01.30.2009 – Waltham, MA – Bit9, Inc., the pioneer and leader in Enterprise Application Whitelisting, ended fiscal 2008 with 300 percent year-over-year revenue growth.
Bit9 saw significant customer momentum in the past year as more organizations began employing application whitelisting to protect endpoints and customer data, including: 7-Eleven, Marks & Spencer, Manpower, Johns Hopkins, L’Oreal, Associated British Foods, Natixis Global Associates, Toyo Engineering, Petsmart, Genzyme, and the US Air Force.
Bit9 received accolades from the analyst community in 2008 and was recognized as the leader in the application whitelisting market by analyst firms Gartner and The 451 Group. The Company also marked the release of several new solutions, including Bit9 Parity for Point-of-Sale, Bit9 Parity for McAfee ePO, and PCI Control for Retailers.
“The past year marked an inflection point for application whitelisting security,” said Bit9 CEO Patrick Morley. “Organizations are increasingly aware of the changing threat landscape and recognize the need to move away from reactive security toward proactive solutions to secure their critical endpoints. It is our mission at Bit9 to make sure that our customers have the security they need to prove compliance, protect their customer data against malicious and targeted attacks, and protect against the business risk that arises out of unauthorized software at insecure endpoints.”
In 2008, Bit9 earned top awards; the company partnered with some of the leading security vendors in the industry; and its executives spoke at high profile security and business conferences.
Top awards in 2008 included:
Bit9 was also the only application whitelisting vendor listed on the Gartner Magic Quadrant in 2008. On the partnership front, Bit9 signed deals with top security and IT vendors in the United States, and extended its reach into Asia and Europe, signing on three value-added distributors in key geographic regions as well as 10 resellers.
Strategic alliances in 2008 included:
Technology alliances in 2008 included:
In 2008, Bit9 executives were invited to speak at high profile security and business conferences, including:
About Bit9, Inc.
Bit9 is the pioneer and leader in enterprise application whitelisting. The company’s patented application control solutions ensure only trusted and authorized applications are allowed to run, eliminating the risk caused by malicious, illegal and unauthorized software. Unlike traditional, reactive controls that try to scan and prevent the never-ending list of unauthorized software, Bit9 leverages the Bit9 Global Software Registry™ – the world’s largest database of software intelligence – to ensure only authorized applications can run, delivering the highest levels of desktop security, compliance, and manageability. Bit9 customers include companies in a wide variety of industries, such as retail, financial services, healthcare, e-commerce, telecommunications, as well as government agencies. Founded in 2002, Bit9 is privately held and based in Waltham, Massachusetts. For more information, visit http://www.bit9.com or call +1 617.393.7400.