2021 Tech Ascension Awards: Most Innovative Security Solution | Cybersecurity Blog | Grey Noise

Summary: GreyNoise was named the Most Innovative Security Solution of 2021 by the Tech Ascension Awards, selected from a pool of more than 500 applicants on criteria including technology innovation, market research, and unique competitive differentiators. CEO and Founder Andrew Morris framed the award around the company's stated mission of solving alert fatigue and information overload, saying GreyNoise sifts internet scan traffic so analysts can focus on real threats rather than background noise.
What you should know: The company's own framing puts the problem in plain terms: a significant share of the internet scans hitting internet-facing systems is not malicious, and separating that from real threats is where analyst time goes. The award's judges cited ransomware, nation-state threats, and a COVID-19-driven uptick in cybercriminal activity as the pressures driving demand for that filtering.

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