SAN MATEO, Calif. – May 15, 2012 – AlienVault, creator of OSSIM, the de facto standard open source SIEM (Security Information and Event Management), announced today it has been selected as a Finalist for Red Herring’s Top 100 Americas award, a prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from the North American business region.

The Red Herring editorial team selected the most innovative companies from a pool of hundreds from across North America. The nominees are evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their respective industries.

This unique assessment of potential is complemented by a review of the actual track record and standing of a company, which allows Red Herring to see past the “buzz” and make the list a valuable instrument for discovering and advocating the greatest business opportunities in the industry.

“This year was very rewarding,” said Alex Vieux, publisher and Chairman of Red Herring. “There are so many great companies producing truly innovative and amazing products and technologies. We had a very difficult time narrowing the field and selecting the Finalists from such a group of future stars. AlienVault shows great promise, and therefore deserves to be on the short list. Now we are faced with the difficult task of selecting the Top 100 winners.”

“We are honored to be a Finalist for this award,” said AlienVault CEO and President, Barmak Meftah. “This is great validation of our unique approach to offering the most critical security capabilities in one Unified Security Management platform, a solution that makes it easier and more cost-effective than ever for our customers to manage their security operations and risk. With a great team in place and the talents of the open source community behind us, we look forward to continuing to provide our customers with unprecedented security visibility and the tools to anticipate and combat whatever threats might emerge.”

Finalists for the 2012 edition of the Red Herring 100 Americas award are selected based upon their technological innovation, management strength, market size, investor record, customer acquisition, and financial health. During the several months leading up to the announcement, hundreds of companies in the security, Web 2.0, software, hardware, life sciences, cloud, mobile and other sectors completed their submissions to qualify for the award.

The Finalists are asked to present their winning strategies at the Red Herring Americas Forum in Santa Monica, California, May 21-23, 2012. The Top 100 winners will be announced at a special awards ceremony the evening of May 23 at the event.

About AlienVault

AlienVault is the creator of OSSIM, the de facto standard open source SIEM and OSSIM powers the AlienVault Unified Security Management(TM) (AV-USM) Platform. AV-USM has five essential security capabilities built in – asset discovery, vulnerability assessment, threat detection, behavioral monitoring and security intelligence – to dramatically reduce the cost of visibility that is required for regulatory compliance and effective threat management. The AlienVault Open Threat Exchange(TM) (AV-OTX) for collaborative defense further reduces costs and improves visibility for 18,000 OSSIM deployments and AlienVault customers around the globe. The privately held company is headquartered in Silicon Valley. For more information visit www.AlienVault.com or follow us on Twitter.

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Former President and CEO of HP Fortify Brings Decades of Experience in Senior Management

Campbell, Calif., April 3, 2012 – AlienVault, creator of OSSIM, the de facto standard open source SIEM (Security Information and Event Management), announced today the appointment of John M. Jack (JJ) to its board of directors. Jack joins a stellar line up of technology and venture capital leaders, who together bring a broad range of strategic and operational experience to AlienVault.

Most recently, Jack served as CEO of Fortify Software, which was sold to Hewlett Packard in 2010. Along with the founders and management team, he helped grow Fortify more than 40 percent year over year. Jack began his career at Sybase as one of the first sales representatives and eventually became a senior vice president of sales, serving on a team that grew sales revenue from $0 to $1 billion. As COO of Vantive Corporation, Jack grew the company from early stage to a dominant public offering before its eventual sale to PeopleSoft. At Covalent, a pioneer in open source, he was CEO for three years before the company was acquired by VMware. Jack is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley.

“JJ is a distinguished technology veteran with over 30 years of experience in sales, executive management and open source,” said Barmak Meftah, President and CEO of AlienVault. “At HP Fortify, JJ was instrumental in establishing the company as a global market leader in software security. His expertise and counsel will be invaluable as we seek to expand AlienVault’s market penetration and move towards our next stage of growth.”

“It’s an honor to join the AlienVault board of directors,” said Jack. “Given the broad appeal of the open source OSSIM, the compelling value delivered by the AlienVault Unified Security Management Platform is in bringing together a global community of users with the AlienVault Open Threat Exchange.  Combine that with the caliber of the company’s executive team, and AlienVault is well positioned for rapid growth and expansion.”

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About AlienVault

AlienVault is the creator of OSSIM, the de facto standard open source SIEM, which powers the AlienVault Unified Security Management(TM) (AV-USM) Platform. AV-USM has five essential security capabilities built in – asset discovery, vulnerability assessment, threat detection, behavioral monitoring and security intelligence – to dramatically reduce the cost of visibility that is required for regulatory compliance and effective threat management. The AlienVault Open Threat Exchange(TM) (AV-OTX) for collaborative defense further reduces costs and improves visibility for 18,000 OSSIM deployments and AlienVault customers around the globe. The privately held company is headquartered in Silicon Valley. For more information visit www.AlienVault.com or follow us on Twitter.