eSentire wins Hedge Fund Managers technology award

eSentire Named Best Security Solution and Most Innovative Technology Solution at HFM US Technology 2015 Awards New York, Feb. 3, 2015.

eSentire Inc., a leader in Active Threat Protection solutions and managed security services, has been named Best Security Solution and Most Innovative Technology Solution at the Hedge Fund Managers (HFM) US Technology 2015 Awards.

The HFMWeek US Technology Awards were held Feb. 2, 2015 in New York City and celebrated hedge fund technology providers that have stood out in the competitive market over the past 12 months. The awards recognize and reward those that have outperformed their peers and demonstrated impressive customer service and product development.

“We’re honoured to accept these prestigious awards. The financial industry has weathered incredible breaches and faced a revolutionary overhaul in its attitude and thinking toward cybersecurity over the past year,” said Eldon Sprickerhoff, founder and chief security strategist at eSentire. “At eSentire we strive to provide unsurpassed customer service and innovative new solution offerings to combat the sophisticated threat landscape that we see today. These awards reinforce our core values and while we will take a moment to celebrate this achievement, we recognize that our work doesn’t stop here. eSentire will tirelessly continue to provide unmatched cybersecurity services to our client base within the financial sector and beyond.”

eSentire is the leading managed security service provider to more than 450 financial services firms, legal, extractive and healthcare organizations. The company pioneered Continuous Advanced Threat Protection, which leading analyst firm Gartner Research began covering in June 2014 as a best practices framework for defending against the most egregious cybersecurity attacks. eSentire delivers continuous monitoring, real-time threat detection and containment technology as a service with human threat analysts on a 24x7x365 basis. The company challenges legacy security approaches, combining behavior-based analytics, immediate mitigation and advanced threat intelligence.