ANN ARBOR – Online Tech has been recognized as one of the 20 Most Promising Enterprise Security Companies in the country by CIO Review.

Winners of this award were selected by a blue ribbon judging panel that included the CIOs and CEOs of public companies, industry analysts from respected research firms, and the editorial board of CIO Review.

CIO Review noted: ?Organizations that seek to protect sensitive and mission-critical data and applications quickly realize that there is no single or simple answer to keep IT systems completely secure. Data protection and security is a complex, rapidly evolving landscape. Online Tech provides the ultimate layered security hosting solutions using what it calls a defense-in-depth approach. Comprehensive technical, physical, and administrative safeguards ensure the secure handling of its clients? most valuable assets at all of the data centers it owns.?

?This is a wonderful accolade not only because it comes from a publication like CIO Review, but also because CIOs and CEOs of end user organizations played a major role in the judging,? said Yan Ness, co-CEO of Online Tech.

?They know the challenges of making cloud computing not only secure, but also fully encrypted and compliant with regulations and standards ranging from HIPAA and SOX to PCI and Safe Harbor.?