Aug 6, 2019
Armis Named Winner in Black Unicorn Awards for 2019
Enterprise IoT Security Company Recognized as Potential $1B Cybersecurity Unicorn by Industry Leading Judges
Palo Alto, CA â August 6, 2019
Armis, the enterprise IoT security company, today announced that is has been named a winner in the Black Unicorn Awards for 2019.
Armis competed over a five-month period against many of the industryâs leading providers of cybersecurity products and services for this prestigious award. The term âBlack Unicornâ signifies a cybersecurity company that has the potential to reach a $1 billion dollar market value as determined by private or public investment and these awards showcase those companies with this kind of incredible potential in the cybersecurity marketplace.
âWe judges felt that Armis deserved to be named a Black Unicorn Awards winner for 2019 because they have the team, technology, drive and hypergrowth curve to potentially become a cybersecurity unicorn,â said Judges Robert Herjavec of www.herjavecgroup.com, David DeWalt of www.nightdragon.com and Gary Miliefsky of www.cyberdefensemediagroup.com.
âThe security challenges posed by enterprise IoT are growing faster than ever, and so is Armis,â said Yevgeny Dibrov, CEO and co-founder of Armis. âThis award recognizes our critical role in identifying cyber threats and our leadership in providing the only enterprise-class agentless security platform addressing the problem of unmanaged, un-agentable and unprotected IoT devices.â
Armis recently raised a $65M Series C funding round following a banner year in which the company achieved 700% annual revenue growth while being utilized in more than 25% of the Fortune 100. Fortune 1000 companies trust Armisâ unique out-of-band sensing technology to discover and analyze all managed, unmanaged, and IoT devicesâfrom traditional devices like laptops and smartphones to new unmanaged smart devices like smart TVs, webcams, printers, HVAC systems, industrial control systems, medical devices and more. Armis discovers devices on and off the network, continuously analyzes endpoint behavior to identify risks and attacks, and protects critical information and systems by identifying suspicious or malicious devices and quarantining them.
About Cyber Defense Awards
This is Cyber Defense Magazineâs 7th year of honoring cybersecurity innovators, in this case the Black Unicorn Awards for 2019 on our Cyber Defense Awards platform. In this competition, judges for these prestigious awards includes cybersecurity industry veterans, trailblazers and market makers Gary Miliefsky of CDMG, Robert Herjavec of Herjavec Group and David DeWalt of NightDragon. Learn more about the judges here. Click here to see the complete list of finalists and http://cyberdefenseawards.com/black-unicorn-awards-winners/ for winners of the 2019 Black Unicorn Awards.
About Armis
Armis is the leading agentless, enterprise-class security platform to address the new threat landscape of unmanaged and IoT devices. Fortune 1000 companies trust Armisâ unique out-of-band sensing technology to discover and analyze all managed, unmanaged, and IoT devicesâfrom traditional devices like laptops and smartphones to new unmanaged smart devices like smart TVs, webcams, printers, HVAC systems, industrial robots, medical devices and more. Armis discovers devices on and off the network, continuously analyzes endpoint behavior to identify risks and attacks, and protects critical information and systems by identifying suspicious or malicious devices and quarantining them. Armis is a privately held company headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
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Katie Garagozzo
Bateman Group for Armis
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