ZeroFox Joins Black Hat as a Sustaining Partner

ZeroFox Drives Awareness of Social Media Protection Efforts as Black Hat Sustaining Partner

Baltimore, MD October 10, 2014 – ZeroFox, The Social Risk Management Company, is thrilled to support the global cybersecurity community as a Black Hat sustaining partner. Black Hat is an innovative hub of industry experts and thought leaders, and ZeroFox is excited to facilitate the conversation around social media and its associated risks. In the coming years, social media will continue to grow as a critical, unchecked threat vector. In addition to sponsorship, ZeroFox will participate in several upcoming international Black Hat events including Black Hat Asia 2015 in Singapore and Black Hat USA 2015 in Las Vegas, NV. The company will also host Black Hat Webcasts in February and March 2015 on the topics of defense and internet privacy.

ZeroFox is pioneering security technology that enables organizations to detect and prevent social media-based cyber threats included targeting malware, phishing, social engineering, impersonations, and other fraudulent or malicious activity. Because social media platforms exist outside the enterprise and at a scale that dwarfs all other forms of digital communication, it has emerged as one of the largest risk vectors to enterprise organizations. Organizations that take social media risks seriously are better equipped to protect against undue exposure and compromise, wasted time and money in crisis control, and other reputation or legal harm.

“Black Hat brings together the best and brightest in the security industry – thought leaders, practitioners and technology vendors – to address the burning issues in information security,” said Evan Blair, ZeroFox COO. “ZeroFox is excited to help facilitate the ongoing dialogue and drive new conversations around managing the social media attack vector – mitigating the risks that employees and customers on social media introduce to the enterprise. Social media presents a significant cyber and business risk to organizations and if left unchecked will have a major impact on their information security and financial bottom line.”

ZeroFox was founded in January of 2013 and has collected a number of industry awards including being recognized as one of CRN’s Top 10 Security Companies, 2013 Maryland Cyber Company of the Year, Winner of Chesapeake Regional Technology Council 2014 Rising Star Award, Winner of the 2013 Mid-Atlantic Venture Association Capital Connection TechBuzz show in Washington D.C., ‘Incubator Company of the Year’ for the state of Maryland in June 2013, and Baltimore Business Journal’s ‘Top 5 Cyber Companies to Watch’, ’20 Most Promising Security Companies’ by CIO Review, and Daily Record’s ‘Innovator of the Year’.

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