Zimperium Wins Best Mobile Security Product for Cybersecurity Excellence Awards

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Zimperium®, the industry leader in enterprise mobile threat defense (MTD) and the only provider of real-time, on-device protection against known and previously unknown threats, was selected as the winner in the Best Mobile Security Product category for the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards, 2017. Zimperium Mobile Threat Defense protects mobile devices, the networks they connect to, and the applications they use from advanced mobile attacks.

The Cybersecurity Excellence Award is a prestigious award that honors individuals, products and companies that demonstrate excellence, innovation and leadership in information security. This independent awards program is produced in cooperation with the Information Security Community on LinkedIn, tapping into the experience of more than 300,000+ cybersecurity professionals to recognize the world's best cybersecurity products, individuals and organizations.

"We're proud to be honored with this award from our peers in the information security industry," said Shridhar Mittal,  Zimperium's CEO. "With more business being conducted outside of the office and on Wi-Fi or cellular networks than ever before, companies can no longer afford to ignore the risks of a mobile attack. This recognition reinforces the importance of why enterprises should invest in a machine-learning security solution to thwart mobile attacks."

Powered by patented machine-learning models developed and refined over years of threat intelligence research, Zimperium Mobile Threat Defense dynamically and accurately provides enterprise security teams with best-in-class mobile device threat detection and forensics.

"Congratulations to Zimperium for winning the Mobile Threat Protection category of the 2017 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards," said Holger Schulze, founder of the 350,000 member Information Security Community on LinkedIn which organizes the awards program. "With over 450 entries, the 2017 awards are highly competitive. All winners and finalists reflect the very best in leadership, excellence and innovation in today's cybersecurity industry."

See Zimperium Mobile Threat Defense in action at:

• RSA Conference, San Francisco, Moscone North Hall, Booth #4710

About Zimperium
Zimperium®, the industry leader in Mobile Threat Defense, offers real-time, on-device protection against both known and previously unknown threats, enabling detection and remediation of attacks on all three mobile threat vectors - Device, Network and Applications. Zimperium's patented z9™ detection engine uses machine learning to power zIPS™, mobile on-device Intrusion Prevention System app, and zIAP™, an embedded, In-App Protection SDK that delivers self-protecting iOS and Android apps.

Leaders across the mobile ecosystem partner with Zimperium, including mobile operators (Airtel, Deutsche Telekom, SmarTone, SoftBank and Telstra), device manufacturers (Samsung, SIRIN, TriGem), and leading enterprise mobility management (EMM) providers (AirWatch, MobileIron, BlackBerry, Citrix and SAP). Headquartered in San Francisco, 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.

Zimperium, the Zimperium name and logo, Powered by Zimperium, zIPS, zIAP and z9 are registered trademarks or trademarks of Zimperium, Inc. in the US and other countries.

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