SC Magazine Awards 2012 Winners Announced

SC Magazine announced the US SC Magazine Awards winners on February 28 in a ceremony in San Francisco. The ceremony was held during RSA 2012 San Francisco but was not part of RSA. The winners for the Reader Trust categories are below. To view the Finalists for the Reader Trust categories and Winners in the Excellence Award and Professional Award categories, go to:

http://awards.scmagazine.com/winners/2012

Awards were given out in the following categories:

Reader Trust Categories

· Best Anti-Malware Gateway – Cisco for Cisco Web Gateway

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

· Best Cloud Computing Security - IBM for IBM Cloud Security Solutions

· Best Computer Forensics Tool – RSA for RSA Netwitness 9.6

· Best Data Leakage Prevention (DLP) – McAfee for McAfee Database Security

· Best Database Security Solution – Symantec for Symantec Data Loss Prevention

· Best Email Content Management – Proofpoint for Proofpoint Enterprise Protection/Enterprise Privacy

· Best Email Security - Sophos for Astaro Security Gateway v8.2

· Best Enterprise Firewall – Barracuda Networks for Barracuda NG Firewall

· Best Fraud Prevention – IronKey for IronKey Trusted Access

· Best Identity Management Application - CA Technologies for CA IdentityMinder

· Best Intrusion Detection/Prevention Product – Check Point Software Technologies for Check Point IPS Software Blade

· Best Managed Security Service - Dell Secure Works

· Best Mobile/Portable Device Security - Symantec for PGP Whole Disk Encryption

· Best Multifactor Product – Entrust for Entrust IdentityGuard

· Best NAC Product – ForeScout Technologies for ForeScout CounterACT

· Best Policy Management Solution - Tripwire for Tripwire Enterprise Solution 8.1

· Best Security Information/Event Management (SIEM) Appliance - HP for HP ArcSight Express

· Best UTM Security – Fortinet For FortiGate-60C

· Best Vulnerability Management Tool - Rapid7 for NeXpose Enterprise

· Best Web Application Firewall - SonicWall for SonicWall Web Application Firewall Service

· Best Web Content Management Product – Websense for Websense Web Security Gateway Anywhere

· Best Enterprise Security Solution – Websense for Websense Web Security Anywhere

· Best Regulatory Compliance Solution – Agiliance for Agiliance RiskVision with Agiliance Compliance Manager Application

Excellence Categories

· Best Enterprise Security Solution

· Rookie Security Company of the Year

· Best SME Security Solution

· Rookie Security Company of the Year

· Best Security Company

Professional Categories

· Best Security Team

· Best Professional Certification Program

· Best Professional Training Program

· CSO of the Year

· Editor’s Choice Award

· Best Security Team

What Readers Trust Awards Mean for the Recipients

• Third party validation by a leading dedicated security company

• Third party validation by peers

• Marketing/promotional rights for a year, subject to licensing

• A number of potential marketing/branding/lead generation opportunities for the recipients

Look for winners to be posted only once every four years. Well, actually not. This is a leap year. Congratulations to all winners!

SC Magazine Awards 2012 Winners To Be Announced This Evening

There will be 32 happy companies at the end of the evening tonight, February 28, in San Francisco. SC Magazine will be announcing the SC Magazine Awards 2012 winners at a ceremony just down the street from RSA 2012 San Francisco. Reps from the other companies? They’ll probably head out to one of the parties to drown their sorrows. Winners? They’ll probably head out to one of the parties to celebrate. There will be more tuxedos, ties, and evening attire in this room than at any other security event within a mile of RSA 2012 San Franciso

See the winners at:

http://kensek.blogspot.com/2012/02/sc-magazine-awards-2012-winners_29.html

Awards will be given out in the following categories:

Reader Trust Categories

· Best Anti-Malware Gateway

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

· Best Cloud Computing Security

· Best Computer Forensics Tool

· Best Data Leakage Prevention (DLP)

· Best Database Security Solution

· Best Email Content Management

· Best Email Security

· Best Enterprise Firewall

· Best Fraud Prevention

· Best Identity Management Application

· Best Intrusion Detection/Prevention Product

· Best IPsec/SSL VPN

· Best Managed Security Service

· Best Mobile/Portable Device Security

· Best Multifactor Product

· Best Policy Management Solution

· Best Security Information/Event Management (SIEM) Appliance

· Best UTM Security

· Best Vulnerability Management Tool

· Best Web Application Firewall

· Best Web Content Management Product

Excellence Categories

· Best Security Company

· Rookie Security Company of the Year

· Best Enterprise Security Solution

· Best Regulatory Compliance Solution

· Best SME Security Solution

Professional Categories

· CSO of the Year

· Best Security Team

· Best Professional Training Program

· Best Professional Certification Program

· Editor's Choice Award

Look for winners to be posted only once every four years. Well, actually not. This is a leap year.

RSA Conference 2012 San Francisco – SC Magazine Awards 2012 Coming to San Francisco

We're now less that a month until RSA Conference San Francisco, running February 27 through March 2. The theme, The Great Cipher, Mightier than the Sword". Free seminars, training, keynote speakers such as former Prime Minister of England Tony Blair, the Expo Hall Pub Crawl, the Codebreakers Ball, and tchotchkes! The event is great for training, to get an advance look at what may be coming up in the trade, and to network with all those people you used to work with at other security vendors.

http://www.rsaconference.com/events/2012/usa/mightier.htm

Visit kensek.blogspot.com during RSA Conference San Francisco for at least one “view from the floor” update.

Miscellaneous Thoughts

• When was the last time you even used a pen, with the exception of signing a bill at a restaurant? So why are you standing in line for one or collecting them?
• That t-shirt you’re debating to attend the presentation to obtain will not impress people at your health club
• The woman walking up to you in very high heels and a LBD. She only wants you for your scannable info
• Turning your badge over prior to asking questions at a booth screams, “I work for a competitor and think that this will hide my identity.”
• Go to www.SFGate.com or www.opentable.com to look for places to munch at around Moscone
• If you are working the booth and someone is chatting with you while looking side to side or down: the former, according to neurolinguistic programming, means they are an auditory, the latter, means kinesthetic. At a trade show, it means either they are looking at the people you hired to be in the booth or they are looking for the tchotchkes.
• One letter – “W”. If you have to ask why, you may want to go back to Moscone and attend another seminar or gather some more tchotchkes

Also held during RSA, but not part of it, are the SC Magazine 2012 Awards. These are February 28 Intercontinental Hotel on 888 Howard Street (just down the block from RSA Conference 2012 and the Moscone Convention Center) in San Francisco.

To view some of the finalists for the SC Magazine Awards 2012 -

http://kensek.blogspot.com/2011/11/sc-magazine-awards-2012-finalist.html or a comprehensive list at http://www.scmagazineus.com/finalists/section/2386/.

Free Pass

For information on acquiring a free pass for the exhibitors hall - http://blog.proofpoint.com/2011/11/free-rsa-security-expo-2012-passes

Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization Meeting During RSA

Coinciding with RSA, on February 23-24, the Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization (www.AMTSO.org) will be having a members meeting. According to their website, `The Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization (AMTSO) is as an international non-profit association that focuses on the addressing the global need for improvement in the objectivity, quality and relevance of anti-malware testing methodologies. AMTSO membership is open to academics, reviewers, publications, testers and vendors, subject to guidelines determined by AMTSO. The site is also a great resource for free documents on testing guidelines and best practices.

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/