ObserveIT Wins Three Security Industry Awards in February, Continues Expansion of Executive Team to Meet Product Demand

BOSTON, Feb. 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- ObserveIT, the leading insider threat monitoring and analytics solution provider with more than 1,400 customers around the world, today announced it won three prestigious security industry awards in the month of February as it continues its unmatched leadership in helping companies eliminate Insider Threats.  ObserveIT also announced the arrival of two additional seasoned executives to support its continued growth and market success.

The awards and expansion of the executive team come on the heels of ObserveIT reaching new records for revenue, customer acquisition and partner growth in 2016.

Security Industry Awards Won by ObserveIT in February 2017 include:

• Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM) named ObserveIT The Most Innovative Insider Threat Solution for 2017.  The CDM INFOSEC awards are judged by CISSP, FMDHS and CEH-certified security professionals and honor next generation leaders in the IT industry.
• Two 2017 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards including Best Insider Threat Solution and Best Cybersecurity Company from the Information Security Community – a 350,000-member organization. These awards recognize the world's best cybersecurity products, professionals and organizations based on the strength of nominations ad voting by members of the community.

ObserveIT's appointment of two additional members of its executive management team including Kristin Thornby and Mayank Choudhary will further the company's rapid growth globally.

Vice President of Products Mayank Choudhary is responsible for charting and executing the strategic course of ObserveIT's solutions.  Mayank has more than 15 years of technology and business experience, including managing the full product lifecycle from strategy and planning to product operations and go-to-market.  His experience prior to ObserveIT includes serving as VP, Product Management, Enterprise Business & Platform at IntraLinks, Director of Product Management, Identity Management & Governance at Computer Associates (CA), and Senior Product Manager at Dell EMC.

Vice President of People Strategy Kristin Thornby leads ObserveIT's talent approach globally, focusing on its greatest asset – its people. Kristin has a proven track record of talent attraction, inspiration, development and retention across high profile global organizations.  Prior to joining ObserveIT, Kristin spent 12 years with the Publicis Groupe where she held numerous leadership roles and was accountable for developing, leading and executing comprehensive people strategies across multiple organizations.

"2017 promises to be a great year for ObserveIT.  We ushered in January announcing record revenue, customer and partner acquisitions for the past 12 months, and within a few short weeks have received three prestigious awards recognizing our company and the effectiveness of our Insider Threat solution," said ObserveIT CEO Mike McKee. "And, as demand for our solution reaches new heights, we are continuing to expand our executive team to help drive further success.  Mayank Choudhary and Kristin Thornby are exceptional leaders with decades of knowledge and expertise that will be of great benefit as we grow our global workforce and continue to innovate for our customers."

For more information and a demo of how ObserveIT helps organizations identify and eliminate Insider Threats visit here.

About ObserveIT
ObserveIT is the leading Insider Threat Monitoring and Analytics Solution with more than 1,400 customers across 87 countries. ObserveIT identifies and eliminates insider threats by having "eyes on the endpoint" and continuously monitoring user behavior and alerting Security and IT teams about activities that put organizations at risk. With full video capture, 180 out-of-the-box insider threat alerts, outstanding search capability and playback of any policy violation, ObserveIT provides comprehensive visibility into what people – contractors, privileged users and high risk users – are doing, and reduces investigation time from days to minutes. For more information visit: www.observeit.com.

ObserveIT Media Contact:

Derek Beckwith

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617-331-3567

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