Bit9, Inc. Welcomes Harry Sverdlove as Chief Technology Officer

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Bit9, Inc., the pioneer and leader in Enterprise Application Whitelisting, announced it has named Harry Sverdlove, McAfee Inc.'s former Principal Research Scientist, as its Chief Technology Officer. Sverdlove draws from nearly two decades of application design and analysis with industry-leading IT enterprises, adding a new layer of technical expertise and strategic vision to Bit9's portfolio of endpoint security solutions.

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"With the increasing calls from analysts and enterprises for better approaches to endpoint security, whitelisting technology is red-hot and Harry Sverdlove couldn't have joined at a better time," said Patrick Morley, president and CEO of Bit9. "His professional background with best-of-breed IT and security companies will serve Bit9 well as we continue building our reputation for innovation in the application whitelisting space."

Sverdlove specializes in developing proprietary and scalable techniques to test Web sites, including advanced exploit detection and download analysis. His systems for detecting browser-based security exploits have been used to evaluate the safety of millions of Web sites.

Most recently, Sverdlove served as Principal Research Scientist for McAfee, Inc., where he supervised the overall architecture of crawlers, spam detectors and link analyzers. Sverdlove joined McAfee through its 2006 acquisition of SiteAdvisor Inc., where he worked as Chief Scientist to develop systems for testing, detecting and analyzing any Windows-based application.

"Bit9 has already established itself as a leader in the application whitelisting space, helping enterprises control their endpoints from unauthorized and malicious software," said Sverdlove. "We are at a tipping point now, where there is more malware than good software and as a consequence, whitelisting is the future. I'm looking forward to continuing the company's history of innovation and moving Bit9 and application whitelisting to the forefront in the industry."

Sverdlove began his career at Lotus Development Corporation, developing and testing Lotus 1-2-3, before moving to PC Publishing as a software engineer. Sverdlove then spent five years at SQA, Inc., where he led quality assurance and development teams and was instrumental in the company's IPO and eventual acquisition by Rational Software Corporation. As Rational Software's Principal Architect, Sverdlove designed the core automation engine behind Rational Robot.

As Director of Engineering at NuMega Technologies, Sverdlove expanded the NuMega product line and helped manage the company's acquisition by Compuware Corporation. In conjunction with a senior engineering position at Active Endpoints, Inc., Sverdlove began an independent consultation practice focusing on Windows automation and spam detection. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering. Demonstrations of the Bit9 Global Software Registry, Parity Enterprise Application Whitelisting solution, and more can be seen at the Microsoft Management Summit at the Venetian, April 28 - May 2, Las Vegas, Nevada.

About Bit9, Inc.

Bit9 is the pioneer and leader in enterprise application whitelisting. The company's patented solutions ensure only trusted and authorized applications are allowed to run, eliminating the risk caused by malicious, illegal and non-authorized software.

Unlike traditional, reactive controls that try to scan and prevent the never-ending list of unauthorized software, Bit9 leverages the Bit9 Global Software Registry(TM) -- the world's largest database of software intelligence -- to ensure only authorized applications can run delivering the highest levels of desktop security, compliance, and manageability.

Bit9 customers include companies in a wide variety of industries, such as retail, financial services, healthcare, e-commerce, telecommunications, as well as government agencies. Founded in 2002, Bit9 is a privately held and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For more information, visit http://www.bit9.com or call 617.393.7400.

Bit9, Inc., Automatic Graylists, Find File, FileAdvisor, Parity, and ParityCenter are trademarks or registered trademarks of Bit9, Inc. All other names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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