eCert CEO Receives Top Women Executives In
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Info Security Products Guide Recognizes Performance Of Email Security Leader March 21, 2011 - San Francisco, Calif Kelly Wanser, CEO of email security leader eCert, Inc (www.ecertsystems.com), has been named the top female businesswoman in security by the industry's leading information security research and advisory guide. Wanser was honored with Info Security Products Guide's 2011 Global Excellence Award for Best Woman Executive in Security in San Francisco, in recognition of her efforts to restore safety to online communications. As CEO of eCert, Wanser drives development for eCert's suite of email security solutions and was responsible for launching the technology as the first of its kind in live operation last year to protect the email security traffic of financial institutions and major brands and their customers. Wanser's visionary efforts began with the initial development of the key drivers for eCert's email security service in 2006, in collaboration with major ISPs, financial institutions and ecommerce brands, to prevent phishing attacks and other forms of email fraud from reaching a user's inbox. Since launching in 2010, eCert's email trust authority service has been honored by the Online Trust Alliance and awarded Info Security Products Guide's 2011 Global Excellence Award for Security Innovation of the Year. In addition, eCert was selected by BITS, a division of The Financial Services Roundtable, and the Financial Services - Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) as a partner to protect the email traffic of their membership of the largest major U.S. financial institutions. eCert's EPIC™ (Email Protection Identity Cert) service monitors email traffic, prevents fraudulent online communications from reaching an end user's inbox and enables trusted delivery to protect the brands of high value phishing targets - including leading financial institutions and government agencies. Currently, eCert protects more than 100 million consumers and $50 billion in brand value for ISPs, financial institutions and major brands. About eCert Operating as the industry's email trust authority, eCert provides critical protection against email fraud ("phishing") to enterprises, governments and other major organizations and their customers. eCert established the first "trusted intermediary" service to support email authentication and block malicious traffic, and is the first service of its kind in live operation. eCert's customers include several of the country's largest financial institutions, and its strategic partners include Yahoo! and Google. eCert was founded in 2008 by veterans with experience in email, security and financial services technology. In 2010, eCert was selected by BITS, a division of the Financial Services Roundtable, and the Financial Services - Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) to extend its email protection capabilities to the entire U.S. financial services sector. www.ecertsystems.com PRESS CONTACTS: Katy Lim Larry Baird |
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