MANCHESTER, U.K. and BOSTON -- 24 July 2012: Avecto, the leader in Windows privilege management, announced strong end of financial year results following what has been a year of great growth for the company. A key driver behind Avecto’s success is that it helps organisations combat the threat from today’s most dangerous and persistent malware. It continues to educate organisations to the risks exposed from granting users admin rights and helps them to implement a least privilege approach to combat this challenge. Avecto’s mission is to enable its customers to lower operating costs and improve system security.

As one of the fastest growing players in the privilege management space, Avecto closed out the year having significantly expanded operations in North America and Europe. Plans for the upcoming financial year include a new product upgrade, building on the new regional office in Germany and robust investments in recruiting key staff to meet growing demands in North America, where 60% of the company’s revenues currently derive from.

Avecto’s success aligns with remarkable market forecasts within the sector at large. According to Forrester Research, privileged user management is predicted to grow more than 50% in coming years with forecasted revenues expected to exceed $330 million by 2014. This momentum is reflected in the growing size of Avecto’s customer projects, including its largest-ever customer deployment completed this financial year. The deployment rolled out Avecto’s award-winning Privilege Guard technology on nearly 500,000 desktops within a single organisation. Adding to its customer successes, today seven of the world’s ten leading financial institutions trust Privilege Guard to bolster their security posture and regain control of their Windows desktops.

The company also launched Privilege Guard 3.5 this year, adding powerful new privilege management features, extending reporting capabilities and cutting edge usability enhancements to the solution. Avecto also earned a series of industry awards as the leading solution helping organisations combat threats from today’s most dangerous and persistent malware. Red Herring selected the company among its 2012 Top Europe 100 Winners and the Global Excellence Awards named Avecto Innovative Security Company of the year. Both accolades recognised Avecto’s remarkable thought-leadership in educating organisations about the risks of granting administrative rights to users. Since launching in 2008, Avecto continues to fulfill its ongoing mission of enabling customers to lower operating costs and improve system security throughout their organisations.

 “I’m delighted with the team’s commitment to securing organisations across the globe, and their hard work and dedication has translated into strong results for us. Worldwide demand for our award-winning Privilege Guard technology is clearly evident in these results and shows no sign of abating,” said Tony Bolland, Avecto CEO. “We’ve successfully rolled out our largest project to date and we are in discussions with new customers looking to exceed this number. The recent successful launch of Privilege Guard 3.5 continues to strengthen our market leading position in Windows privilege management. Last year was phenomenal and I truly believe it’s not over and we’re on the cusp of some spectacular growth in the coming year.”

Growing Threats Facing Organisations

As the sophistication of privilege escalation malware continues to evolve, Windows desktops that run with full administrative rights continue to put organisations at real risk of infection. Once malware gains access to an administrative token, it gains access to the system enabling it to burrow deeper into the organisation’s infrastructure.

That’s where Avecto’s Privilege Guard technology steps up to the plate. It enables organisations to address this inherent problem using a flexible approach to privilege management. Avecto Privilege Guard enables organisations, worldwide, to deploy secure and compliant desktops, without compromising a user’s ability to perform their day-to-day role. With Privilege Guard, users are empowered with the privileges they require, resulting in increased productivity and reduced desktop support costs.

“In less than three years we have built a strong and healthy, globally-recognized and award-winning organisation, based on best-in-market technology, for which we see demand growing daily,” added Bolland. “We plan to continue our expansion across North America and Europe, and we’re confident that our focus of helping organisations bolster security, reduce operational costs and achieve compliance will continue to be at the heart of our global growth.”

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About Avecto

Avecto is the leader in Windows privilege management, helping organizations to deploy secure and compliant desktops and servers. With its award winning Privilege Guard technology, organizations can now empower all Windows based desktop and server users with the privileges they require to perform their roles, without compromising the integrity and security of their systems.

Customers of all sizes rely on Avecto to reduce operating expenses and strengthen security across their Windows based environments. Our mission is to enable our customers to lower operating costs and improve system security by implementing least privilege. Avecto is building a worldwide channel of partners and system integrators and is headquartered in Manchester, UK with key regional offices in Andover, MA and Munich, Germany.

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