The annual SC Awards U.S. honors those companies and individuals whose products and services have most strongly contributed to the vitality of the IT security industry.The SC Awards hones in on the achievements of the men and women in the trenches, the innovations happening in the vendor and service provider communities, and the passionate work of government, commercial and nonprofits working to help the industry.Now in its 14th year, the SC Awards continues to gain momentum. This year, there were more than 450 nominations in 31 categories. And from those, finalists have been chosen for the Reader Trust, Excellence and Professional awards.Winners in the Reader Trust category are chosen by a panel of readers who represent the circulation of SC Magazine. Winners in the Excellence and Professional categories are decided by an expert panel of judges.Here, we present this year's finalists. The winners will be announced on Tuesday, Feb. 15 at the SC Awards gala.For more information on the 2011 SC Awards, including how winners are selected, please click on the Events tab on www.scmagazineus.com.
Cloudmark for Cloudmark DesktopOne
McAfee for McAfee Email Saas
Proofpoint for Proofpoint
Sophos for Sophos Email Security Appliance
Symantec for Symantec Brightmail GatewayBest Email SecurityCisco Systems for Cisco IronPort Email SecurityDataMotion for SecureMailSonicWALL for SonicWALL E-Class ESA ES8300Sophos for Sophos Email Security ApplianceSymantec for PGP Universal Gateway Email from SymantecWebroot for Webroot Email Security ServiceBest Endpoint/UTM SecurityCheck Point Software Technologies for Check Point UTM-1McAfee for McAfee Total Protection for Endpoint, Enterprise EditionSonicWALL for SonicWALL E-Class Network Security Appliance E8500Sophos for Sophos Endpoint Security and Data ProtectionSymantec for Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0Best Enterprise FirewallCisco Systems for Cisco ASA 5585-XFortinet for FortiGate-3950BMcAfee for McAfee Firewall EnterprisePalo Alto Networks for Palo Alto Networks PA-4000 Series next-generation firewallsSonicWALL for SonicWALL E-Class Network Security Appliance (NSA) E8500Best Identity Management ApplicationCA Technologies for CA Identity ManagerIBM for IBM Tivoli Identity and Access AssuranceMicrosoft for Forefront Identity Manager 2010NetIQ for NetIQ Identity & Access Management SolutionNovell for Novell Identity & Access ManagementBest Integrated Security-UTM ProductAstaro Internet Security for Astaro Security GatewayFortinet for FortiGate-1240BNETGEAR for ProSecure UTM25SonicWALL for SonicWALL NSA 2400MXSophos for Sophos Endpoint Security and Data Protection
Best IDS/IPS ProductCheck Point Software Technologies for Check Point IPS Software BladeCisco for Cisco Intrusion Prevention SystemHP TippingPoint for HP TippingPoint IPSMcAfee for Network Security PlatformSourcefire for Sourcefire IPSBest IPsec/SSL VPNCisco Systems for Cisco ASA Secure Remote Access solutionCitrix Systems for Citrix Access GatewayF5 Networks for BIG-IP Edge GatewayJuniper Networks for SA Series SSL VPN AppliancesSonicWALL for SonicWALL Secure Remote Access (SRA) EX7000Best Managed Security ServiceEntrust for Entrust Managed PKIMcAfee for SaaS Total ProtectionRSA, the security division of EMC, for RSA Adaptive AuthenticationSecureWorks for SecureWorks Managed Security ServicesSymantec for Symantec Managed Security ServicesBest Mobile/Portable Device SecurityGood Technology for Good for EnterpriseIronKey for IronKey EnterprsieMcAfee for McAfee Enterprise Mobility Management (McAfee EMM)Sophos for SafeGuard EnterpriseSymantec for Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile EditionBest Multifactor ProductEntrust for Entrust IdentityGuardIBM for IBM Tivoli Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-OnImprivata for Imprivata OneSignPhoneFactor for PhoneFactorRSA, the security division of EMC, for RSA SecurID AuthenticationVeriSign for VeriSign Identity Protection (VIP) Authentication ServiceBest Policy Management ApplicationCisco Systems for Cisco Network Admission Control ApplianceMcAfee for McAfee Policy AuditorNetIQ for NetIQ Secure Configuration ManagerSymantec for Symantec Control Compliance SuiteTripwire for Tripwire Enterprise 8.0Best SIM/SIEM ApplianceArcSight for ArcSight ESMQ1 Labs for QRadar SIEMRSA for RSA enVision PlatformSymantec for Symantec Security Information ManagerTripwire for Tripwire Log CenterBest Vulnerability Management Tool
McAfee for Risk Management Solution
nCircle Network Security for nCircle IP360/WebApp360
Qualys for QualysGuard Vulnerability Management (VM)
Rapid7 for NeXpose
Secunia for Secunia Corporate Software Inspector (CSI)
Tenable Network Security for Tenable SecurityCenter 4.0Best Web Application FirewallCitrix Systems for NetScaler Application FirewallF5 Networks for BIG-IP Applicaiton Security ManagerImperva for SecureSphere Web Application FirewallIBM for IBM Security Network IPS with Web App ProtectionSonicWALL for SonicWALL Web Application Firewall ServiceBest Web Content Management ProductBarracuda Networks for Barracuda Web FilteringMcAfee for McAfee Web GatewaySophos for Web Security ApplianceWebsense for Web Security GatewayZscaler for Web Security Service
Reader Trust Categories
Best Anti-Malware GatewayCisco for Cisco Web SecurityM86 Security for M86 Secure Web GatewayMcAfee for McAfee Web Gateway Anti-MalwareSophos for Sophos Web Security ApplianceWebsense for Websense Web Security GatewayBest Anti-Malware Management ESET for ESET NOD32 Anti-Virus 4Kaspersky Lab Americas for Kaspersky Open Space SecurityMcAfee for McAfee Endpoint Protection SuiteMicrosoft for Forefront Client SecuritySophos for Sophos Endpoint Security and Data ProtectionBest Computer Forensics ToolAccessData Group for Forensic ToolkitArcSight for ArcSight LoggerGuidance Software for EnCase ForensicNetWitness for NetWitness NextGen 9.5Quest Software for Quest ChangeAuditorBest Data Leakage PreventionCisco Systems for Cisco IronPort Email DLPMcAfee for McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP)RSA Security for RSA Data Loss Prevention (DLP) SuiteSymantec for Symantec Data Loss PreventionTrend Micro for Trend Micro Data Loss PreventionBest Email Content ManagementCloudmark for Cloudmark DesktopOne
McAfee for McAfee Email Saas
Proofpoint for Proofpoint
Sophos for Sophos Email Security Appliance
Symantec for Symantec Brightmail GatewayBest Email SecurityCisco Systems for Cisco IronPort Email SecurityDataMotion for SecureMailSonicWALL for SonicWALL E-Class ESA ES8300Sophos for Sophos Email Security ApplianceSymantec for PGP Universal Gateway Email from SymantecWebroot for Webroot Email Security ServiceBest Endpoint/UTM SecurityCheck Point Software Technologies for Check Point UTM-1McAfee for McAfee Total Protection for Endpoint, Enterprise EditionSonicWALL for SonicWALL E-Class Network Security Appliance E8500Sophos for Sophos Endpoint Security and Data ProtectionSymantec for Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0Best Enterprise FirewallCisco Systems for Cisco ASA 5585-XFortinet for FortiGate-3950BMcAfee for McAfee Firewall EnterprisePalo Alto Networks for Palo Alto Networks PA-4000 Series next-generation firewallsSonicWALL for SonicWALL E-Class Network Security Appliance (NSA) E8500Best Identity Management ApplicationCA Technologies for CA Identity ManagerIBM for IBM Tivoli Identity and Access AssuranceMicrosoft for Forefront Identity Manager 2010NetIQ for NetIQ Identity & Access Management SolutionNovell for Novell Identity & Access ManagementBest Integrated Security-UTM ProductAstaro Internet Security for Astaro Security GatewayFortinet for FortiGate-1240BNETGEAR for ProSecure UTM25SonicWALL for SonicWALL NSA 2400MXSophos for Sophos Endpoint Security and Data Protection
Best IDS/IPS ProductCheck Point Software Technologies for Check Point IPS Software BladeCisco for Cisco Intrusion Prevention SystemHP TippingPoint for HP TippingPoint IPSMcAfee for Network Security PlatformSourcefire for Sourcefire IPSBest IPsec/SSL VPNCisco Systems for Cisco ASA Secure Remote Access solutionCitrix Systems for Citrix Access GatewayF5 Networks for BIG-IP Edge GatewayJuniper Networks for SA Series SSL VPN AppliancesSonicWALL for SonicWALL Secure Remote Access (SRA) EX7000Best Managed Security ServiceEntrust for Entrust Managed PKIMcAfee for SaaS Total ProtectionRSA, the security division of EMC, for RSA Adaptive AuthenticationSecureWorks for SecureWorks Managed Security ServicesSymantec for Symantec Managed Security ServicesBest Mobile/Portable Device SecurityGood Technology for Good for EnterpriseIronKey for IronKey EnterprsieMcAfee for McAfee Enterprise Mobility Management (McAfee EMM)Sophos for SafeGuard EnterpriseSymantec for Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile EditionBest Multifactor ProductEntrust for Entrust IdentityGuardIBM for IBM Tivoli Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-OnImprivata for Imprivata OneSignPhoneFactor for PhoneFactorRSA, the security division of EMC, for RSA SecurID AuthenticationVeriSign for VeriSign Identity Protection (VIP) Authentication ServiceBest Policy Management ApplicationCisco Systems for Cisco Network Admission Control ApplianceMcAfee for McAfee Policy AuditorNetIQ for NetIQ Secure Configuration ManagerSymantec for Symantec Control Compliance SuiteTripwire for Tripwire Enterprise 8.0Best SIM/SIEM ApplianceArcSight for ArcSight ESMQ1 Labs for QRadar SIEMRSA for RSA enVision PlatformSymantec for Symantec Security Information ManagerTripwire for Tripwire Log CenterBest Vulnerability Management Tool
McAfee for Risk Management Solution
nCircle Network Security for nCircle IP360/WebApp360
Qualys for QualysGuard Vulnerability Management (VM)
Rapid7 for NeXpose
Secunia for Secunia Corporate Software Inspector (CSI)
Tenable Network Security for Tenable SecurityCenter 4.0Best Web Application FirewallCitrix Systems for NetScaler Application FirewallF5 Networks for BIG-IP Applicaiton Security ManagerImperva for SecureSphere Web Application FirewallIBM for IBM Security Network IPS with Web App ProtectionSonicWALL for SonicWALL Web Application Firewall ServiceBest Web Content Management ProductBarracuda Networks for Barracuda Web FilteringMcAfee for McAfee Web GatewaySophos for Web Security ApplianceWebsense for Web Security GatewayZscaler for Web Security Service
