They could win the Security of the Year Award at the Tech Awards 2022
They are the guardian angels of the tech industry and society. Through their actions, they help to promote the security and trust of citizens, consumers, businesses, the public sector or secure the digital society at large.
This year's Security Tech Award is presented to the company, organization, initiative or individual in the tech industry, or in their field, that has contributed to promoting security and trust linked to digital development.
IDG and TechSverige are behind the award. The prize will be awarded at the Tech Awards in Stockholm on March 22 - and here are this year's finalists:
Freja E-id
Freja E-id is a digital wallet and ID document in one - which is not linked to a bank. A broader and bank-independent version of Bank-id that incorporates your electronic identity with a government-approved e-ID, vaccination certificate and more. Users can identify themselves, prove their age, sign contracts and consents digitally and keep track of personal data shared. All in a way that is secure, easy and free to use.
Even citizens with a protected identity or who do not have a bank account can use Freja E-id to identify themselves digitally, which is important from an accessibility point of view.
From several perspectives, Freja E-id is a central part of creating a higher robustness in society by offering an additional alternative to Bank-id, which otherwise risks becoming a "single point of failure".
Nimblr - Nimblr Security Awareness
Nimblr combines interactive cybersecurity training with simulated attacks, hands-on exercises, and up-to-the-minute content on the latest threats in a continuous training program. Through a simple configuration, Nimblr's system is loaded with customer-specific data that automatically adapts training materials and simulations to each organization's specific IT environment. Over the past 12 months, Nimblr has, through its online training program, strengthened the security awareness and knowledge level of more than 500 companies and organizations in Sweden.
Cyber threats are a growing problem that has caused great harm to both private and public sector organizations in the past year. Many of these cyber threats exploit the ignorance and lack of security awareness of IT users. Nimblr has made it easy, accessible and effective to raise security awareness for all types of businesses, thereby reducing the risk of full-blown attacks.
Recorded Future - Predictive threat analysis
Recorded Future was founded in 2009 by Staffan Truvé and Christopher Ahlberg from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, who patented an algorithm for advanced web analytics, based on machine learning and natural languages. Their services predict and mitigate online threats by scanning and automatically analyzing large amounts of unstructured information in all the nooks and crannies of the web.
Recorded Future has made an impressive journey. From Swedish research, through US patents and with renowned investors, the company has combined massive analysis of large data sets with visualization and created a world-leading tool for predictive threat analysis. The company has gained international recognition with a broad customer base of over 1 000 companies across the Western world and 450 employees.
The Swedish Anti-Theft Association - Säkerhetskollen.se
Since 2018, the Swedish Anti-Theft Association has been working extensively to support the public and companies in the issue of protection against digital crimes such as intrusion, fraud attempts and information theft. In a short time, several actors have been brought together, such as the Police Authority, MSB, the Internet Foundation, the Swedish Bankers' Association, several companies in the insurance industry and others, with the aim of jointly providing practical support to their target groups in terms of protection against digital crime.
The primary channel is the information website Säkerhetskollen.se, with easily accessible and well-packaged consumer information on cybercrime. In addition, a variety of activities have been established, including the National Knowledge Center for Protection against Digital Crime, the Digital Warning Group and the Safe Calls service.
Young Researchers and IBM - Are you safe? #290Cyber Security
Young Researchers and IBM want to contribute to a knowledge boost in IT security from an early age - for the long-term benefit of both society and individual organizations. In collaboration with the industry and MSB, the aim is Are You Safe? #290CyberSecurity aims to spread knowledge to schoolchildren about safe use of the internet, as well as linking the role of digitization to sustainability issues and the UN's global goals. Another goal is to broaden the image of technology and inspire students in the field of technology.
Schools from middle to high school are offered lectures by an IT expert and teaching materials to deepen their knowledge. By teaching young people how information can be shared online and how to create good passwords to protect themselves, the aim is to reduce the number of young people affected by online abuse. It also lays the foundation for safe habits for future adult life.
Xertified - XoT Technology
Xertified has patented a technology for iot security, which protects connected equipment from attacks, using PKI-based security standards. Today, there are approximately 2 billion professional connected devices in operation in the world, from printers and servers to industrial robots, X-ray machines and critical infrastructure. Extremely few of these have the capacity to withstand intrusion, misuse or various types of cyber attacks. With a new way of looking at cybersecurity, where you protect each device not the network itself, Xertified has patented and developed a Swedish solution where even the hardware is built in Sweden.
The threat to connected devices is a growing problem that affects society, Swedish industry, our competitiveness and our prosperity. Xertified offers a solution that is as simple as it is ingenious, and challenges all major manufacturers in networking and security.