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SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 06/29/15 -- Bluebox Security®, the mobile app security and management company, today announced it has been recognized by leading-industry experts for its rapid growth and leadership in mobile security. On the heels of being named a winner of the 2015 Red Herring Top 100 North America Award, Bluebox is also shortlisted for the Cyber Security Awards "Best Security Company of the Year."

Bluebox was named as a finalist for the Cyber Security Awards "Best Security Company of the Year" based on its achievements in the industry, including its innovative research on critical mobile security vulnerabilities and education on the potential of data leakage on mobile devices. Combined with this recognition, Bluebox was recently named a winner of the Red Herring Top 100 North America award. Bluebox was selected from a pool of more than 1,000 privately financed technology companies from the North American business region for its demonstrated management expertise, financing and innovation in mobile security.

"Enterprises need offensive as well as defensive solutions to keep pace with the evolving mobile landscape and to ensure that the mobile apps they create and use, and the data accessed by them, is protected," said Pam Kostka, CEO of Bluebox. "This recognition further validates our commitment and ongoing efforts to create trusted apps in untrusted environments, while maintaining usability and productivity, so that enterprises and consumers can safely conduct their business at the speed of mobility."

Bluebox can convert thousands of third-party commercial apps, as well as custom apps, to self-defending apps in seconds. With dynamic app management, its cloud-based solution secures, distributes and manages mobile applications for employees, partners and contractors, allowing organizations to quickly respond to mobile business needs.

In 2015, Bluebox solidified its position in the mobile security market, being named one of the "10 cybersecurity companies to watch" by CB Insights. The company has also been recognized as a "Best of 2014" company by the Mobile Star Awards™, and was selected as an Innovation Award Top 30 winner by the Silicon Valley Innovation Entrepreneurship Forum (SVIEF).

Winners of the Cyber Security Awards "Best Security Company of the Year," for which Bluebox was named a finalist, will be recognized at a ceremony in London on July 2, 2015.

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About Bluebox Security
Founded in 2012 by a team of security experts, Bluebox Security provides the leading mobile app security and management solution. Pairing deep mobile security expertise with dynamic app management, Bluebox ensures that enterprise security moves at the speed of mobile. The cloud-based solution helps enterprises securely enable mobile by protecting apps, detecting threats and responding quickly to keep data secure. Bluebox Security has received a total of $27.5 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Tenaya Capital, Sun Microsystems co-founder, Andreas Bechtolsheim, SV Angel, and Google Board member Ram Shriram. The company is headquartered in San Francisco.