About AskFRED

Our Mission

AskFRED exists to make competitive fencing more accessible. We provide the tools that tournament organizers need to market and run events; and that fencers need to find, register for, and track their results at competitions across the world.

Our Story

FRED — short for "Fencing Results and Events Database" (thanks to Bill Nary for the name) — was founded in 2002 to solve a simple problem: fencers had no central place to find tournaments to fence in. What started as a small database has grown into the primary platform used by the North American fencing community.

Over two decades, FRED has tracked hundreds of thousands of tournament results, processed millions of registrations, and served as the connective tissue between fencers, clubs, and tournament organizers. In the 2022–2023 season, the platform was rebuilt from the ground up to ensure stability and to bring the experience up to modern standards.

What We Do

• For fencers: Find upcoming tournaments, register online, view results, and track your competitive history — all in one place.
• For tournament organizers: Create and manage events, handle registrations and payments, communicate with participants, and publish results.
• For clubs: Monitor member activity, track qualifications, and stay connected with the competitive calendar.

AskFRED is available on the web, as well as on iOS and Android.

AskFRED takes the security of your data seriously. We implement industry-standard security practices and partner with trusted infrastructure providers to protect your information.

Payment Security

AskFRED is PCI SAQ-A compliant. We never store, process, or transmit credit card data on our servers. All payment card transactions are handled entirely by our payment partners, Stripe and PayPal, both of which are PCI Level 1 Service Providers—the highest level of certification in the payment card industry.

Infrastructure Security

AskFRED is hosted on Heroku, a Salesforce company. Heroku maintains comprehensive security certifications including:

• SOC 2 Type 2 – Independent verification of security, availability, and confidentiality controls
• ISO 27001 – International standard for information security management
• ISO 27017 – Cloud-specific security controls
• ISO 27018 – Protection of personally identifiable information in public cloud environments

For more information about Heroku's security posture, visit the Heroku Compliance page.