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DEEP INSTINCT, Distributed by Asgent, Awarded Technology Pioneer Award at World Economic Forum (Davos)
- Recognized as company with ability to deeply influence business and society -

January 30, 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 DEEP INSTINCT, Ltd. (CEO: Guy Caspi, located in Israel), the developer of a next generation endpoint anti-malware product that Asgent distributes, received an award at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland.

[World Economic Forum and Technology Pioneers]
  The World Economic Forum is an international organization working to improve the global situation through cooperation from both the public and private sectors, based on the spirit of global citizenship. A global, regional and industrial agenda is built by working with leaders from the business, political, academic and other social fields. An independent and just organization that was constituted in 1971 as an NPO with its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, it is active and works intimately with various internal organizations.
  Every year, the World Economic Forum selects, as technology pioneers, companies that design and develop new and innovative technologies, which have the ability to deeply influence business and society. In the past, Google, Mozilla, Twitter and others have been selected for this award.

[Deep Instinct]
  Deep Instinct is the worlds´ first NGEPP (next generation endpoint protection) product in the security field to detect and prevent threats before damage occurs through deep learning using neural networks. Through continuous learning on millions of malware by deep learning, the product can detect and block malware in real-time before it is executed on the endpoint, regardless of whether it is a known or unknown malware. Working side-by-side with major antivirus products such as Windows Defender, it is able to realize an extremely high detection rate. Also, in addition to using the Deep Instinct management module in standalone mode, it can be integrated with Microsoft´s cloud platform Microsoft Azure´s management solution Operations Management Suite (OMS) to provide collation and unified management of Deep Instinct on each endpoint with other Microsoft Azure security and operations logs.

[Comments]
  Regarding presentation of this award, Fulvia Montresor, Head of Technology Pioneers at the World Economic Forum, made the following comment. "We hope that thanks to this selection, the World Economic Forum can facilitate greater collaboration with business leaders, governments, civil society and other relevant individuals to accelerate the development of technological solutions to the world's greatest challenges." Also, Deep Instinct C.E.O. Guy Caspi said the following. "We are truly honored to be acknowledged as a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum. Being recognized for our innovative thinking and breakthrough application of deep learning technology is a great honor. Behind this distinguished award is our relentless drive for innovation, applying for the first-time deep learning to cybersecurity and empowering enterprises' cybersecurity capabilities with instinctive, real-time protection from the next unexpected attack."

Technology Pioneers
http://widgets.weforum.org/techpioneers-2017/

[Deep Instinct Main Features and Specifications]
Main Features:
- Detection and prevention of unknown and known malware through deep learnin
- Detection of malware regardless of network connectivity
- Identification of files with macros and determination of safety
- Support for various files, including executables, PDF, Office files, compressed files, scripts etc.
- Ability to work alongside existing antivirus products (multilayer protection)
- White/blacklisting based on hash values and certificates
- Unified management through integration with Microsoft OMS
- Lightweight and fast scan capabilities

Supported antivirus products:
Microsoft Windows Defender, Trend Micro Maximum Security, F-Secure Anti-Virus, Kaspersky Anti-Virus, McAfee Endpoint Security, Sophos, Symantec Endpoint Protection etc.

D-Client supported OS:
Windows 7 SP1、8、8.1、10、10.1
Windows Server 2008 R2、2012、2012 R2、2016
iOS 8.0 and above
Android 4.4 and above
*Mac OS support planned for April 2018

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