Hack-us-if-you-can dare pays off for Wiresoft

12-Aug-2010 In the world of Internet security, there's bravado . . . then there's Wiresoft's brand of bravado.

The Cincinnati-based network security provider, which markets its Firegate security platform as "the world's leading network security platform providing enterprise-level security at an affordable price," recently backed up those claims with a challenge.

Last December, the company made itself a target to hackers with its "Hack Us If You Can" dare, offering a $24,000 prize if anyone could break into their systems within a 24-hour period. If that wasn't gutsy enough, the company then kept the challenge going for 90 days.

In the end, no one — including former National Security Agency employees who tackled the challenge — was able to claim the prize money.

Wiresoft President and CEO Tom Schram says the contest proved Firegate was proven everything Wiresoft said it was — complete network protection at a price affordable enough for small- to mid-size companies.

"If you're not willing to put your money where your mouth is in this business, you should rethink what you're doing," Schram, a former Navy cryptologist, explains.

Launched in 2008 in the Cincinnati suburb of East Walnut Hills, Wiresoft is focused on network security and disaster recovery products. With prices that make the protection available to even small businesses, Wiresoft's client list is already into the "hundreds" according to Schram, with more signing on every day.

"What really sets us aside is that we a firewall that's never been broken. We've never had a virus get through, if its signature was known anywhere in the world. We offer a spam wall, content filtering and disaster recovery of information from an online archive. We've got 24-hour tech support doing constant updates," explains Schram. "Our competition can't say that. We can."

Source: Tom Schram,
Wiresoft Writer: Dave Malaska

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