Athena tops the list of most secure Investment Management Software providers, 3rd year in a row

In 2021 alone, there have been nine known major data breaches, comprising of over 230 million records containing personally identifiable information (PII). These are in addition to the high-profile incursions into Sonic Wall and Solar Winds. “Attacks are becoming more frequent and more sophisticated. If you do not have world-class cybersecurity protocols, it is not a matter of IF your operations will be compromised by a hacker, but WHEN” states Luis Otero, Chief Technology Officer at Athena Systems. After learning of these scandals and receiving concerns from our customers, we decided to submit our systems to UpGuard. Following this decision, our competitors quickly became aware of the IT danger and underwent the same ranking. We are therefore pleased to say that we have also raised awareness of security in our industry.

Improving customer safety since our inception

Long before the scandals, our team of professionals, led by Mr. Otero, had already managed to improve performance to have cybersecurity fully under control. As a result, the company has obtained a brilliant score in the cybersecurity evaluation developed by UpGuard. 911 of 950. As a SaaS firm, we have always focused on cybersecurity, but in recent months, our team has doubled its efforts and further improved our cybersecurity to ensure the complete protection of our client’s data. Due to the fear and concern caused by recent breaches, we needed to independently evaluate our cybersecurity, demonstrating that we maintain our technical dominance over our competitors and that our commitment to the cybersecurity of our clients’ data.

According to UpGuard, “The security rating calculation for a domain or IP address is based on hundreds of individual checks that can be grouped into the following eight categories”:

• Email security
• Website security
• Phishing and malware risk
• Open port exposure
• Domain hijacking risks
• Intelligent security questionnaire results
• Credential management
• Reputational risk