Top Security Startups Worldwide to Present at GSC Grand Final on November 13

October 9 2008 | 0 comment(s)

The Judging Committee for the Global Security Challenge, decided in our regional Semi-Finals on the six Finalists, who will present their startup companies to the audience and panel of judges on November 13th in London at our GSC event. The winner will walk away with a $500K grant award, sponsored by TSWG of the US Government.

The Six Most Promising Security Startups 2008 Are:

• Beyond Encryption from Ireland has built and deployed an enforcement tool for remote information security. It enables an organization to take an offensive approach and pursue any device and its data and put either or both beyond the use of the current user. It is the first precision information protection weapon with pinpoint accuracy for targeting and protecting sensitive information on any device regardless of location. (http://www.beyondencryption.com/)

• Brain Fingerprinting Laboratories from Seattle (USA) developed a brain fingerprinting technology. This humane, non-invasive and accurate scientific technology detects concealed information in the brain that can be used for interrogations of criminal suspects but also to detect Alzheimer disease and for measuring advertising effectiveness. (www.brainwavescience.com)

• Hiperware from Singapore developed a real-time decision making software that leverages cluster computing power for analysing enterprise processes to actively identify errors and monitor process effectiveness. (www.hiperware.com)
  

• Intuview from Israel has developed a multi-engine “artificial intuition” software for real-time categorization, summarization and Intel extraction from large batches of documents in Arabic, relating to the domain of Islam and terrorism with the goal of creating a capability to interpret the hermeneutics of radical Islamic and terrorist related texts without the need to have well versed Arabic literate analysts on hand. (www.intuview.com) 
  

• Precision Sensors Instrumentation from Armenia invented a single layer flat-coil-oscillator absolute-position sensors enable enhanced prediction of earthquakes and detection of armed activity in zero visibility settings. Precision Sensors Instrumentation from Armenia invented a single layer flat-coil-oscillator absolute-position sensors enable enhanced prediction of earthquakes and detection of armed activity in zero visibility settings.

• TRX Systems, a spin off from the University of Maryland (USA) achieved a technological breakthrough for tracking first responders both outdoors and within complex structures. The TRX system is self-contained and requires no pre-existing infrastructure and can even create virtual floor maps in real-time. (www.trxsystems.com)

Read more about the GSC Grand Final on Nov 13 - with leading speakers from government, venture capital, start-ups and industry.

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