The Info Security Products Guide announced their finalists for their 2011 Global Product Excellence Awards on Monday, December 13. Also, SC Magazine has published a "Best of 2010" compilation. SC Magazine Technology Editor Peter Stephenson and his SC Lab team selected these from the products that were in group tests run during 2010.
Info Security Global Product Excellence Awards
There are approximately 30 categories for Info Security 2011 Global Product Excellence Awards. Some of the product categories were modified this year. Last year there were categories for “Security Solution for Consumers” and “Security Solution for Enterprise (Small) and SOHO”. AVG Technologies won both of these for 2010 with their AVG Internet Security version 9.0 offerings (introduced in fall 2009).
These two categories have been merged into "Security Solution for Small Businesses, SOHO, and Consumers” for recognition. The finalists in this new category are DigitalPersona, Inc. for DigitalPersona Pro; Faronics for Deep Freeze, GFI Software for GFI VIPRE® Enterprise, and Faronics for Faronics Anti-Executable.
WatchGuard Technologies, who partners with AVG Technologies to provide gateway anti-virus protection, is a finalist in the Integrated Security category.
Companies that are finalists in multiple categories for 2011 include Novell, Sonicwall, McAfee, Digitalpersona, Actividentity, and Faronics.
Below is a listing for the categories for 2011 Global Product Excellence Awards.
Global Product Excellence Awards Categories
• Access
• Anti-Malware, Anti-Spam or Anti-Virus
• Application Security Auditing
• Authentication Solution (Multi, Single or Two-Factor)
• Best Security Hardware Product (New or Updated version)
• Best Security Software Product (New or Updated version)
• Best Security Service (New or Updated version)
• Compliance
• Content Security
• Data Leakage-Protection/ Extrusion Prevention
• Disaster Recovery
• Encryption
• Endpoint Security
• Identity Management
• Integrated Security/ Unified Threat Management (UTM)
• Intrusion Detection/Prevention
• IPSec/SSL/VPN
• Network Management
• Network Security
• Managed Security Service
• Policy Management
• Risk Management
• SaaS/Cloud
• Secured Archiving or Storage
• Security Information/ Event Management
• Security Software Development
• Security Solution for Enterprise (Large)
• Security Solution for Enterprise (Medium)
• Security Solution for Small Businesses, SOHO, Consumers
• Social Media or Web/URL Filtering
• Vulnerability Assessment/Remediation/Management
• Web Application Security
• Wireless/Mobile Security
The list, including all finalists, is at:
http://www.infosecurityproductsguide.com/excellence/finalists.html
www.infosecurityproductsguide.com
Info Security Global Product Excellence winners will be announced February 16, 2011 at an awards dinner banquet in San Francisco, California.
SC Magazine Best of 2010
SC Magazine Best of 2010 is a compilation of the products and services selected by Technology Editor Peter Stephenson and his SC Lab team in 2010 as Best Buy, Recommended and SC Lab Approved. The group tests were performed throughout 2010.
In the category of Anti-malware Management - F-Secure Client Security 9.0 received the Best Buy designation. AVG Technologies Internet Security Business Edition version 9.0 received Recommended. The original article appeared in the April 2010 issue of SC Magazine. 6 products were in the group test.
In the category of Endpoint UTM - Trend Micro Enterprise Security for Endpoints v10 received the Best Buy Designation. Sophos Endpoint Security and Data Protection v9 received the Recommended Designation. The original article appeared in the July 2010 issue of SC Magazine. 6 products were in the group test.
SC Magazine Best of 2010 Categories
• SSL VPN
• IP Security (IPsec) VPN
• Encryption at rest
• Encryption in motion
• Access management: NAC
• Access management: Identity management
• SIEM
• Forensics
• Gateway UTM
• Endpoint UTM
• Policy management
• Risk management
• Network data leakage prevention
• Endpoint data leakage prevention
• Anti-malware gateways
• Anti-malware management
• Security Innovators Throwdown
• Email security
• Vulnerability assessment
• Patch management
• Biometrics
• Multifactor authentication
http://www.scmagazineus.com/web-exclusive-best-products-of-2010/article/191634/
www.scmagazine.com
Both of these organization provide independent recognition of security products. Descriptions of how the products are evaluated are on each organization's respective web sites. These awards also provide marketing opportunities for the respective companies, products and version recognized, for the year in which they receive the award (web site, logos, packaging, campaigns, etc).
CRN Most Innovative Products of 2010
CRN published it’s most innovative products of 2010 compilation. Sophos Endpoint Security and Data Protection v 9.5 was cited in the Security category (pgno=13) http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/channel-programs/228800145/the-most-innovative-products-of-2010.htm?pgno=1
SC Magazine Readers Trust Awards 2011 (US)
For SC Magazine's Readers Trust Awards being announced on February 15 in San Francisco, CA, McAfee is a finalist in twelve areas. They are also a a finalist for three “Excellence Awards".
Sophos was named a finalist across nine SC Magazine's 2011 Reader Trust Choice categories.
For a complete list of finalists, go to the link below.
http://www.scmagazineus.com/2011-sc-awards-us-finalists/section/1908/
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