BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVBG), the global leader in critical event management (), today announced a new milestone in its support of business, healthcare and government organizations during an unprecedented year of natural, manmade and digital crises, including . In 2020, Everbridge customers used its software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform to send more than 5 billion communications, a 30% increase compared to 3.5 billion communications in 2019.

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Everbridge Critical Event Management Platform Surpasses 5 Billion Communications in 2020 (Graphic: Business Wire)

“Throughout 2020, Everbridge helped thousands of global C-level and government leaders respond to and mitigate record storms, cyberattacks, supply chain, and business disruptions, and more, all during the ‘black swan’ event of our lifetime – a coronavirus pandemic,” said Scott Burnett, Senior Vice President of Operations at Everbridge. “The events of this past year show, more than ever, that organizations benefit from a holistic, automated way to respond to crises of all kinds, so they can maintain revenue-generating activities, while safeguarding employees and business assets. Everbridge continues to lead by example, innovating to make our platform an increasingly powerful resource for our customers.”

Over 5,400 global customers rely on Everbridge to keep their people safe and organizations running in anticipation of, or amid, critical events. CEM helps organizations, such as , , and identify and assess the severity of events; determine their relevance to an organization’s people, assets, and supply chains; automate action to mitigate threats and track progress; and analyze performance to improve future response. Everbridge’s solution leverages tens of thousands of continually updated risk data elements -- all curated through a “single pane of glass” visualization, combined with machine learning and automation. With industry-leading redundancy, scalability and uptime, the Everbridge platform reaches over 650 million people in more than 200 countries and territories.

In 2020, Everbridge received , the privacy extension to ISO 27001, and successfully renewed its Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Agency Authorization, representing the federal government’s most rigorous security and risk management review process for cloud products and services. SSAE 18/ISAE-3402 Service Organization Controls (SOC) 2 and 3 Reports, German Government Cloud Computing Compliance Controls Catalog (C5) Report and International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 27001 Information Security Management System certifications.

2020 also marked new awards and recognition for the company’s life-saving technology and initiatives. Everbridge, and its market-leading CEM Platform, remain widely recognized for its support during the coronavirus pandemic. According to data compiled by global investment firm Battery Ventures and employee feedback shared on , Everbridge became . In addition, Everbridge ranked top 50 in the largest company category by Comparably for , measuring employee sentiment across over 60,000 U.S. companies. Everbridge also recently received two Tech Top 50 awards from the during . Everbridge received the special honor of being distinguished in two categories for the year: and .

Additional recognition for Everbridge includes the from , a in the category of “Female Executive of the Year – Business Services,” , expansion of its existing portfolio of over 160 patents with a , ® by the Global Authority on Workplace Culture, “Overall Best in Category” in the Emergency Mass Notification Software category for the , , one of , by the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council, as well as the Department of Defense’s prestigious for promoting supportive work environments for members of the U.S. National Guard and Reserve.

About Everbridge

(NASDAQ: EVBG) is a global software company that provides enterprise software applications that automate and accelerate organizations’ operational response to critical events in order to Keep People Safe and Businesses Running™. During public safety threats such as active shooter situations, terrorist attacks or severe weather conditions, as well as critical business events including IT outages, cyber-attacks or other incidents such as product recalls or supply-chain interruptions, over 5,400 global customers rely on the Company’s Critical Event Management Platform to quickly and reliably aggregate and assess threat data, locate people at risk and responders able to assist, automate the execution of pre-defined communications processes through the secure delivery to over 100 different communication devices, and track progress on executing response plans. Everbridge serves 8 of the 10 largest U.S. cities, 9 of the 10 largest U.S.-based investment banks, 47 of the 50 busiest North American airports, 9 of the 10 largest global consulting firms, 8 of the 10 largest global automakers, 9 of the 10 largest U.S.-based health care providers, and 7 of the 10 largest technology companies in the world. Everbridge is based in Boston with additional offices in 20 cities around the globe. For more information visit

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