SALT LAKE CITY, UT--(Marketwired - Jan 29, 2014) - Venafi, the leading cybersecurity provider of Next-Generation Trust Protection, today announced that its blog and podcast describing how Edward Snowden breached the National Security Agency (NSA) by compromising unprotected cryptographic keys and digital certificates has been named as a finalist in this year's Security Bloggers Network (SBN) Social Security Awards competition. Named in the Single Best Blog Post or Podcast of the Year category, "Deciphering How Edward Snowden Breached the NSA" offers a critical analysis to demonstrate and expose how the former IT contractor was able to steal thousands of documents without detection. Finalist voting is open now and extends through Friday, Feb. 14; to vote, visit: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SBNawards2014.

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"Based on known attack vectors and our domain expertise, Venafi threat researchers closely analyzed public records and were able to connect the dots to uncover how Snowden compromised the NSA," said Gregory Webb, vice president, marketing, Venafi. "Our analysis affects not only the NSA but also every Global 2000 organization that remains vulnerable to similar attacks. Failure to secure and protect keys and certificates, the foundation of digital security and online trust, leaves the front door open for attackers. We are therefore thrilled to have been nominated for this award, which allows us to further disseminate the details of the attack and educate enterprises about associated risks."

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About Venafi
 Venafi is the market leading cybersecurity company in Next-Generation Trust Protection (NGTP). Venafi delivered the first trust protection platform to secure cryptographic keys and digital certificates that every business and government depend on for secure communications, commerce, computing, and mobility. As part of an enterprise infrastructure protection strategy, Venafi Director prevents attacks on trust with automated discovery and intelligent policy enforcement, detects and reports on anomalous activity and increased threats, and remediates errors and attacks by automatically replacing keys and certificates. Venafi Threat Center provides research and threat intelligence for trust-based attacks. Venafi customers are among the world's most demanding, security-conscious Global 2000 organizations in financial services, insurance, high tech, telecommunications, aerospace, healthcare and retail. Venafi is backed by top-tier venture capital funds, including Foundation Capital, Pelion Venture Partners and Origin Partners. For more information, visit www.venafi.com