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Avecto prepares for growth with Defendpoint launch

Manchester-headquartered endpoint security firm Avecto is embarking on a renewed growth push, as part of the global launch of its new product, Defendpoint.

The company recently revealed record revenues of £8.5 million with staff numbers passing the 100 mark, and the release of Defendpoint will expedite the firm’s expansion across the globe. It already has offices in the USA, Europe and Australia.

Defendpoint is a modular, proactive endpoint security suite which empowers users to do their jobs while protecting them from evolving cyber threats. It is the result of significant investment in R&D, having been created by Avecto’s team of in-house engineers.

Paul Kenyon, EVP at Avecto said: “We’ve always put a lot of focus on innovation. It’s part of the company’s culture and is at the heart of our new product. We’ve created something that is currently unrivalled in the security market and I expect it to make a real impact.

“We want Defendpoint to contribute to Manchester’s goal of becoming a global leader in technology.”

Defendpoint builds on Avecto’s foundations in privilege management; with three distinct modules that run through a single agent, providing defense in depth to complement existing patching and antimalware strategies:

Privilege management –allows all users to run with standard access rights rather than administrator rights, immediately removing 92% of critical Microsoft vulnerabilities*.

Application control – utilising whitelisting techniques, only approved applications are allowed to run, meaning untrusted software can never execute. Users can quickly and easily request the access they need, with audit trails of activity. Sandboxing – protects against web-borne malware by ensuring that files downloaded from the internet are opened in a sandboxed environment, meaning any malicious files are isolated and threats are contained. The end user experience is completely seamless.

By uniquely combining these three proactive technologies, enterprises will be able to effectively defend against unknown threats, without sacrificing user freedoms.

Mark Austin, CEO at Avecto said: “The reason most security projects fail is because they just aren’t user friendly. You can implement all the security software in the world, but if the solution is not flexible and employees can’t do their jobs effectively, it won’t be sustainable and ultimately it will fail.

“As a young and agile company we see IT security differently. We firmly believe that security should be an enabler. With Defendpoint we have built a security solution that is really focused on the end user, ensuring the experience for employees is a positive one. At the same time we have integrated closely with existing infrastructures to provide a highly scalable solution that is easy to manage and maintain.”

Avecto has witnessed significant growth since its inception in 2008 and is currently ranked as the fastest growing software company in the UK, according to Deloitte’s Fast 50 list.

The company has over four million global users, including seven of the world’s biggest banks, nine aerospace leaders and three F1 teams.

Defendpoint is set to make a huge impact on the security market with a global launch at events including McAfee FOCUS in Las Vegas, Gartner Symposium ITXpo in Barcelona and Avecto’s own events in Melbourne, Boston, Sydney, Manchester and London.

*http://www.avecto.com/news-events/press-releases/removing-admin-rights-mitigates-92-percent-of-critical-microsoft-vulnerabilities/

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