About Acunetix

Combating the web vulnerability threat
Securing a company's web applications is today's most overlooked aspect of securing the enterprise. Web application hacking is on the rise with as many as 75% of cyber attacks done at web application level or via the web. Most corporations have secured their data at the network level, but have overlooked the crucial step of checking whether their web applications are vulnerable to attack. Web applications, which often have a direct line into the company's most valuable data assets, are online 24/7, completely unprotected by a firewall and therefore easy prey for attackers.

Acunetix was founded with this threat in mind. We realised the only way to combat web site hacking was to develop an automated tool that could help companies scan their web applications for vulnerabilities. In July 2005, Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner was released - a tool that crawls the website for vulnerabilities to SQL injection, cross site scripting and other web attacks before hackers do.

The Acunetix development team consists of highly experienced security developers who have each spent years developing network security scanning software prior to starting development on Acunetix WVS. The management team is backed by years of experience marketing and selling security software.

Acunetix customers include: Bank of China, US Army, Hewlett Packard, Telstra, AmSouth Bank, Fujitsu, San Diego County Credit Union, US Department of Agriculture, California Department of Justice, US Air Force, Wescom Credit Union, State of Virginia Gov dep, US Geological Service.

Acunetix is a privately held company with its offices in Malta and the UK. It forms part of a group of software companies which includes 2X Software, a developer of thin client software, and 3CX, a developer of IP PBX software for Windows.

Nick Galea - CEO
Nick founded Acunetix Ltd in 2004 with over 15 years experience in building and leading enterprise product development teams, and selling network infrastructure software. He graduated with a Bachelors degree in Management in The Hague and attained his Masters in Business Administration from the University of Bradford. In 1992 he co-founded GFI Software Ltd. While CEO of GFI, the company grew to a leading player in the security market - with hundreds of thousands of customers worldwide, offices in 8 countries and more than 200 employees. Nick is also the founder of 3CX and 2X Software Ltd. Nick regularly posts his very personal views on the industry on his own blog ‘Nick on IT’ at www.nickonit.com. His LinkedIn profile is on www.linkedin.com/in/nickgalea.

Bogdan Calin - CTO
Bogdan has had years of experience in network security and web security. In 2000 he obtained a degree in Electronics and Telecommunications from the University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. He worked for three years as a programmer for Siemens Automotive from Timisoara, Romania. Later he went on to work for GFI where he was the lead developer on LANguard Network Security Scanner. In his spare time, he practices Yoga and other spiritual forms of exercise.

Sarah Tabone - Sales & Operations Manager
Sarah graduated from Underwood Business & Secretarial College in 2000. She joined the GFI sales and administration team in 2001, later becoming personal assistant to Nick Galea, CEO GFI. On formation of Acunetix in 2004, Sarah joined the Acunetix team and was instrumental in setting up the sales department.

Tibor Csonka - Software Developer
Tibor graduated in 2001 from the "University Of The West" Timisoara, in Mathematics and Informatics. In 2003 he attained a Masters degree in Informatics. After graduating he worked at Siemens in Timisoara, Romania. Tibor joined Acunetix in 2005 as part of the development team of Acunetix WVS.