Hardware cybersecurity pioneer Flexxon takes home quartet of awards at 2023 Global InfoSec Awards

San Francisco, 24 April 2023 – Hardware cybersecurity solutions pioneer Flexxon today announced that it has been awarded four prestigious accolades at the Global InfoSec Awards 2023. Organised by Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM), the industry’s leading electronic information security magazine. Flexxon took home the awards for its executive leadership and outstanding hardware-based cybersecurity solution – the X-PHY Cybersecure SSD.

The awards were received for the following categories: Top Chief Executive Officer, Top Women in Cybersecurity, Editor\’s Choice Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, and Best Product Ransomware Data Security Solution.

Ms Camellia Chan, Co-Founder and CEO of Flexxon, said , “We are honoured to be selected for these four awards, and are grateful to the independent panel of judges and team at CDM for recognising the dire need for a renewed approach to cybersecurity protection. We are strongly advocating for a mindset shift in the industry, where current software-based approaches are bolstered at the foundations with hardware cybersecurity solutions to provide holistic data protection for users. I hope to see more forward-looking companies take the next step in elevating their cybersecurity approaches by embracing hardware-based fortification.”

“Flexxon embodies three major features we judges look for to become winners: understanding tomorrow’s threats, today, providing a cost-effective solution and innovating in unexpected ways that can help mitigate cyber risk and get one step ahead of the next breach,” said Mr Gary S. Miliefsky, Publisher of Cyber Defense Magazine.

The X-PHY SSD is an intelligent and self-learning cybersecurity storage component, that leverages on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) capabilities at the hardware and firmware levels, to protect data at its core. It also features protection again physical incursions, such as drive detachment and cloning attacks, along with rapid purge capabilities. Designed to analyse behavioural patterns round-the-clock, the X-PHY is built on Flexxon’s long-standing expertise of designing highly reliable, durable and high-performance storage products. The X-PHY forms the foundation of Flexxon’s upcoming suite of products, designed to protect users proactively and at all times.

Determined by a diverse and distinguished panel, the judges of the Global InfoSec Awards are CISSP, FMDHS, CEH, certified security professionals who voted based on their independent review of the company submitted materials on the website of each submission including but not limited to data sheets, white papers, product literature and other market variables.

Flexxon is currently exhibiting its next generation cybersecurity solution, the X-PHY Cybersecure SSD at the RSA Conference, and located at booth number 2441, Moscone South Expo.

About Flexxon
Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Singapore, Flexxon is a global company that specialises in next generation hardware cybersecurity solutions and industrial NAND storage devices. Rooted in its strong pedigree as a leading industrial NAND flash storage solutions provider, Flexxon introduced the X-PHY brand in 2021 to address the rising tide of cybersecurity concerns. Through the X-PHY suite of solutions, Flexxon is committed to protecting the basic rights of all citizens of the digital economy through constant innovation to address the evolving cybersecurity needs of today. With 30 patents and counting, Flexxon’s market-leading products and solutions aim to deliver the utmost security and confidentiality standards to users.

About the X-PHY®
Flexxon’s flagship cybersecurity solution, the X-PHY® Cybersecure SSD, is the world’s first AI-embedded firmware-based cybersecurity solution. Unveiled in 2021, it detects anomalies in behavioural data access patterns and effectively shuts down potential incursions in real-time, with round-the-clock monitoring to prevent critical data loss and exposure. Building on the X-PHY’s market-changing technology, Flexxon is developing an entire suite of products and services that will address gaps in cybersecurity for individuals, SMEs and major enterprises.

For more information, please visit:
Flexxon: flexxon.com
X-PHY: x-phy.com

About CDM InfoSec Awards
This is Cyber Defense Magazine’s tenth year of honoring InfoSec innovators from around the Globe. Our submission requirements are for any startup, early stage, later stage, or public companies in the INFORMATION SECURITY (INFOSEC) space who believe they have a unique and compelling value proposition for their product or service. Learn more at www.cyberdefenseawards.com

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