COUNTRY FOCUS: ISRAEL
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THE JUDGES SAID THEY
FELT THAT CHECKMARX 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.
The company was recently named an
award winner for establishing market
leadership and vision in software security.
It has been named a winner in Cyber
Defense Magazine’s 2019 Black Unicorn
Awards for its significant growth trajectory in
software security and future potential as a
cybersecurity market leader.
The term ‘Black Unicorn’ signifies a
cybersecurity company that has the
potential to reach a US$1 billion or greater
market value as determined by private or
public investment.
Checkmarx competed over a five-month
period against many of the industry’s
leading providers of cybersecurity products
and services for this prestigious award.
The judges said they felt that Checkmarx
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. n
Aqua secures cloud-native applications
at dozens of Global 1000 customers
across the financial services, technology,
retail, media, government, healthcare,
telecom and travel industries.
“Winning a cybersecurity award is
both an incredible honour for us and a
validation that Aqua offers the leading
platform for securing container-based
and cloud-native applications,” said
Dror Davidoff, CEO, Aqua Security.
“Aqua enables enterprises to secure
their container-based and cloud-native
applications from development to
production, accelerating container
adoption and bridging the gap between
DevOps and IT security.”
Checkmarx is yet another Israel-based
security enterprise making a mark on the
country’s cybersecurity landscape as a
result of its success.
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