SC Magazine Awards 2012 Finalist Selections

SC Magazine has begun announcing their SC Magazine Awards 2012 Finalist selections. They are stretching the announcement out over a brief period on this web site. http://www.scmagazineus.com/finalists/section/2386/

Best Anti-Malware Gateway Finalists

• Cisco for Cisco Web Security
• McAfee for McAfee Web Protection
• SonicWALL, Inc for SuperMassive E10100
• Symantec Corporation for Symantec Web Gateway 5.0
• Websense, Inc. for Websense TRITON Security Gateway Anywhere

Best Anti-Malware Management (client-based, typically software only) Finalists

• Bit9, Inc. for Bit9 Parity Suite
• ESET for ESET Smart Security
• GFI Software for GFI VIPRE Antivirus Business
• IBM for IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager
• Sophos, Inc. for Sophos Endpoint Security and Data Protection v9.7

Best Data Leakage Prevention (DLP) Finalists

• CA Technologies for CA DLP
• NextLabs for NextLabs Enterprise Data Protection
• Symantec Corporation for Symantec Data Loss Prevention
• Trustwave for Trustwave DLP
• Websense, Inc. for Websense Data Security Suite.

Best Web Content Management Product

• Barracuda Networks, Inc. for Barracuda Web Security Flex
• Cisco for Cisco Web Security
• McAfee for McAfee Web Protection
• Sophos, Inc. for Sophos Endpoint Web Protection
• Websense, Inc. for Websense Web Security Gateway Anywhere

Best Mobile/Portable Device Security

• Good Technology for Good for Enterprise
• IronKey for IronKey Enterprise Management Service
• McAfee, Inc. for McAfee Enterprise Mobility Management (McAfee EMM)
• Sophos, Inc. for Sophos Mobile Control
• Symantec Corporation for PGP Whole Disk Encryption from Symantec


There are a total of 32 awards that will be given out by SC Magazine. These include Readers Trust awards, Excellence awards, Professional award, and Editor’s Choice award. Winners will be announced at an awards dinner on February 28, 2012. This will coincide with RSA Security Conference in the US.

Readers Trust Awards winners for 2011 can be seen at http://www.scmagazineus.com/winners/section/2075/ Danica Patrick must be pleased. Go Daddy won a Best Security Team award last year.

For more information, go to http://www.scmagazineus.com/finalists/section/2386/