RSA Conference: 10 up and coming security technologies

Product name: Forensics

HQ: USA

Founders: ex-eBay and Paypal employees

Niche: Anti-fraud for ecommerce websites

Channel activity: None at the moment in Australia. The company is focused on going international later this year, starting with Europe then Australia

Product: Blue Moon Authentication

HQ: USA

Niche: VIsual password reset/authentication for devices with online access

Channel activity: Nothing in Australia

In the pic: Markus Jakobsson, co-founder, demonstrates the technology

Product name: WhiteOPS

HQ: Israel

Founded: 2007

Founders' background: Security

Niche: Whitebox Security focuses its efforts on Identity Intelligence. It monitors applications, admins can mointor activities and define policies

Channel activity: None in Australia as yet

In the pic: Shlomi Wexler demonstrates WhiteOPS to conference delegates

Product name: vCompliance

HQ: USA

Founded: 2007

Background: Founders have a UNIX background in enterprise system software

Niche: Monitors and enforces best practices and 3rd party regulatory complicance for the virtual cloud environment

Channel activity: Partners exist in Australia

In the pic: Catbird CTO Michael Bermann (facing camera)

Product name: Altor VF

HQ: USA

Founded: 2007

Background: Founders have a CheckPoint background

Niche: Protect virtual networks and clouds from intrustion prevention through a direct plug into the HyperV

Channel activity: Undisclosed

In the pic: Kevin Piper (in white shirt) demonstrates Altor VF to delegates at the RSA Conference 2010

Product name: Virtual Private Saas

HQ: Israel

Founded: 2005

Background: Tech and miliary background. Founders met on social network site LinkedIn

Niche: Secures SaaS apps through encryption

In the pic: Dr. David Movshovitz, CTO

Product name: FABULAROSA

HQ: Germany

Founded: 2000

Niche: Password creation and authentication using images

Channel activity: None in Australia as yet

In the pic: KikuSema Gmbh/AB (facing the camera), founder

Product: HyTrust Appliance

Founded: 2007

HQ: USA

Niche: Virtual infrastructure policy enforcement

Channel activity: Primarily in the Americas

In the pic: Hemma Prafullchandra, HyTrust (facing camera)

Product name: Seeker

HQ: Isreal

Founded: 2005

Background: Started as Pen Testing company

Niche: Application vulnerability tool reports results in an automatic video

Channel activity: None in Australia as yet

In the pic: Ofer Maor, CTO

Product: Risk Communicator

HQ: USA

Founded: 2009

Niche: A dashboard which streamlines the processes of prioritising risk. Replaces spreadsheets

Channel activity: Nothing in Australia

In the pic: Jim Maloney demonstrates the software to a delegate