CloudLock Co-Founder and CEO Gil Zimmermann Named EY Entrepreneur Of The Year(R) 2015 in New England

WALTHAM, MA--(Marketwired - Jun 8, 2015) - EY today announced that Gil Zimmermann, co-founder and CEO of CloudLock, the leading provider of cloud cybersecurity solutions, was named EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ 2015 in New England. The award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance, and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Zimmermann was selected by an independent panel of judges, and the award was presented at a special gala event at the Boston Marriott Copley Place on June 4, 2015.

"It is an incredible honor to receive such a prestigious award and I share this win with my entire team," says Gil Zimmermann, co-founder and CEO of CloudLock. "When we launched CloudLock, our goal was to transform the industry, making security the reason why businesses adopted the cloud, not why they were afraid to make the change. We've accomplished so much as a company and an industry and look forward to keeping the momentum going."

CloudLock is a cloud security company focused on providing enterprise class security solutions for data in the cloud. The CloudLock Security Fabric is a unified cloud security platform that provides centralized visibility for organizations looking to secure multiple SaaS apps such as Office 365, Salesforce, Google Apps, Dropbox, Box, ServiceNow or any other app. Since its launch in 2011, CloudLock has grown to more than 600 paying customers, protecting millions of end-users in those enterprises.

Now in its 29th year, the program has honored the inspirational leadership of such entrepreneurs as Howard Schultz of Starbucks Coffee Company, Pierre Omidyar of eBay, Inc., and Mindy Grossman of HSN. Recent US national winners include Reid Hoffman and Jeff Weiner of LinkedIn; Hamdi Ulukaya, founder of Chobani; and 2014 winner Dr. David Hung, President and CEO and Chairman of Medivation.

As a New England award winner, Zimmermann is now eligible for consideration for the Entrepreneur Of The Year 2015 national program. Award winners in several national categories, as well as the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Overall Award winner, will be announced at the annual awards gala in Palm Springs, California, on November 14, 2015. The awards are the culminating event of the EY Strategic Growth Forum®, the nation's most prestigious gathering of high-growth, market-leading companies.

Sponsors
Founded and produced by EY, the Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards are sponsored nationally by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and SAP America.

In New England, sponsors also include Red Thread, Goodwin Procter LLP, Nixon Peabody LLP, fama PR, RR Donnelley, True Capital, Scherzer International, The Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Accounting Management Solutions, Inc., T3 Advisors and Murray Devine & Company.

About CloudLock
CloudLock offers the cloud security fabric enabling enterprises to protect their data in the cloud, reduce risk, achieve compliance, manage threats and increase productivity by monitoring more than 750 million files for more than 6 million end users daily. CloudLock delivers the only complete, risk-appropriate and people-centric approach to cloud cybersecurity. Learn more at cloudlock.com.

About EY Entrepreneur Of The Year®
EY Entrepreneur Of The Year is the world's most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. The unique award makes a difference through the way it encourages entrepreneurial activity among those with potential and recognizes the contribution of people who inspire others with their vision, leadership and achievement. As the first and only truly global award of its kind, Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates those who are building and leading successful, growing and dynamic businesses, recognizing them through regional, national and global awards programs in more than 145 cities in more than 60 countries.

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