Data Security, Platform Security

BigID Wins “Compliance Software Solution of the Year” in 6th Annual CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards Program

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BigID, the leading data intelligence platform for privacy, security, and governance, today announced that it has been awarded “Compliance Software Solution of the Year” in the 6th annual CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards program conducted by CyberSecurity Breakthrough, a leading independent market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global information security market today.

“This recognition from CyberSecurity Breakthrough highlights our commitment to providing customers with security and compliance solutions that are designed for today and tomorrow’s data challenges. “We designed BigID to be an actionable data intelligence platform built for enterprise scale - all while meeting continuously shifting compliance requirements.”

Dimitri Sirota, CEO and co-founder of BigID

The mission of the CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards is to honor excellence and recognize the innovation, hard work and success in a range of information security categories, including Cloud Security, Threat Detection, Risk Management, Fraud Prevention, Mobile Security, Email Security and many more. This year’s program attracted more than 4,100 nominations from over 20 different countries throughout the world.

“Organizations need to be able to find, classify, inventory, and manage all of their sensitive data, regardless of where or what it is. It's a momentous task and requires addressing common challenges including, but not limited to: Siloed data, lack of visibility and accurate insight, and balancing legacy systems with cloud data. All while meeting a litany of compliance requirements,” said James Johnson, managing director, CyberSecurity Breakthrough. “BigID is purpose-built to discover and manage all enterprise data - business, regulated, sensitive, critical, and personal data. A hearty congratulations on winning the ‘Compliance Software Solution of the Year’ award.”

With BigID, customers can automate alerts on cross-border data-sovereignty violations, and ensure compliance with CCPA, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI and other data privacy and protection regulations and security frameworks.

About BigID
BigID's data intelligence platform enables organizations to know their enterprise data and take action for privacy, security, and governance. Customers deploy BigID to proactively discover, manage, protect, and get more value from their regulated, sensitive, and personal data across their data landscape. BigID has been recognized for its data intelligence innovation as a 2019 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, named to the 2021 Forbes Cloud 100, the 2021 Inc 5000 as the #19th fastest growing company and #1 in Security, a Business Insider 2020 AI Startup to Watch, and an RSA Innovation Sandbox winner. Find out more at https://bigid.com.

About CyberSecurity Breakthrough
Part of Tech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence and recognition platform for global technology innovation and leadership, the CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards program is devoted to honoring excellence in information security and cybersecurity technology companies, products and people. The CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards provide a platform for public recognition around the achievements of breakthrough information security companies and products in categories including Cloud Security, Threat Detection, Risk Management, Fraud Prevention, Mobile Security, Web and Email Security, UTM, Firewall and more.

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