BOSTON/SAN FRANCISCO - March 2, 2010 - IT security and data
protection firm Sophos (RSA 2010 Gold Sponsor and exhibitor - booth
# 1817) announced that its enterprise endpoint security and data
protection solutions have been named a finalist in four SC Magazine
2010 Reader Trust categories. Award-winning blogger and security
expert Graham Cluley, senior security consultant at Sophos has been
nominated as one of SC Magazine's top five Most Popular Security
Bloggers. The SC Magazine Awards ceremony will be held in the Grand
Ballroom of the Intercontinental San Francisco on March 2,
2010.
Sophos Endpoint Security and Data Protection, a cross-platform
solution, featuring anti-virus, firewall, network access control
(NAC) and encryption technologies all in one simplified console,
was named a finalist in three SC Magazine Award categories - Best
Endpoint Security Solution, Best Integrated Security Solution and
Best Enterprise Solution. Sophos SafeGuard Enterprise, the
company's multi-layered endpoint data security solution, which
combines encryption and data leakage prevention (DLP), was named as
a finalist for the Best Encryption Solution category.
Sophos was selected from more than 600 entries submitted in more
than 31 technology categories. All finalists will be reviewed and
winners will be chosen by the Reader Trust Voting Panel --
comprised of security and technology experts from large, medium and
small enterprises from all major vertical markets -- representing
the wide distribution of SC Magazine readers.
"Sophos is among today's most respected security products as
chosen by our panel," said SC Magazine Editor-in-Chief Illena
Armstrong. "Security is a key challenge for IT organizations and
businesses worldwide and our readers recognize that companies like
Sophos are helping them meet their security challenges."
As the industry's preeminent awards program, the annual SC
Magazine Awards has recognized security's key contributors and
outstanding products for more than a decade. The SC Magazine Awards
are designed to honor the professionals, companies and products
that help fend off the myriad security threats confronted in
today's corporate world. Individuals, brands and solutions
recognized in the program address not only the security challenges
prominent today, but also the emerging threat landscape of
tomorrow.
"We are thrilled that Sophos has been named as a finalist by SC
Magazine readers in several categories," said Sophos CEO Steve
Munford. "The need to protect data is, now more than ever, a
critical piece of the overall IT security strategy. As businesses
have become increasingly more mobile--laptops, handheld devices -
having a comprehensive endpoint security and data protection
solution that is simple to deploy and manage is paramount. Today's
businesses want to solve more problems with their existing
anti-virus budget and that is exactly what Sophos is delivering to
the market."
Learn more about Sophos's product portfolio -
endpoint, email, and web security and data protection.
Graham Cluley named as a finalist for 2010 Security
Blogger Awards
Cluley has also been named a finalist for the Best Corporate
Security Blog category for the 2010 Social Security Blogger Awards.
The finalists were chosen by some of the most influential trade
media - Mike Fratto, Bill Brenner, Kelly Jackson-Higgins, and Larry
Walsh. Winners will be announced at RSA 2010 at The Security
Bloggers Meet-Up - an invitation-only social event exclusively
organized for security bloggers around the globe.
Cluley was recently named a winner in three Computer Weekly
awards in London - he was crowned the winner for IT Security blog
of the year, Twitter user of the year, and Overall Best blog.
Check out Graham
Cluley's blog.
About SC Magazine
SC Magazine provides IT security professionals with in-depth and
unbiased information through timely news, comprehensive analysis,
cutting-edge features, contributions from thought-leaders and the
best, most extensive collection of product reviews in the business.
By offering a consolidated view of IT security through independent
product tests and well-researched editorial content that provides
the contextual backdrop for how these IT security tools will
address larger demands put on businesses today, SC Magazine enables
IT security pros to make the right security decisions for their
companies. Besides the monthly print magazine and daily website,
the brand's portfolio includes the SC Awards, SC Directory, SC
Magazine Newswire and the annual SC World Congress conference and
expo.
More than 100 million users in 150 countries rely on Sophos as the best protection against complex threats and data loss. Sophos is committed to providing security and data protection solutions that are simple to manage, deploy and use and that deliver the industry's lowest total cost of ownership. Sophos offers award-winning encryption, endpoint security, web, email, and network access control solutions backed by SophosLabs - a global network of threat intelligence centers. With more than two decades of experience, Sophos is regarded as a leader in security and data protection by top analyst firms and has received many industry awards.
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.