A brief history of Swivel

• 2000 – Company formed
• 2001 – Initial funding from the MARR Group
• 2003 – First commercial version of PINsafe launched (Version 2)
• 2003 – Signed first UK distribution agreement
• 2003 – Marr Group take 100% ownership Swivel Secure
• 2004 – First 1,000+ user customer
• 2004 – First UK reseller partner (Eurodata, who are now a Premier Partner)
• 2004 – First North American customer
• 2005 – PINsafe re-architected and released as Version 3.0
• 2005 – Listed in Gartner Cool Vendor report
• 2005 – First Australian Customer
• 2006 – Info Security HOT Companies award
• 2007 – High Availability Appliance solution released
• 2007 – First 10,000+ user customer
• 2008 – First 50,000+ user customer
• 2009 – 3.6 Released with multiple security strings per SMS
• 2010 – First CCTM accreditation
• 2011 – Cohort Technology announced as New UK Distributor
• 2011 – Turkish distributor signed; Swivel’s 34th country with active distribution
• 2012 – Swivel Secure awarded 4.75/5 in SC (US) multi-factor product Group Test
• 2012 – New brand launched (“The power of knowing”)
• 2012 – Swivel Version 3.9, telephone-based authentication added
• 2012 – First entry in Gartner Magic Quadrant
• 2012 – Awarded Best Remote Access Solution in SC Awards
• 2012 – Launches in North America
• 2012 – Becomes a Palo Alto Networks technology provider
• 2012 – Launches university licensing scheme in UK and USA
• 2012 – Awarded 4.5 out of 5 stars by SC (US)
• 2013 –  Launches Swivel Subscription licensing
• 2013 – Awarded Gold  winner in Innovation in Cloud Security and Bronze winner in Authentication Solution (Multi, Single or Two-Factor) in the 2013 Infosecurity Products Guide Global Excellence Awards
• 2013 – Shortlisted for ‘Best Secure Virtualisation Solution’ category for SC Magazine Awards Europe