DERBY, England, May 18 /PRNewswire/ --     Cyber Security company Prevx today announces its position as a niche
player in the highly-respected Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection
Platforms. The quadrant is prepared over some time and evaluates a variety of
criteria, taking into account a vendor's ability to execute, alongside their
overall completeness of vision.

Prevx have recently consolidated its class-leading protection into a
unified product set under the Prevx 3.0 banner, supporting the security needs
of enterprise, SMBs, consumers, banks and e-commerce businesses. Prevx 3.0
can be used as a standalone security solution or alongside existing security
products to provide even higher levels of protection against what Gartner
calls 'the surging volume of new threats' against which standard anti-malware
signature engines are rapidly losing effectiveness.

The report states 'There continues to be a dramatic increase in the
volume of unique malware, due to the maturity of the malware development
industry and the increased use of automated "toolkits" for malware
development. The ability of signature-based systems to catch new and/or
targeted malware is declining.' It also adds 'To address the increasing
velocity of malware, some EPP vendors are adding some form of client queries
directly to an "in the cloud" master-signature database for unknown,
suspicious files.

The proliferation of this type of malware is having a profound effect on
the end-user. Not only are large enterprises and government agencies
experiencing a huge increase in their exposure to risk from information
stealing Trojans and other malware, but consumers are also having bank,
credit card and personal identity details stolen in ever increasing
quantities.

Mel Morris, CEO of Prevx said, "We believe our inclusion in the Gartner
Endpoint Magic Quadrant helps enterprises understand our 'defense in depth'
positioning. Prevx has championed the cloud based approach to malware
surveillance and detection for five years.

"The relevance and scalability of our technology, our ability to detect
rootkits and 'early life' malware, our class-leading scan speed and
ultra-light footprint and our ability to interoperate with end-point
technologies from other leading vendors, all help us stand out. Prevx enables
enterprises and governments to rapidly boost their malware defenses at a time
when existing endpoint protection capabilities are proving woefully
inadequate."

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with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a
marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis
of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as
defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service
depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to
select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic
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implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of
merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About Prevx

Prevx is acknowledged as the pioneer of intelligence based cyber security
solutions, utilising cloud based technology and automated malware research
since 2004. Prevx 3.0 products provide a powerful incremental level of
protection for banking, large enterprise, Ecommerce, government, military,
SMBs and consumer sectors. Prevx is an employee owned corporation with a
strong passion for fighting cyber crime. For more details visit the Prevx web
site at http://www.prevx.com