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COUNTRY FOCUS: ISRAEL “ THE JUDGES SAID THEY FELT THAT CHECKMARX DESERVED TO BE NAMED A BLACK UNICORN AWARDS WINNER FOR 2019 BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE TEAM, TECHNOLOGY, DRIVE AND HYPERGROWTH CURVE TO POTENTIALLY BECOME A CYBERSECURITY UNICORN. The company was recently named an award winner for establishing market leadership and vision in software security. It has been named a winner in Cyber Defense Magazine’s 2019 Black Unicorn Awards for its significant growth trajectory in software security and future potential as a cybersecurity market leader. The term ‘Black Unicorn’ signifies a cybersecurity company that has the potential to reach a US$1 billion or greater market value as determined by private or public investment. Checkmarx competed over a five-month period against many of the industry’s leading providers of cybersecurity products and services for this prestigious award. The judges said they felt that Checkmarx deserved to be named a Black Unicorn Awards winner for 2019 because they have the team, technology, drive and hypergrowth curve to potentially become a cybersecurity unicorn. n Aqua secures cloud-native applications at dozens of Global 1000 customers across the financial services, technology, retail, media, government, healthcare, telecom and travel industries. “Winning a cybersecurity award is both an incredible honour for us and a validation that Aqua offers the leading platform for securing container-based and cloud-native applications,” said Dror Davidoff, CEO, Aqua Security. “Aqua enables enterprises to secure their container-based and cloud-native applications from development to production, accelerating container adoption and bridging the gap between DevOps and IT security.” Checkmarx is yet another Israel-based security enterprise making a mark on the country’s cybersecurity landscape as a result of its success. www.intelligentcio.com INTELLIGENTCIO 53