CheckRecipient was today announced as the winner of a national competition to find the UK’s Most Innovative Small Cybersecurity Company of the Year. The final was held at Infosecurity Europe, London, and saw four competition finalists showcase their products in front of an expert judging panel and Infosecurity Europe audience.
Tim Sadler, co-founder and CEO at CheckRecipient pitched his product, which uses machine learning technology to automatically prevent highly sensitive information being sent to the wrong people over email. The CheckRecipient platform analyzes historical email data in order to understand conventional sending patterns and behaviors in order to detect when emails are accidentally being sent to the wrong people or intentionally being sent to unauthorized accounts.
Sadler said: “CheckRecipient are delighted to be the winners of this year’s Most Innovative Small Cybersecurity Company. Infosecurity Europe is a hugely important event in the cybersecurity calendar, it’s where the world comes to do business for a few days, and it is great that we have the exposure provided by this award so that others can find out about what we’re doing and the problem that we’re solving for enterprises around the globe. Awards are really important for us—and we’ve been the winner of some fantastic awards so far. They show that there is credibility in what we’re doing and interest from the wider community, and they also help us win new customers and meet new people, something which is very important to our business.”
This year’s judging panel, was chaired by Martin Chalmers, Managing Director, Aerospace Defence, Security & Technology, Atkins, comprises Nicola Whiting, COO Titania Ltd; David A Cass, Vice President & CISO, Cloud and SaaS Operational Services, IBM and Paul Crichard, CTO & Head of Technical Strategy, BT Security.
The other three finalists in contention to win the award, sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport and Atkins were: Dynarisk, Immersive Labs and iProov who went head to head in a live pitch on the Keynote Stage.
This initiative shortlisted 20 small cybersecurity companies who all went head-to-head in April to win one of 14 prized exhibition stands in the Infosecurity Europe, UK Cyber Innovation Zone where they showcased their products and services as well as delivering presentations in the Zone Showcase theatre.