Security rockstars: xorlabs wins European competition

Out of 55 European startups that applied to Security Rockstars, 6 hit the final on 24th of October 2016. xorlab won the first prize of EUR 20’000 after submitting a business plan and presenting its idea to a panel of experts  and industry representatives.



Defeat sophisticated cyber-attacks beyond conventional and easy to break solutions
Cyber-attacks can bring companies or even states to their knees. Take the attacks on the computers of the German Federal Chancellor and the US State Department last year, or the ones on the American bank HSBC early 2016, which led to the shutdown of its e-banking and mobile services. xorlab’s innovative software solution protects against so-called “client-side attacks” such as “spear phishing”, “watering hole” attacks or “drive-by” infections, which open up a pathway to an organization's IT infrastructure and are usually the first step in a targeted attack. The product, a hardware appliance, can be integrated in the customers’ network and goes beyond conventional computer security solutions. It allows the data coming from external emails (i.e. PDFs, Word or Excel documents) and websites to be scanned, in order to check whether they try to attack the computers of an organization.

xorlab won the final of Venture Kick in April 2016 with EPFL startup SThAR. For xorlab's CEO Antonio Barresi, the help of our program was substantial to achieve his goals: “The direct feedback received at the kickers camps were very instructive and the pressure, a real driver. We were forced to dare the next strategic steps and not only focus on the technology.” 

In September 2016, xorlab was elected in the TOP100 Swiss Startup ranking, at position Nr. 50. xorlab is on its way to deploy its product’s first beta version in a productive environment.