CyberReef Named Louisiana Growth Leader

CyberReef has been named a 2021 Louisiana Growth Leader by Louisiana Economic Development. Economic development professionals from across the state select growth leaders. A panel evaluates applications on growth, strategy, innovation, leadership, culture, philanthropy, and intangibles.

In the last year, CyberReef has experienced rapid growth. The company is working with more than 500 school districts to provide website filtering for online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. CyberReef won four state-level contracts, including in Louisiana, to protect K-12 students while they use the internet. CyberReef is able to compete and excel in the cybersecurity market because its services are cloud-based. Thus, the company is both effective and efficient in delivering cyber protection for mobile users.

Louisiana Growth Leader Facts:

• In 2019, CyberReef was awarded two patents for services provided to customers
• Currently partnered with Verizon Wireless, AT&T Wireless, UScellular, and T-Mobile
• Added over 300,000 devices in three months (and counting!) through its MobileWall technology
• CyberReef donates to various local colleges and provides free services to schools during the COVID-19 pandemic

 

“We moved our business from Alabama to Louisiana in 2015. One of the first groups that we connected with was LED. LED has been by our side through three rounds Economic Gardening, providing angel tax credits to our investors and leadership development through the CEO Roundtable and American Academy of Entrepreneurs.  CyberReef has been blessed to have the support of LED as well as angel investors throughout the great State of Louisiana. We would not have reached this level of business success without them!”

– Hilton Nicholson, CEO

 

Founded in 2012, CyberReef provides mobile cybersecurity for businesses, governments, and educational institutes. The company is known for the first patented cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) mobile data bandwidth management and private networking solution. CyberReef’s MobileWall provides various services, including Secure Access for mobile data control, Secure IoT for end-to-end secure networking, UptimePlus for unlimited wireless failover for business, and MobileWall for Education. Easily implemented, these services have protected customers from cyberattacks while saving an average of 50-70% in data usage, resulting in millions of dollars of savings.

Learn more about CyberReef’s patented MobileWall cloud services.