Friday, August 19, 2016

Introducing the ROOTCON X Sponsors

ROOTCON X wouldn't be kicked off if it wasn't for the sponsors. We salute these companies for caring about the InfoSec community in the Philippines:



Trustwave Holdings is an information security company that provides on demand threat, vulnerability and compliance management services and technologies for more than 3 million business customers in 96 countries. The company also operates Security Operations Centers in Chicago, Denver, Manilla, Minneapolis, Singapore, Warszawa, and Kitchener-Waterloo in Canada. Trustwave is a standalone business unit and core cyber security brand of Singtel Group Enterprise.


Netsuite is an American software company based in San Mateo, California, that sells a group of software services used to manage a business's operations and customer relations. Customers access these services over the internet paying a periodic subscription fee. Netsuite | Security provides a host of advanced functionality to secure the application including role-based access, strong encryption, robust password policies and more. NetSuite adds further layers of security such as application-only access and restricting access to only certain IP addresses to provide complete confidence and peace of mind.



Handshake Networking Ltd is a Hong Kong base information security testing company that focuses on PCI ASV scanning, a penetration test, and vulnerability assessment. Their two founders have pwned most of the ROOTCON CTF's.

IBM’s security platform provides the security intelligence to help organizations holistically protect their people, data, applications and infrastructure. IBM offers solutions for identity and access management, security information and event management, database security, application development, risk management, endpoint management, next-generation intrusion protection and more. IBM operates one of the world’s broadest security research and development, and delivery organizations. For more information, please visit www.ibm.com/security, follow @IBMSecurity on Twitter or visit the IBM Security Intelligence blog.


Swarmnetics is a crowdsourced cyber security company that was founded in 2015. They harness he power of the global expert crowd to deliver security testing services to help customers identify security weaknesses in their environment. Customers get access to global expertise and pay only for results. Instead of relying on a single or small team of penetration testers from a traditional vendor, you will benefit from increased coverage and diversity of assessments performed by engaging the Swarm.