Secfense Showcase at the ECSO Award Finals 2024

Secfense: A Beacon of Innovation at the ECSO Awards 2024

A Beacon of Innovation in European Cybersecurity

The European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO) has recently announced the finalists for its 2024 awards, placing a spotlight on Europe’s most innovative cybersecurity companies. Among the distinguished finalists, Secfense has been recognized for its pivotal role in advancing identity and access management and strong authentication space. The awards ceremony, scheduled for 21-22 March 2024 in Bochum, Germany, is anticipated to be a significant event, hosted by Bochum Wirtschaftsentwicklung and co-organized with the Women4Cyber Foundation and eurobits e.V.

This year’s ECSO Awards aim to celebrate the achievements of startups and solution providers within the European cybersecurity ecosystem, offering a platform for Europe’s cybersecurity community—including investors, service providers, and end-users—to come together. With presentations from 12 startups and 6 scale-ups, the ECSO Award Finals will showcase the forefront of cybersecurity innovation.

Secfense’s nomination underscores its innovative capabilities and the potential impact it has on the European cybersecurity landscape. Furthermore, the ECSO Awards have introduced the CISO Choice Award, recognizing larger companies for their innovative cybersecurity solutions, with Secfense being a notable finalist in this category.

Spotlight on Krzysztof Góźdź and the Secfense Suite

Leadership Driving Innovation

Krzysztof Góźdź, Secfense’s Sales Director, brings a wealth of experience in promoting strong authentication and open authentication standard called FIDO within the industry. You can watch some of Krzysztof’s recent appearances here.

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The Secfense Suite: A Comprehensive Solution

The Secfense Suite represents a significant advancement in access and identity management. It includes the Secfense User Access Security Broker (UASB), which offers protection against phishing and authentication data theft through the FIDO standard, and the Secfense Identity Provider (IdP), enabling organizations to manage identities and access without passwords.

Key features of the Secfense Suite include flexibility and control, avoiding IAM vendor lock-in; phishing-resistant authentication through the FIDO standard; seamless integration with existing IAM services; enhanced web application security; and multi-layered security features like micro-authorizations and full-site protection. These capabilities ensure that the Secfense Suite addresses critical cybersecurity challenges, providing robust protection and compliance with evolving regulations.

Secfense IdP (Identity Provider) is a new solution in Secfense product offering. Secfense IdP was created to help with juggling many identities and smoothly shifting between different IAM systems. With Secfense IdP, businesses can pick and choose features from various IAM providers without having to do a full switch.

Looking Forward

Secfense’s participation in the ECSO Awards is a significant opportunity to showcase its advanced cybersecurity solutions to a broader European audience. It underscores the company’s commitment to innovation and excellence in an increasingly crucial field. As the ECSO Awards approach, the anticipation builds to see how Secfense and other leading companies will continue to shape the future of cybersecurity in Europe and beyond.

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Testimonials

We are faced with new challenges every day. We must always be one step ahead of the attackers and know what they are going to do before they do it. We are convinced that the User Access Security Broker will bring security to a new level, both for those working at the office and from home. For us, working with Secfense is an opportunity to exchange experience with developers who put great value on out-of-the-box thinking.

Krzysztof Słotwiński

Business Continuity and Computer Security Officer

BNP Paribas Bank Poland

As part of the pre-implementation analysis, we verified that users utilize a wide range of client platforms: desktop computers, laptops, tablets, smartphones, and traditional mobile phones. Each of these devices differs in technological advancement, features, and level of security. Because of this, and also due to the recommendation of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (UKNF), we decided to introduce additional protection in the form of multi-factor authentication mechanisms based on FIDO. As a result, users of our applications can log in safely, avoiding common cyber threats such as phishing, account takeover, and theft of their own and their clients’ data.

Marcin Bobruk

CEO

Sandis

We are excited to partner with Secfense to enhance our user access security for our web apps. By integrating their User Access Security Broker, we ensure seamless and secure protection for our applications and systems, delivering superior security and convenience to our customers.

Charm Abeywardana

IT & Infrastructure

Visium Networks

Before investing in Secfense, we had the opportunity to talk to its existing clients. Their reactions were unanimous: wow, it’s so easy to use. We were particularly impressed by the fact that implementing their solution does not require the involvement of IT developers. It gives Secfense a huge advantage over the competition, and at the same time opens the door to potential customers who so far were afraid of changes related to the implementation of multi-factor authentication solutions.

Mateusz Bodio

Managing Director

RKKVC

Even when the network and infrastructure are secured enough, social engineering and passwords can be used to gain control of the system by attackers. Multifactor authentication is the current trend. Secfense addresses this and allows you to build zero trust security and upgrade your current systems to passwordless applications within minutes, solving this problem right away,” said Eduard Kučera, Partner at Presto Ventures and cybersecurity expert – former Director in hugely successful Czech multinational cyber security firm Avast.

Eduard Kučera

Partner

Presto Ventures

One of the biggest challenges the world is facing today is securing our identity online. That’s why we were so keen to have Secfense in our portfolio. They make it possible to introduce strong authentication in an automated way. Until now, organizations had to selectively protect applications because the deployment of new technology was very hard, or even impossible. With Secfense, the implementation of multi-factor authentication is no longer a problem, and all organizations can use the highest standards of authentication security.

Stanislav Ivanov

Founding Partner

Tera Ventures

Two-factor authentication is known to be one of the best ways to protect against phishing; however, its implementation has always been difficult. Secfense helped us solve that problem. With their security broker, we were able to introduce various 2FA methods on our web applications at once.

Dariusz Pitala

Head of IT

MPEC S.A.