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Press Releases - 2007

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12/18/07 SecureWorks Designated As a Qualified Security Assessor for PCI Audits SecureWorks, one of the industry's leading security services providers protecting over 2,000 clients, has been designated as a Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) by the Payment Cards Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council. The PCI Security Standards Council, created by the five major credit card companies, is an open global forum for the ongoing development, enhancement, storage, dissemin...
10/23/07 SecureWorks Ranked 143rd Fastest Growing Company in North America on Deloitte's 2007 Technology Fast 500 SecureWorks, one of the industry's leading Managed Security Services Providers (MSSP), today announced that it ranked 143rd on Deloitte's 2007 Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in North America. Rankings are based on percentage of fiscal year revenue growth over five years, from 2002-2006. SecureWo...
10/05/07 Number of Hackers Targeting Utilities Increases 90 Percent According to SecureWorks' Data SecureWorks, one of the industry’s leading managed security services providers protecting over 1,800 clients and 100 utilities, has seen a 90 percent increase in the number of hackers attempting to attack its utility clients this year. From January through April, SecureWorks blocked an average of 49 attackers per utility client per day. Whereas, from May through September, i...
10/04/07 SecureWorks Cited as a Managed Security Services Strong Performer SecureWorks, one of the prominent managed security services providers in the market, was among the select companies that Forrester invited to participate in its October 4, 2007, Forrester Wave report, (Managed Security Services Wave, Q42007). In this evaluation, SecureWorks was cited as a strong performer.  ...
09/28/07 SecureWorks Ranked 6th in Deloitte's Technology For the third year in a row, SecureWorks, one of the industry's leading Managed Security Services Providers (MSSP), has been named to Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50 program for Georgia. SecureWorks ranked 6th in this year's program with 1,127 percent revenue growth from 2002-2006 and has ranked in the top ten for the past three years. ...
08/17/07 Healthcare Attacks Up SecureWorks, the largest managed security services provider safeguarding 1,800 clients, has seen a 57 percent increase in the number of attempted attacks directed toward its healthcare clients by Internet hackers.  Attempted attacks have increased from an average of 5,900 per healthcare client per day in the last half of 2006 to an average of 9,300 per healthcare client per day in th...
08/03/07 SecureWorks Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant for Advisory Firm's Managed Security Services Provider Magic Quadrant for 1HO7 SecureWorks, the largest managed information security services provider safeguarding 1,800 clients and more financial institutions than any other vendor, today announced that research and advisory firm, Gartner, Inc., has positioned SecureWorks in the Leaders quadrant in its Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) Magic Quadrant for the first half of 2007.  The Gartner Magic Quadran...
08/02/07 SecureWorks Reports Number of Hackers Attacking Banks Up 81% Since Last Year and Up 62% for Credit Unions SecureWorks, the largest managed information security services provider safeguarding 1,800 clients and more financial institutions than any other vendor,  announced today that the number of hackers attempting to attack its banking clients is up 81% since last year and hackers attempting to attack its credit union clients is up 62% since last year. SecureWorks blocked 167 million hac...
08/02/07 Bots Launching Storm Attacks Increase Dramatically Totaling 1.7 Million in June/July SecureWorks, the largest managed information security services provider safeguarding 1,800 clients and more financial institutions than any other vendor, announced today that it has seen an onslaught of Storm Worm attacks in the last two months. “From the first of January to the end of May, we only saw 71,342 Storm attacks,” said Joe Stewart, Senior Security Researcher fo...
02/12/07 SecureWorks Wins SC Magazine's "Best Managed Security Service Provider" Award Second Year Running SecureWorks, the largest managed information security services provider safeguarding 1,650 clients and more financial institutions than any other vendor, has won SC Magazine's 2007 Reader Trust Award for "Best Managed Security Services Provider" for the second year in a row. The accolade was given out as part of the 10th annual SC Magazine Award program for outstanding achievement in informati...
02/01/07 SecureWorks' First Post-Merger Quarter Yields Integration Progress and Record Results SecureWorks, the leading pure-play Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP), has exceeded expectations for the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 2006 ending December 31, 2006 - the first full quarter after merging with LURHQ Corporation on September 15, 2006. ...
01/31/07 SecureWorks Sees Rapid Growth in 2006 and Hires Veteran Regulator to Assist in Design and Oversight of Procedures and Controls SecureWorks announced today that, as a result of its extensive growth in 2006 and anticipated growth in 2007, it has hired Bill Buchanan, a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and former regulator with the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) and the Federal Reserve. Buchanan will serve as SecureWorks' VP of Internal Audit and will report directly to the audit committee of the board of directors. ...
01/17/07 SecureWorks Blocks Over 37 Million Web Application Attacks from Hackers and Expands Application Security Practice SecureWorks, the largest managed security services provider safeguarding 1,600 clients and more financial institutions than any other vendor, announced that it blocked over 37 million web application hacker attacks attempted against its banking, credit union and utility clients in 2006. They also reported that their web application security assessment business has tripled since last year. Secu...
01/17/07 SecureWorks Protects Data for Leading Collections Software Provider Latitude Software and Forms Sales Partnership Latitude Software has selected SecureWorks as their managed security services provider, and will also be referring SecureWorks' services to the Latitude client base of over 150 clients. With over 1,600 clients, SecureWorks has become the largest managed security services provider safeguarding more financial institutions than any other vendor. Latitude Software is the leading provider of quali...
01/16/07 SecureWorks Integrates with Qualys' Vulnerability Management SaaS Solution to Deliver Increased Risk Management Context to Protect Clients SecureWorks has integrated with Qualys' Vulnerability Management System enabling the SecureWorks' Security Management Platform, Sherlock, to have visibility into additional security risk information to better protect clients. For SecureWorks clients who have chosen the Qualys vulnerability management solution, this integration provides a more comprehensive view of their security posture, integr...

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