Arxan to Lead Game Developers Conference Session on Game Hacking

Talk to Focus on Threat Landscape Across Various Gaming Platforms

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Nov 05, 2013, 08:00 ET

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- GDC Next -- Arxan Technologies, the industry-leading provider of software security solutions that protect the App Economy, will lead a session at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) Next 2013 that focuses on the hacking threats that exist across the gaming spectrum. Attendees will gain insight into the vulnerabilities throughout the ecosystem as well as the critical defenses needed to protect a market that is predicted to generate approximately $25.5 billion by 2015 according to the PC Gaming Alliance*.

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Arxan's Security Solutions Architect Rennie Allen will lead a discussion exploring the threat landscape associated with different game architectures, from MMORPGs to mobile games. Allen will also present best practices for ensuring game security across diverse platforms, to protect against attacks such as server cloning, cheating, or reverse-engineering and tampering for malware or 'bot' insertion and intellectual property theft. Allen will also announce Arxan's immediate launch of EnsureIt ® for PlayStation ® 3 that enables global game developers to protect their existing or new game titles for the PS3 platform.

WHAT:	Game Security Discussion

WHO:	Arxan Technologies, Security Solutions Architect Rennie Allen

WHEN:	Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 10:00 AM PT

WHERE:	GDC Next 2013, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA

	For more information or to schedule a meeting with Rennie at GDC Next, please email: [email protected].

*The PC Gaming Alliance "The PC Gaming Alliance 'Horizons Research 2011' Reports Record in PC Gaming Software Sales of $18.6 Billion," March 5, 2012, http://pcgamingalliance.org/assets/uploads/press/Rel001_Horizon_2011_Report_01MAR2012_FINAL_gf1.pdf

ABOUT ARXAN TECHNOLOGIES
Arxan protects the App Economy from attacks in distributed or untrusted environments with the world's strongest and most deployed application integrity protection products. Among today's diverse computing platforms, mobile and tablet apps and packaged or embedded software are all exposed to hacking attacks such as reverse-engineering, tampering, insertion of malware/exploits, repackaging, fraud, intellectual property theft, and piracy. Arxan's unique patented Guarding technology enables sensitive or high-value applications to proactively guard their own integrity by defending, detecting, alerting, and reacting to hacking attacks through a risk-based, customized protection. Arxan's self-defending and tamper-proof applications are deployed on more than 200 million devices by leading Fortune 500 organizations in high-tech, ISV, financial services, digital media, gaming, healthcare, and other industries. Arxan Technologies is headquartered in the United States with global offices in EMEA and APAC. Visit us at www.arxan.com.

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