2023 pitching contest finalists
As every year, one of the most exciting aspects of the conference is the pitching competition. After an international call for submissions, PwC Luxembourg has selected five cybersecurity and privacy companies with relevant solutions for the Luxembourgish market.
2023 Awards winners
- 2023 Cybersecurity & Privacy Solution of the Year - Jury’s Choice Award, the winner is… Confidencial
Confidencial - Keep It Confidencial
Seamless & Secure (cloud-based solution)
Confidencial enables end-to-end secure (zero-trust*) sharing of documents on a need-to-know basis, inside and outside multi cloud-based enterprises, with compliance logs, and remote control and access revocation ability."
*Zero-trust means no-one else has access to your/enterprise encryption keys nor the documents.
The jury was composed of Roman Borisovich, Executive Director of Sardina Systems S.à.r.l, Donia El Kateb, Senior Information Security Officer, European Investment Bank, Krystina Gray, Head of Data and Technology Risks at HSBC Continental Europe, Luxembourg & HSBC Private Bank Luxembourg, and Lily Wang, Principal at Expon Capital.
- 2023 Cybersecurity & Privacy Solution of the Year - People’s Choice Award, the winner is Hackuity
Hackuity - Bringing * clarity * to cyber vulnerability chaos.
Hackuity reinvents Vulnerability Management by normalizing and aggregating all 3rd-party exposure data of its customers into a single pane of glass and analytical engine.
This award was granted through voting by the audience for their favorite pitch. We thank our participants for their active listening and engagement in the voting process.
Discover the 2023 finalists:
Solution description:
We are the only platform that enables end-to-end (zero-trust) secure sharing of (selective) portions of unstructured documents. Zero-trust means no-one else has access to your/enterprise encryption keys nor the documents.
We are the only platform that is fully integrated into existing enterprise productivity applications like Microsoft Office and that can also seamlessly handle PDF.
Confidencial is a spin-out from SRI International. We have 5 SRI patents in cryptography and cybersecurity licensed exclusively to Confidencial (the core 3 are granted and 2 still under review). Karim Eldefrawy (the co-founder) is the main inventor or a co-inventor on all those cryptography and cybersecurity patents.
We have other NLP and ML patents for automation non-exclusively licensed to Confidencial.
Value proposition:
Confidencial enables end-to-end secure (zero-trust*) sharing of documents on a need-to-know basis, inside and outside multicloud-based enterprises, with compliance logs, and remote control and access revocation ability.
*Zero-trust means no-one else has access to your/enterprise encryption keys nor the documents.
Solution categories:
- Cyber Risk Management
- Regulatory / Compliance
- Privacy
- Encryption and Governance
- Unstructured Content
Karim Eldefrawy, Co-founder & CTO, Confidencial
Solution description:
In response to the daily challenges as IT managers at an SME, Mario Jandeck and Eric Range founded Enginsight in Jena in 2017. Today, Enginsight offers powerful IT security software with an all-in-one approach that remains affordable for SMEs despite its enormous range of functions. With Enginsight, IT managers can free themselves from individual tools and isolated solutions and establish comprehensive overall monitoring.
Thanks to an attractive partner programme, a simple licensing model and multi-client capability, Enginsight is predestined for IT service providers to expand their portfolio of managed services.
Automated initial security analyses are the perfect starting point for attracting new customers. Low entry barriers for permanent monitoring subsequently open the door to long-term business relationships. This is how Enginsight becomes a customer loyalty tool.
Enginsight combines IT monitoring, automated inventory and penetration testing, host-based intrusion detection and prevention, CVE scans and other essential functions in a clear user interface. A clear evaluation system facilitates threat assessments and concrete recommendations for action point the way to increasing the security level.
Value proposition:
Enginsight combines attack and defence in one solution, enabling SMEs to address a wide range of security needs with a single solution that previously required two or three tools.
Solution categories:
- Cyber Threat Intelligence
- Incident Detection & Response
- Endpoint security
Mario Jandeck, CEO, Enginsight GmbH
Solution description:
Hackuity reinvents Vulnerability Management by normalizing and aggregating all 3rd-party exposure data of its customers into a single pane of glass and analytical engine. By breaking technological silos, Hackuity allows its customers to capture, at last, the complete picture of their security posture.
Hackuity’s Exposure Management Platform gives you a single-pane of glass through an asset-centric view of your cyber exposure. Hackuity enables the practical execution of a Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) program.
Leveraging an extensive list of supported connectors, Hackuity aggregates, deduplicates, and normalizes asset and vulnerability data detected by assessment practices or tools such as bug bounty, pentest, and vulnerability scanners.
Hackuity’s True Risk Score (TRS) algorithm is a Vulnerability Prioritization Technology (VPT) allowing a risk-based approach to the entire Vulnerability Management (VM) process. Thanks to a security cockpit available via on-prem, cloud, or hybrid deployment, Hackuity enables organizations to drastically reduce their attack surface and control their exposure to threats.
Value proposition:
Hackuity reinvents Vulnerability Management by normalizing and aggregating all 3rd-party exposure data of its customers into a single pane of glass and analytical engine.
Solution categories:
- Cyber Threat Intelligence
- Cyber Risk Management
- Vulnerability Management
Sylvain Cortes, VP Strategy, Hackuity
Solution description:
TrueScreen is the cybersecurity solution that certifies digital content with legal value, guaranteeing its authenticity and immutability, with the goal of preventing fraud and misinformation. We increase quality and speed of information processes by enabling companies, professionals and individuals with proprietary technologies that are easy to integrate and adhere to international guidelines (eIDAS, GDPR, ISO).
TrueScreen addresses the problem of the unreliability of information on which economic and social relationships are based upon.
This unreliability is caused by the combination of two rapidly rising trends: the wide availability of softwares that allow easy manipulation of the meaning of any digital content (deepfake AI, editing apps) and the extensive use of mobile devices as a tool for capturing information (94% of files are generated from smartphones and tablets).
In business solutions, TrueScreen provides a suite of services which are useful for the complete management of document flows, ensuring:
- Analysis and certification of content integrity at source
- Simple management of the certified content
- Secure cloud storage
- Easy integration with corporate information systems
By using mobile applications (iOS and Android), TrueScreen analyses, certifies and preserves the integrity of photos, videos, screenshots and audio recordings; within seconds, the app generates a legal technical report containing data and metadata of the acquisition context.
Value proposition:
We restore trust in digital communication by providing everyone with accessible technology to stop frauds and misinformation and speeding up data management in any social or economic relationship.
Solution categories:
- Cyber Risk Management
Fabio Ugolini, CEO & Founder, TrueScreen
Solution description:
In a world of constantly evolving privacy policies, regulations, and rules to apply and track, the risk of violation and fines is paralyzing business agility. Velotix introduces a unique AI-driven data security platform that removes risk, automates policy management at scale, and provides access to data. Securely orchestrate the right access, to the right people, at the right time, for the right use.
Value proposition:
We believe in maximizing business value by removing unnecessary silos and making data attainable, while minimizing security risks.
Solution categories:
- Identity and Access management
- Regulatory / compliance
- Privacy
Dr. Adi Hod, Co-founder & CEO, Velotix
