DALLAS, May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Critical Watch announced today that it has named Steven Chappell as President. Formerly, Chappell held the position of Chief Operating Officer at the company and prior to Critical Watch he was a senior executive at technology leaders such as TippingPoint, Riverbed and Safenet.
Critical Watch launched its groundbreaking Active Countermeasure Intelligence™ security analytics platform earlier in the year and Chappell was instrumental in repositioning the company in the security intelligence space. In his new role, he will lead Critical Watch in its shift to an OEM-based business model as they deliver advanced risk analytics and higher accuracy protection to security technology providers seeking to enhance their offerings.
"There is a tremendous shift going on in the security space as we start to truly understand what risk intelligence is and actually execute on its promise. The Critical Watch Active Countermeasure Intelligence (ACI) technology will be a powerful catalyst in driving the industry forward," said Chappell.
ACI is a flexible technology ecosystem that enables information aggregation, sharing and automation across security solutions. Its Countermeasure Intelligence Engine™ provides users with practical recommendation analytics for the best approach to mitigate risk in their environment.
About Critical Watch
Critical Watch is the innovator of Active Countermeasure Intelligence™ – next generation information security that combines comprehensive risk intelligence with active mitigation. Its power is in the ability to converge a higher level understanding of risk across the information stack and immediately initiate mitigation on the appropriate countermeasure solutions as a unified, defense-in-depth action plan. Critical Watch clients are Global 2000 enterprises across verticals such as healthcare, financial services, state and local government, ecommerce and manufacturing. ACI enables organizations to:
- Unify the elements of risk
- Understand the unique attributes of risks
- Intelligently map those risks to the most effective countermeasures to enable action
For more information, visit www.criticalwatch.com
Active Countermeasure Intelligence and Countermeasure Intelligence Engine are trademarks of Achilles Guard Inc., dba Critical Watch.
SOURCE Critical Watch
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