Cyberbit Wins Three Gold Cybersecurity Excellence Awards for Innovative Products and Projects

RAANANA, Israel, Feb. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Cyberbit Ltd., a world leading provider of cybersecurity simulation and IT/OT detection and response platforms, announced today that it has won three Cybersecurity Excellence Awards: Cyberbit Range won the Security Education Platform category, Cyberbit's SCADAShield won the ICS/SCADA Security category and Cyberbit's Cybersecurity for Smart Buildings was named the Cybersecurity Project of the Year - Middle East.

"We are pleased that the cybersecurity community has shown its trusts in our solutions by awarding Cyberbit first place in three different categories," said Adi Dar, CEO of Cyberbit. "This recognition reinforces our understanding that the industry is seeking multiple, integrated technologies from a single vendor to solve complex problems."

"Congratulations to Cyberbit for being recognized as the gold winner in three categories of the 2018 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards, including ICS/SCADA Security, Project of the Year, and Best Security Education Platform," said Holger Schulze, CEO of Cybersecurity Insiders, the awards program organizer. "With over 400 entries in more than 70 categories, the 2018 awards are highly competitive, and all winners truly reflect the very best in today's cybersecurity industry."

Cyberbit's Cybersecurity Excellence award winners include:

Gold Winner for Security Education Platform: Cyberbit Range: A training and simulation platform enabling organizations to establish and manage hyper-realistic training centers proven to boost information security team performance. The platform includes a rich catalog of training packages and scenarios, including incident response, pen-testing and OT security. 11 new training facilities powered by Cyberbit Range have been announced in the last six months, including at Regent University in Virginia, US.

Gold Winner for ICS/SCADA Security: Cyberbit SCADAShield: A world-leading OT security platform, chosen by critical infrastructure organizations to protect ICS/SCADA networks, electric grids, transportation networks, manufacturing lines, smart buildings and data centers. SCADAShield provides unprecedented OT asset discovery and visibility, detects known and unknown OT threats and anomalies, as well as deviations from operational restrictions, by using 7-layer deep packet inspection (DPI).

Gold winner for Cybersecurity Project of the Year - Middle East: Cybersecurity for Smart Buildings: Cyberbit was selected to provide its cybersecurity product suite for a new ultra-secure government facility. The compound will serve as headquarters for sensitive national ministries and will integrate physical and cybersecurity to achieve unprecedented resilience.

The 2018 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards honor individuals and companies that demonstrate excellence, innovation and leadership in information security. The awards were granted by Cybersecurity Insiders in partnership with the Information Security Community on LinkedIn, tapping into the vast experience of over 400,000+ cybersecurity professionals to honor the world's best cybersecurity products, professionals and organizations.

For more information about the 2018 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards, including details on the winners and finalists, please visit: https://cybersecurity-excellence-awards.com/

About Cyberbit

Created to protect extremely high-risk organizations worldwide, Cyberbit secures enterprises and critical infrastructure against advanced cyberthreats. The company's operationally-proven cybersecurity solutions detect, analyze and respond to the most advanced, complex and targeted threats across IT and OT (operational technology) networks. Cyberbit employs a diverse team from both the public and private sector, including researchers, mathematicians, former CISOs and SOC managers. With offices in the U.S., Singapore, Germany and Israel, and presence worldwide, Cyberbit is a subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESLT and TASE: ESLT). To learn more about how Cyberbit maximizes protection against today's signature-less threats, visit: https://www.cyberbit.com.

Cyberbit Contacts:
Sharon Rosenman
VP Marketing, Cyberbit
Tel: +972-54-4211804
sharon.rosenman@cyberbit.com

Dana Tal-Noyman
Manager Corporate Communications & Digital
Tel: +972-54-9998809
dana.noyman@elbitsystems.com

Alexandra Evans
PAN Communications for Cyberbit
Tel: +1-212-385-9770
cyberbit@pancomm.com

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