Top Information-Security Solutions Honored at SC Magazine Awards Gala

Watchfire Corp., of Waltham, Mass., took the most honors, winning three Excellence Awards, including Best Security Company. It was followed by Fortinet, Inc., of Sunnyvale, Calif., which received two Reader Trust Awards.

Dennis Brixius, vice president and chief security officer of The McGraw-Hill Companies, was honored as Chief Security Officer of the Year, for taking a forward-thinking approach to establishing a complete information- security program to protect the property rights of the company, ensure business continuity, protect the privacy of customers and help the company to effectively serve its global customers and markets.

The Editor's Choice Award was presented to the Vulnerability Analysis and Operations Group, part of the National Security Agency's Information Assurance Directorate, in recognition of its efforts to provide security-setting recommendations to both private and public entities for Microsoft's new Vista operating system and the development of security standards for vulnerability naming and identification, alongside various other initiatives proving helpful to better secure corporations and government agencies of all sizes.

"As we witness more and more incidents of data theft and exposure, it becomes obvious that our IT security practitioners and companies that support them are critical in today's business world," says SC Magazine Editor-in-Chief Illena Armstrong. "This program thanks the people who invest their unreserved passion and dedication to the information-security profession."

Winners of 20 Reader Trust Awards were based on voting by more than 9,000 SC Magazine readers. The competition's Professional and Excellence Awards were judged by a panel of 17 chief security officers at major corporations.

Event sponsors were Qualys and ESET at the platinum level and CA, The InfoSec Group, Marshal, Ltd., Mirage Networks and Rapid7 at the associate level.

A special insert to be published in the March 2007 issue of SC Magazine, highlights the award winners and finalists, sponsors and judges. In addition, that edition's cover story will offer up a more in-depth interview with the CSO of the Year. The list of winners follows.

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SC MAGAZINE AWARDS 2007
February 6, 2007, San Francisco

Reader Trust Awards
Best Anti-Malware Solution -- Webroot Software: Spy Sweeper Enterprise 3.0
Best Audit/Vulnerability Assessment -- Qualys, Inc.: QualysGuard®
Best Computer Forensics Solution -- WetStone Technologies, Inc.: Gargoyle
Investigator(TM) Enterprise Edition
Best Email Security Solution -- Sunbelt Software: Sunbelt Messaging Ninja
Best Endpoint Security Solution -- Senforce Technologies Inc.: Senforce
Endpoint Security Suite
Best Enterprise Firewall -- Secure Computing: Sidewinder G2 Security
Appliance
Best Event Management Solution -- TriGeo Network Security Inc.: TriGeo SIM
Best Identity Management Solution -- Encentuate Incorporated: Encentuate
TCI
Best Instant Messaging Security Solution -- FaceTime Communications:
FaceTime Enterprise Edition
Best Integrated Security Solution -- Fortinet: FortiWiFi-60
Best Intellectual Property Protection Solution -- Vericept Corporation:
Vericept 360 degree Risk Management Platform
Best Intrusion Detection/Prevention Solution -- Fortinet: FortiGate-300A
Best IPsec/SSL VPN -- Citrix Systems, Inc.: Citrix Access Gateway(TM)
Best Managed Security Service Solution -- SecureWorks: LURHQ Managed
Security Services
Best Mobile Device Security Solution -- Trust Digital: Trust Digital
Mobile Edge Device Security
Best Multi- and Second-factor Solution -- KoolSpan, Inc.: KoolSpan
SecurEdge
Best Policy Management Solution -- Archer Technologies: Archer
Technologies Policy Management
Best Security Software Development Solution -- Fortify Software: Fortify
Source Code Analysis (SCA) 4.0
Best Web Filtering Solution -- Websense, Inc.: Websense Web Security Suite
Best Wireless Security Solution -- SonicWALL, Inc.: SonicWALL Secure
Distributed Wireless Solution

Excellence Awards
Best Enterprise Security Solution -- CA: CA Identity and Access Management
Suite, including CA SiteMinder
Best Regulatory Compliance Solution -- Watchfire: AppScan®
Best Security Company -- Watchfire
Best SME Security Solution -- Watchfire: AppScan®

Professional Award
Best Professional Training Program -- (ISC)2 Institute
Best Security Team -- The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.
CSO of the Year -- Dennis Brixius, The McGraw-Hill Companies
Rookie Security Company of the Yea -- The 41st Parameter

Editor's Choice Award
Vulnerability Analysis and Operations (VAO) Group, National Security
Agency's (NSA's) Information Assurance Directorate (IAD)

Source: SC Magazine