October 21, 2022

AppSweep by Guardsquare Wins 2022 Mobile Breakthrough Award for “Mobile Security Solution of the Year”

Written by: Guardsquare

Mobile Application Security Provider Recognized as One of the Top Mobile Companies and Solutions Around the Globe

Leuven, Belgium – October 21, 2022 – Guardsquare, the mobile application security provider, today announced that the company is the winner of Mobile Security Solution of the Year in the 2022 Mobile Breakthrough Awards for AppSweep, its new Android app security testing tool.

“We are honored to be recognized as this year’s 'Mobile Security Solution of the Year' as part of the Mobile Breakthrough Awards. This award further solidifies our leadership role in innovation as we continue to provide best-in-class testing, protection and monitoring for mobile applications,” said Roel Caers, CEO of Guardsquare. “By making mobile app security testing free and accessible to all developers, Guardsquare is helping to ensure a safer ecosystem of more secure, better-protected mobile apps and providing organizations with peace of mind by making it easy for security to be at the forefront of mobile app development.”

Guardsquare’s AppSweep is designed for developers and built for mobile. By scanning their mobile app, developers can identify and fix security issues in the code and dependencies with actionable recommendations and insights to build more secure and compliant mobile apps. Additionally, if users choose to register, they can:

Organize applications in projects
Compare different builds
Explore trends
Monitor improvements and suppress redundant issues
Invite team members to share reports and recommendations, and align on security priorities
Integrate security testing into their CI process for automated scans with each build

The mission of the Mobile Breakthrough Awards is to honor excellence and recognize the creativity, hard work, and success of mobile companies, technologies, and products. With over 2,700 nominations this year from all over the world, the competition was fierce. Winners from other categories include globally recognized brands, such as Verizon, Samsung, Cox, VMware, T-Mobile, Telit, Deutsche Telekom, and Qualcomm.

“We are proud to name Guardsquare as a winner in this year’s awards program,” said James Johnson, managing director of Mobile Breakthrough. “With their new mobile app security testing tool, AppSweep, Guardsquare exemplifies what this award stands for – developing breakthrough, innovative technologies that solve real-world challenges for those in the mobile and wireless industry. Without question, Guardsqure is advancing cutting-edge work in mobile app security.”

About Guardsquare

Guardsquare offers the most complete approach to mobile application security on the market. Built on the open-source ProGuard technology, Guardsquare’s software integrates seamlessly across the development cycle. From app security testing to code hardening to real-time visibility into the threat landscape, Guardsquare solutions provide enhanced mobile application security from early in the development process through publication. More than 850 customers worldwide across all major industries rely on Guardsquare to help them identify security risks and protect their mobile applications against reverse engineering and tampering.

About Mobile Breakthrough

Part of Tech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence and recognition platform for global technology innovation and leadership, the Mobile Breakthrough Awards program is devoted to honoring excellence in mobile and wireless technology companies, products and people. The Mobile Breakthrough Awards provide a platform for public recognition around the achievements of breakthrough mobile companies and products in categories including Cloud Computing, Mobile Management and Security, Wireless and Broadband, Mobile Analytics, IoT and Smart City technology, WLAN, WiFi and more. For more information visit MobileBreakthroughAwards.com.