iViZ "Green Cloud Security" Selected As Red Herring 100 Asia Winner

Dec. 9, 2008 - PRLog -- Pune:  In the event at Hong Kong, Red Herring announced iViZ among the Red Herring Top 100 Asia list for 2008. Further to this, iViZ is also being considered for the Red Herring Global Top 100. The award has been handed over for the company's innovativeness and disruptive solution that has changed the way Penetetration Testing is done today from the consultant driven approach to emerging SaaS(Software as a Service) approach. Past Red Herring winners include companies like Google, Yahoo!, Skype, Netscape, Salesforce.com, and YouTube.

iViZ has developed the world's first artificial intelligence technology to simulate human hackers. This technology finds all possible attack paths by which intruders can compromise critical applications and networks including ones that are otherwise missed out by human minds and also suggest suitable remedies. Using this technology iViZ provides GreenCloud Security solution, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) based on-demand Penetration Testing (Ethical Hacking) for critical applications and networks to help businesses conduct regular tests and manage compliance requirements like PCI, SOX, ISO 27001 etc. iViZ has earlier won several global recognitions for its technology by US Department of Homeland Security, US Navy, Intel, University of California - Berkeley, London Business School, Business Today and Nasscom. iViZ is also credited to have discovered several new vulnerabilities in the products of Microsoft, Intel, HP, Lenovo, Sophos, AVG, McAfee etc.

Speaking on being in the top 100 Asian companies, Mr. Bikash Barai, CEO of iViZ said, "We would like to thank  all our customers, partners and iViZ team members for making this possible. iViZ would continuously strive to help organizations stay one step ahead of intruders by working on cutting edge research in the field of Penetration Testing."

GreenCloud Security solution has been used to conduct more than 1200 Penetration Tests and has been adopted by organizations like Times Group, British Telecom, Web 18 Group, Makemytrip.com, Yatra.com, Reliance, TCS, Airtel, NSDL, Indian Defence etc.



About Red Herring:

Red Herring is a global media company which unites the world's best high technology innovators, venture investors and business decision makers in a variety of forums: a leading innovation magazine, an online daily technology news service, technology newsletters and major events for technology leaders around the globe. Red herring is widely regarded as the best platform for a global launch. For 10 years, the Red Herring team has been perseveringly surveying entrepreneurs across the globe commemorating their excellence in the respective fields. The Red Herring 100 list has all through been instrumental in discovering and advocating promising start-ups that leads towards the new age of innovations.

About iViZ:

iViZ is an information security company that has developed the world's first artificial intelligence technology to simulate human hackers. Using this technology it provides GreenCloud Security solution – a Software-as-a-Service based on-demand penetration testing solutions for applications, networks and compliance. iViZ's patent-pending technology has won several global recognitions by Intel, University of California, Berkeley, London Business School, US Navy, US Homeland Security, Red Herring, Business Today and Nasscom. iViZ is credited to have consistently discovered numerous security vulnerabilities for the first time in the world in the products of several organizations like Microsoft, Intel, HP, McAfee etc. GreenCloud Security solution has been used to conduct more than 1200 Penetration Tests and has been adopted by organizations like Times Group, British Telecom, Web 18 Group, Makemytrip.com, Yatra.com, Reliance, TCS, Airtel, NSDL, Indian Defence etc. Originating from IIT Kharagpur, iViZ is funded by IDG Ventures, a global venture capital fund which has previously invested in companies like Netscape, MySpace, Baidu, Ctrip, Sohu, F5 etc.

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