Phirelight Recognized in Cybersecurity 500 List

    OTTAWA, ON, May 26, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Phirelight announced it has been recognized in the Cybersecurity 500 Q2 2016 edition. Published by cyber security research and market intelligence firm, Cybersecurity Ventures, the Cybersecurity 500 ranks the world's 500 most innovative cyber security companies to watch for the year.

Sitting at global spot #292, Phirelight ranks 7th in Canada on this quarter's list.

This past year has brought about many new successes for the company including Phirelight's recent growth in international markets, the launch of Phirelight US operations, and the enhancement of the management team with industry veterans.

As well, the release of rapidPHIRE 2.1, with added capabilities and features, has brought Phirelight to the forefront of cyber intelligence technologies.

"rapidPHIRE has been in development since 2012 after seeing a gap in cyber security visibility - the cornerstone to good security awareness. Since then, we have been focused on continuously improving our patent-pending behavioral analytics and delivering a real ROI to enterprises in global markets." says Phirelight CEO, Wayne Teeple. "It is very rewarding to see that the team's hard work has led to being ranked in the Cybersecurity 500."

rapidPHIRE, Phirelight's flagship product, is a cyber intelligence platform that leverages deep packet inspection of network traffic, blends threat intelligence detection and behavioral analytics, and conveys an enterprise-wide operational monitoring "cyber story" of a company.

2016 is looking to be yet another year of growth for the Ottawa-based company. Don't be surprised to see Phirelight move up on the Cybersecurity 500 in the future.

Phirelight Security Solutions Inc.

Phirelight was created in 2001 by a team of defense intelligence, cyber security, and military experts who recognized the need to help organizations manage and protect their critical assets.

Makers of rapidPHIRE, the new dimension in cyber intelligence, Phirelight empowers an enterprise to easily understand how their networks behave, while at the same time assessing and managing cyber threats in real time.

Phirelight serves a client base of large enterprises, government, and SME organizations in Canada, the United States, and Europe. Along with the rapidPHIRE ecosystem of technology partners, Phirelight provides a full suite of solutions.

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