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Asgent Connected Car Security Partner Karamba Security Recognized as a Cool Vendor in IoT Security by Gartner

May 16, 2018
Asgent, Inc.
（JASDAQ: 4288）

Asgent, Inc. (JASDAQ: 4288, President & CEO: Takahiro Sugimoto, located in Chuo-ku, Tokyo), a pioneer in network security and operations management solutions, announces that the connected car security partner Karamba Security (CEO & Co-founder: Ami Dotan) has been recognized^※2 as a Cool Vendor in the latest Gartner "Cool Vendors in IoT Security"^※1 report.

[Cool Vendors in IoT Security]
  In this latest report Gartner evaluates emerging vendors that provide innovative, impactful and intriguing technologies in the Internet of Things (IoT) industry, which is projected to reach $457 billion by 2020. "Design of secure end-to-end IoT deployments starts with building security into IoT devices. IoT security has to be built in at the design and manufacture time to be effective, not bolt-on after deployment. Especially in heavily regulated industries, such as automotive and healthcare, demand is increasing for built-in IoT security," says Gartner in its Cool Vendors in IoT Security 2018 report.
  Gartner recognized Karamba as a Cool Vendor for its Autonomous Security software solution. Karamba’s technology provides end-to-end attack prevention, with zero false positives. Karamba’s solution was designed and built for the resource-constrained environment of IoT devices, with negligible performance impact.
  "We are honored to be recognized by Gartner as a Cool Vendor for IoT Security," said Ami Dotan, Karamba Security CEO and co-founder. "Karamba´s solutions were architected with IoT and automotive constraints in mind. The ability to harden the car controller and IoT device, seamlessly, without requiring any developer intervention, and the ability to block security attacks without false positives, or reliance on updates, has been accepted massively by the automotive vendors, and now been recognized by Gartner as an industry breakthrough."

[Karamba Security]
  Karamba Security provides industry-leading cybersecurity solutions for connected and autonomous vehicles. It´s SafeCAN and Carwall software provide end-to-end in-vehicle security by authenticating communications, including OTA updates, with zero network overhead and by hardening the car´s safety ECUs from attempts to manipulate or compromise their commands and hack into the car. Together, the products prevent cyberattacks with zero false positives, no connectivity requirements and negligible performance impact. The company has been recognized in 2017 with TU-Automotive´s Best Cybersecurity Product/Service and the North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Automotive New Product Innovation.
  Also, Asgent is the only distributor in Japan with capital involvement to provide Karamba products to Japanese OEMs and Tier-1^※4 providers. Asgent will continue to sell consultation services together with Karamba Security to OEMs, along with peripheral machinery vendors and OS providers, IoT device makers etc.

※1 Cool Vendors in IoT Security (Gartner clients and report purchasers only) https://www.gartner.com/doc /3873023/cool-vendors-iot-security-
※2 Karamba Security Press Release https://www.karambasecurity.com/press/2018-05-04-karamba-security-named-a-gartner- 2018-cool-vendor-in-iot-security
※3 OEM: Automobile manufacturers
※4 Tier-1: Primary part components makers

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