CAMPBELL, CA — (Marketwired) — 05/13/15 — Vidder Inc., the pioneer of PrecisionAccess that , today announced that it has been recognized as a “Cool Vendor” in the report by Gartner, Inc. (1)
According to Gartner, “Attacks are increasing in frequency and sophistication… Security and risk leaders need to fully engage with the latest cloud security technology trends if they are to achieve and maintain effective security programs that balance digital business opportunities while mitigating disruptive and costly security events.” (1)
“Software defined perimeter (SDP) is a key force that transforms the security industry,” said Brent Bilger, Vidder–s VP of Solutions Architecture. “Vidder PrecisionAccess, based on the SDP security model, defeats three of the most damaging categories of attacks: credential theft, server exploitation, and connection hijacking. PrecisionAccess gives enterprises a truly secure and simple way to transact and collaborate with anyone in their business ecosystem, migrate applications to the cloud, and control enterprise mobility. It is paradigm-shifting .”
Vidder PrecisionAccess gives Enterprise IT the ability to precisely control access for anyone, on any device, to enterprise applications residing anywhere: in the cloud, on hosted sites, and on premise. The result: organizations are now achieving a cost-effective way to secure business operations while gaining the agility of “access by anyone anywhere” across their extended enterprise.
“Since 2014, a growing number of Fortune 500 companies have proactively countered the network-based threats that proved to be no longer defensible by the traditional fixed perimeter,” said Mark Hoover, Vidder CEO. “These customers leverage Vidder PrecisionAccess to preempt any strike against their extended enterprise.”
Each year, Gartner identifies new Cool Vendors in Cloud Security and publishes a series of research reports evaluating these innovative vendors, their products and services. A is now available for download.
Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in our research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner–s research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
Vidder . Vidder is the pioneer of Precision Access, the next generation access control for the extended enterprise. Vidder PrecisionAccess eliminates credential theft, server exploitation, and connection hijacking by dynamically connecting only trusted and strongly authenticated users to authorized systems. As the industry-first solution based on a breakthrough security architecture called Software Defined Perimeter, Vidder PrecisionAccess has quickly attained strong traction with Fortune 500 customers.
Note 1 – Gartner, “Cool Vendors in Cloud Security Services, 2015,” by Ray Wagner, et al, April 24, 2015.
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