market. In last year’s inaugural CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards program, Zimperium was named “Overall Mobile Security Solution of the Year.”
“We are honored to be named ‘Overall Mobile Security Company of the Year’ by the CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards,” said Shridhar Mittal, chief executive officer, Zimperium. “The Zimperium team has continuously enhanced our platform’s capabilities in order to reduce risk and protect our customers across industries against increasingly sophisticated mobile threats.”
The mission of the CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards is to honor excellence and recognize the innovation, hard work and success in a range of information security categories, including Cloud Security, Threat Detection, Risk Management, Fraud Prevention, Mobile Security, Email Security and many more. This year’s program attracted more than 3,000 nominations from over 14 different countries throughout the world.
“The critical need for organizations to increase their awareness of mobile threats and build a proactive security strategy around the growing mobile threat landscape cannot be overstated. We are seeing several leaders such as Zimperium step up to drive this effort,” said James Johnson, managing director, CyberSecurity Breakthrough. “From their technical capabilities, including on-device and machine learning-based detection, to their significant device and customer growth, Zimperium is well-deserving of industry recognition in the mobile threat defense category. We are pleased to recognize them as a marquee CyberSecurity Breakthrough Award winner this year as our ‘Overall Mobile Security Company of the Year.’”
Zimperium’s on-device, machine learning-based detection protects mobile devices and data at machine speed, without the delays and limitations of cloud-based detection. The company’s patented machine learning technology has detected every zero-day mobile exploit without requiring an update.
About Zimperium
Zimperium, the global leader in mobile device security, offers real-time, on-device protection against Android and iOS threats. The Zimperium platform leverages our award-winning machine learning-based engine, z9, to protect mobile data, apps and sessions against device compromises, network attacks, phishing attempts and malicious apps. To date, z9 has detected 100% of zero-day device exploits without requiring an update or suffering from the delays and limitations of cloud-based detection—something no other mobile security provider can claim. Headquartered in Dallas, TX, Zimperium is backed by Sierra Ventures, Samsung, Telstra, Warburg Pincus and SoftBank. Learn more at www.zimperium.com or our official blog at https://blog.zimperium.com.
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About CyberSecurity Breakthrough
Part of the Tech Breakthrough Awards organization, the CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards program is devoted to honoring excellence in information security and cybersecurity technology companies, products and people. The CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards provide a platform for public recognition around the achievements of breakthrough information security companies and products in categories including Cloud Security, Threat Detection, Risk Management, Fraud Prevention, Mobile Security, Web and Email Security, UTM, Firewall and more. For more information visit CyberSecurityBreakthrough.com.
