ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TrueFort, the lateral movement protection company, today announced that the TrueFort Platform has received the prestigious Top InfoSec Innovator Award for Hot Company Micro-Segmentation from Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM), the industry’s leading electronic information security publication, at CyberDefenseCon 2024.
“TrueFort embodies three major features we judges look for in potential winners: understanding tomorrow’s threats today, providing a cost-effective solution, and innovating in unexpected ways to mitigate cyber risk and stay one step ahead of the next breach,” said Gary S. Miliefsky, Publisher of Cyber Defense Magazine.
“We’re honored to be recognized as a Top InfoSec Innovator by Cyber Defense Magazine for our unique approach to micro-segmentation that uses application behavior monitoring to detect and respond to lateral movement threats,” said Sameer Malhotra, CEO of TrueFort. “This award underscores our commitment to delivering solutions that not only enforce Zero Trust principles but also address the dynamic security needs of modern hybrid and multi-cloud environments.”
TrueFort’s micro-segmentation capabilities provide unparalleled application visibility by continuously analyzing application behavior and communication patterns. This approach enables security teams to detect unauthorized lateral movement across hybrid and multi-cloud environments and to enforce automated blocking policies that mitigate the spread of cyber attacks, including ransomware. TrueFort secures complex environments, including containers and Kubernetes, to shut down compromised credentials and block unusual command-line activities.
This is Cyber Defense Magazine’s 12th year of honoring cybersecurity innovators. Winners were selected by a panel of expert cybersecurity industry veterans, trailblazers and market makers including Gary Miliefsky of CDMG, Dr. Lindsey Polley de Lopez of VentureScope, Katie Gray of In-Q-Tel, Robert R. Ackerman Jr. of Allegis Cyber, Dino Boukouris of AltitudeCyber and with much appreciation to emeritus judges Robert Herjavec of Cyderes, Dr. Peter Stephenson of CDMG and David DeWalt of NightDragon.
About TrueFort
TrueFort puts you in control of lateral movement across the data center and cloud. The TrueFort Cloud extends protection beyond network activity by shutting down the abuse of service accounts. Founded by former IT executives from Bank of America and Goldman Sachs, leading global enterprises trust TrueFort to deliver unmatched application environment discovery and microsegmentation for both identity and activity. For more information visit https://truefort.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
