/EINPresswire.com/ -- PITTSBURGH, PA--(Marketwired - June 13, 2016) - Wombat Security Technologies ("Wombat"), the leading provider of SaaS-based cyber security awareness and training solutions, today announced that it has been selected as a winner of Red Herring's Top 100 North America award, a prestigious list recognizing the leading private companies from the North American business region that celebrates startups' innovations and technologies across their respective industries.

Red Herring Top 100 North America enlists outstanding entrepreneurs and promising companies. It selects the award winners from approximately 1,200 privately financed companies each year in the US and Canada. Since 1996, Red Herring has kept tabs on these up-and-comers. Red Herring editors were among the first to recognize that companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, Skype, Salesforce.com, YouTube, Palo Alto Networks and eBay would change the way we live and work.

"In 2016, selecting the top achievers was extremely difficult," said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. "The variety, depth, disruption and traction we saw from the early stage companies to those with significant scale made it one of the toughest vintages to judge. The North America winners are representative of the amazing ecosystem that never ceases to astound, with new and experienced entrepreneurs continuing to push the barriers of innovation. As one of the winners, Wombat should be proud of its accomplishment under such strong competition."

"It's an honor to be selected as one of Red Herring's Top 100 in North America," said Joe Ferrara President and CEO of Wombat Security Technologies. "It is a testament to the innovation, strategy, and quality of our team, as well as a validation of the customer demand for our approach to changing behavior and reducing risk in organizations of all sizes through effective security education."

Red Herring's editorial staff evaluated companies on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technological innovation and intellectual property, DNA of the founders, business model, customer footprint and market penetration. This assessment of potential is complemented by a review of the track record and standing of startups relative to their sector peers, allowing Red Herring to see past the "buzz" and make the list a valuable instrument of discovery and advocacy for the most promising new business models in North America.

About Wombat Security Technologies
Wombat Security Technologies provides information security awareness and training software to help organizations teach their employees secure behavior. Their SaaS-based cyber security education solution includes a platform of integrated broad assessments, as well as a library of simulated attacks and brief interactive training modules. Wombat's solutions help organizations reduce successful phishing attacks and malware infections up to 90%. Wombat, recognized by Gartner as a leader in the Magic Quadrant for Security Awareness Computer-Based Training Vendors, is helping Fortune 1000 and Global 2000 customers in industry segments such as finance and banking, energy, technology, higher education, retail and consumer packaged goods to strengthen their cyber security defenses.

Contact:
Susan Mackowiak
press@wombatsecurity.com
412-621-1484 x 126