As part of the IT security industry's leading global awards program, the SC Magazine Awards U.S. gala was organized to honor the professionals, companies and products that help fend off the myriad security threats confronted in today's corporate world.
Acting as a barometer of how the fastest growing IT-related industry has evolved over the years, the SC Magazine Global Awards is the only program of its kind. Now in its ninth year, the event has grown into an international undertaking that concludes with our tributes to industry players directly involved in safeguarding leading enterprises.
The efforts undertaken by our U.S. panel of judges, which saw the participation of 15 leading IT security experts, were immense. This year alone, the SC Magazine Awards U.S. program attracted more product and service nominations than ever before. Winners were chosen across nine main product and service categories comprised of 40 sub-categories as part of our Reader Trust and Excellence Awards, as well as from a list of leading IT security professionals working in the trenches daily as part of our Professional Awards.
Come April 25, during the SC Magazine Awards U.K. Gala, the Best Global Security Company and Best New Security Solution will be announced – a decision in which co-chairs from both the U.S. and U.K. will participate. Indeed, as numbers of categories and nominations in the SC Awards have increased over the years, so too has the judging process become more complex and rigorous.
To be sure, this year's various SC Awards festivities are the culmination of concerted efforts to acknowledge the commitment, time and effort required of our industry's leading information security developers and corporate professionals to keep that momentum going.
So hats off to all of our 2006 SC Magazine Award U.S. winners!
READER TRUST AWARDS
Best anti-malware solution, overall winner
Webroot Software for Spy Sweeper Enterprise 2.5
Best Anti-spyware
Webroot Software for Spy Sweeper Enterprise 2.5
Best Anti-trojan
Aladdin Knowledge Systems for Aladdin eSafe
Best Anti-virus
ALWIL Software for avast! Antivirus
Best Anti-worm
Mirage Networks for Mirage Networks NAC
Best Content Security Solution, overall winner
MailFrontier, Inc. for MailFrontier Gateway
Best Anti-spam
MailFrontier, Inc. for MailFrontier Gateway
Best Email Content Filtering
Tumbleweed Communications for MailGate Email Firewall
Best Email Security
SecurStar GmbH for SecurMailGate
Best IM security
FaceTime Communications, Inc. for FaceTime Enterprise EditionTM
Best Intellectual Property Protection
Tablus, Inc. for Content Alarm NW
Best Network Security Solution, overall winner
AirMagnet, Inc. for AirMagnet Enterprise 6.0
Best Wireless Security
AirMagnet, Inc. for AirMagnet Enterprise 6.0
Best Enterprise Firewall
Check Point Software Technologies for Check Point VPN-1/Firewall-1 NGX
Best Intrusion Detection
Lancope, Inc. for StealthWatch
Best Intrusion Prevention
SecureWorks for SecureWorks Intrusion Prevention Service
Best Desktop Firewall
SecurStar GmbH for SecurWall
Best Remote Access, overall winner
Nortel for Nortel VPN Gateway
Best VPN - SSL
Nortel for Nortel VPN Gateway
Best VPN - Ipsec
Check Point Software Technologies for Check Point Integrity SecureClient
Best Endpoint Security Solution
StillSecure for StillSecure Safe Access
Best Intellectual Property Protection, overall winner
Websense, Inc. for Websense Web Security Suite
Best Web Filtering
Websense, Inc. for Websense Web Security Suite
Best Encryption
SecurStar GmbH for DriveCrypt Plus Pack
Best Identity Management Solution, overall winner
e-DMZ Security for Password Auto Repository
Best Password Management
e-DMZ Security for Password Auto Repository
Best Authentication
Authentify, Inc. for Authentify-2F
Best Biometric Device
Authentify, Inc. for Authentify - VB
Best Single Sign-on
Encentuate for Encentuate TCI
Best Two-Factor Solution
Encentuate for Encentuate TCI
Best Unified Threat Solution, overall winner
Internet Security Systems for Internet Security Systems' Proventia Desktop
Best Integrated Security Software
Internet Security Systems for Internet Security Systems' Proventia Desktop
Best Integrated Security Appliance
Fortinet for FortiGate system
Best Managed Security Service
LURHQ for LURHQ Threat and Vulnerability Management Services
Best Email Managed Service
MX Logic, Inc for MX Logic Email Defense Service
Best Network Security Management, overall winner
ArcSight for ArcSight Enterprise Security Management (ESM) 3.0
Best Event Management
ArcSight for ArcSight Enterprise Security Management (ESM) 3.0
Best Computer Forensics
LogLogic for LogLogic's Log Management Appliances
Best Policy Management
Archer Technologies for Enterprise Security Management
Best Security Audit
Core Security Technologies for Core Impact
Best Security Management Tool
Intellitactics for Intellitactics Security Manager
Best Vulnerability Assessment and Remediation, overall winner
Shavlik Technologies, LLC for Shavlik HFNetChkPro 5.1
Best Patch Management
Shavlik Technologies, LLC for Shavlik HFNetChkPro 5.1
Best Vulnerability Assessment
Rapid7, LLC for NeXpose
EXCEDLLENCE AWARDS
The Best Enterprise Security Solution
Vontu for Vontu 5.0
The Best SME Security Solution
RSA Security, Inc. for RSA SecurID Appliance
The Best Security Solution for Healthcare
CipherTrust for IronMail Encryption
The Best Security Solution for Government
Archer Technologies for Enterprise Security Management
The Best Security Solution for Financial Services
Skybox Security, Inc for Skybox View IT Risk Management Suite
The Best Security Solution USA
Sourcefire for Sourcefire 3D System
The Best Security Company USA
Internet Security Systems for Internet Security Systems
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS
The Best Professional Training Program
The(ISC)2 Institute
The Best Security Implementation
United States Agency for International Development
The Best Security Team
Barclays Capital Information Risk Management Team
CSO of the Year
Thomas Dunbar, Global Chief Security Officer, XL Capital
Editor in Chief Award
Sans Internet Storm Center
