CARLSBAD, California – October 9, 2014 – Proficio, a leading provider of next-generation managed security services, today announced its participation in the 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West season. T Squared Motorsports Marketing LLC (T2M2) and Steve Portenga Racing (SPR) will field the No. 21 Proficio Chevrolet entry for the 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West season with driver Alex Schutte competing for Sunoco Rookie-of-the-Year honors. “We are excited that Proficio can participate in such a high profile sporting competition as NASCAR K&N ProSeries , said Tim McElwee, Chairman of Proficio, Inc. “Seldom a day goes by without a headline reporting a data breach or cyber security incident. Our mission is to help businesses, hospitals, and government protect their data using the most advanced security technology and 24×7 security monitoring and alerting. This is a great opportunity for Proficio to get nationwide visibility, and in so doing enable us to help more business improve their IT security.” Schutte and the No. 21 Proficio team will get a head start on next season by making their series debut this Oct. 11 at All American Speedway in Roseville, Calif. Veteran crew chief Dusty O’Connell, who called the shots and won three races with driver Steve Portenga during the 2005-06 K&N Pro Series West seasons, will perform the same duties for this one race with Schutte. “The opportunity to drive the No. 21 Proficio Chevrolet for T Squared Motorsports Marketing/Steve Portenga Racing is something I’ve worked hard to prepare myself for since I was racing go-karts,” said Schutte. “The NASCAR K&N Pro Series West is the next major step in my career and I feel very fortunate to be working with Steve Portenga, with his vast NASCAR racing knowledge and talent, teamed up with the business acumen Tim Adolphson and Tim McElwee bring to the table through T Squared Motorsports Marketing. It’s also very important that I thank my family for all they’ve done to get me to this level. I’m really looking forward to everything this weekend at All American Speedway.” For more information on Proficio and to get a free pilot of ProSOC, email us at freepilot@proficio.com. About Proficio Proficio is a leading provider of next-generation managed security services. We are changing the way organizations meet their IT security and compliance goals by providing the most advanced cloud-based solutions to monitor and scan critical assets without the need for added headcount or costly software or hardware systems. Proficio’s ProSOC is a Next-Generation Security Operations Center (SOC) subscription service that logs, monitors and analyzes organizations’ security events. Staffed 24×7 by security experts and using industry leading SIEM technology, ProSOC helps organizations address critical security and compliance needs, minimize business risk, and reduce costs. Proficio’s ProSCAN is a cloud-based service including vulnerability management, automated asset discovery, web application scanning, malware detection, and compliance controls. Our customers value our insight, experience and unrelenting passion for defending their networks and applications from cyber attacks. For more information see:https://proficio.com.
