HexaTier Wins Cybersecurity Excellence Award for Database Security Category

TEL AVIV, Israel, May 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- HexaTier, which offers a comprehensive security and compliance solution for databases and Database as a Service (DBaaS) platforms, today announced that it has been chosen by a panel of its peers as the best Database Security provider in the annual Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. The award recognizes the benefits of HexaTier's technology, which prevents unauthorized user access and ensures security and compliance.

"Congratulations to HexaTier for being recognized as the winner in the Database Security category of the 2016 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards," said Holger Schulze, founder of the 300,000 member Information Security Community on LinkedIn. "With over 430 entries, the awards are highly competitive and winners reflect the best in product innovation and excellence in the cybersecurity space."

HexaTier's solution secures both cloud-based and on-premises enterprise databases through its unique reverse proxy technology, enabling enterprises to protect and comply with regulations. Including HexaTier in any IT architecture will reduce the attackable surface of the database, as it sits in front of the database, protecting from both internal and external threats.

"We are proud to be recognized by our peers as we are selected by Cybersecurity Excellence Awards for the Database Security category. This validates the enterprise need to shift their approach and resources from perimeter defense security to database security. As databases remain the critical target of attackers, our technology provides an agile and quick to deploy solution, mitigating a significant percentage of enterprise risk for organizations adopting the cloud," said Dan Dinnar, CEO of HexaTier.

About HexaTier

Established in 2009, HexaTier (formerly GreenSQL) sets the industry standard for database security and compliance in the cloud with its unified solution that provides database security, dynamic data masking, database activity monitoring (DAM) and discovery of sensitive data. Utilizing purpose-built, patented Database Reverse Proxy technology, the company protects against both internal and external security threats. Backed by leading investors such as JVP, Magma VC and Rhodium, HexaTier is the first and only company to provide security for cloud-hosted databases and DBaaS platforms through a streamlined and simple solution. Headquartered in Tel Aviv with offices in Irvine, CA and Boston, MA. HexaTier secures databases for nearly 200 organizations globally.

About The Cybersecurity Excellence Awards

The Cybersecurity Excellence Awards honor companies and individuals 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 over 300,000+ cybersecurity professionals to recognize the world's best cybersecurity products, individuals and organizations. For more information visit www.cybersecurity-excellence-awards.com

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