PETAH TIKVA, Israel, July 16, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Minerva Labs, a leading provider of anti-evasion technology for enterprise endpoints, today announced that the company has won the prestigious Red Herring Top 100 North America award, recognizing the continent's most exciting and innovative private technology companies. This follows recent recognition as a Red Herring Top 100 Europe winner as well.

"We are honored to be named a winner in the Red Herring 2018 Top 100 North America," said Eddy Bobritsky, CEO of Minerva Labs. It's humbling to have been chosen from thousands of outstanding entrants. Minerva Labs was founded to address a significant and growing gap in endpoint protection. Our solution gives defenders an advantage over their adversaries, does that without the operational and managerial challenges common in the industry," Mr. Bobritsky explained. "This recognition, along with the others we have accumulated this year, highlights our vision and innovation in cybersecurity."

Companies were judged by industry experts, insiders and journalists on a wide variety of criteria including financial performance, innovation, business strategy and market penetration. Red Herring's editors have been evaluating the world's startups and tech companies for over two decades. It gives them the ability to see through the industry's hype, to pick firms that will continue on a trajectory to success. Brands such as Alibaba, Google, Kakao, Skype, Spotify, Twitter and YouTube have all been singled out in Red Herring's storied history. "

2018's crop of Top 100 winners has been among our most intriguing yet," said Vieux. "North America has led the way in tech for so many years, and to see such unique, pioneering entrepreneurs and companies here in California, which is in many ways the heartland of the industry, has been a thrilling experience.

"What has excited me most is to see so many people forging niches in high-tech and cutting-edge sectors," added Vieux. "Some of the technical wizardry and first-rate business models on show here at the conference has been fantastic to learn about. We believe Minerva Labs embodies the drive, skill and passion on which tech thrives. Minerva Labs should be proud of its achievement: the competition was incredibly strong."

About Minerva Labs
Minerva Labs is an innovative endpoint security solution provider that protects enterprises from today's stealthiest attacks without the need to detect threats first, all before any damage has been done. Minerva's Anti-Evasion Platform blocks threats that bypass antivirus and other baseline protection solutions by deceiving the malware and controlling how it perceives its environment. Without relying on signatures, models or behavioral patterns, the solution causes the malware to disarm itself, thwarting the attack before the need to engage costly security resources. Headquartered in Petah Tikva, Israel, and with offices in New York and Atlanta, Minerva Labs boosts customers' existing defenses without the need to embark upon a costly and risky overhaul of their entire endpoint security architecture. To learn more about Minerva, visit http://www.minerva-labs.com.

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