Contact Information: Press Contact: Sean Martin, CISSP smartin@skyrecon.com (949) 878-0592
SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - December 19, 2007) - SkyRecon Systems, the premier provider of
unified endpoint security solutions, has been named a finalist in the SC
Magazine Awards program for outstanding achievement in
information-technology (IT) security. Its StormShield was named in the
Reader Trust Awards for Best Mobile Device Security Solution category of
the competition.
StormShield was among more than 600 entries submitted in more than 30
technology categories. Finalists of the SC Magazine Awards program are
determined through voting conducted by the publication's readers. Readers
vote for what they view as the solution that is most effective at helping
them to address the problems for which it was designed.
"Our 2008 finalists, including SkyRecon, represent some of the industry's
leading lights, as judged by our readership," said SC Magazine
Editor-in-Chief Illena Armstrong. "Moving into 2008, our readers are
recognizing that companies such as SkyRecon are helping them meet their
security challenges."
The annual SC Magazine Awards have recognized security's key contributors
and outstanding products for more than a decade. As the industry's
preeminent award program, individuals, brands and products shortlisted
address not only the challenges prominent today, but also the emerging
threat landscape of tomorrow.
"We are honored to be recognized by the readers of SC Magazine in this
way," said SkyRecon CEO Ravy Truchot. "We see this as a real vote of
confidence that what we're doing is helping our customers maintain a secure
environment for their mission-critical data and all endpoints."
Winners of this year's awards will be announced at an exclusive awards
event to be held in San Francisco on April 8th, 2008.
SkyRecon's StormShield uses multiple protection layers to address every
aspect of endpoint and data
protection and does so through a single, lightweight agent. As the
industry's first unified endpoint protection solution to integrate
behavioral-based host intrusion prevention with device control and content
encryption, StormShield provides real-time defenses designed to protect an
organization's endpoints and the critical business data that resides on
them -- without the need for patches or signatures.
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. The brand's portfolio includes the SC Magazine Awards, SC
Directory, SC Magazine Newswire and SC Magazine IT Security Executives
Forums.
About SkyRecon Systems, Inc.
SkyRecon Systems is a premier global provider of system and data security
solutions. With its multi-layered approach, SkyRecon's StormShield Unified Endpoint Protection solution delivers the industry's first integrated
endpoint security product to provide single-agent protection for endpoint
operating systems, applications, and sensitive data. SkyRecon's patented
technologies meet the market's current and future requirements for
protecting their networked and mobile PCs, offering the only lightweight security agent to
deliver integrated device control, secure content encryption, application control, intrusion prevention, system firewall, network access control (NAC), with centralized dynamic policy management and
enforcement.
SkyRecon Systems is also a contributing member of the Microsoft SecureIT
Alliance. For more information, please visit:
http://secureitalliance.org/blogs/Skyrecon_Systems/Default.aspx.
SkyRecon Systems Inc., 2033 Gateway Place, Suite 500, San Jose, CA 95110.
Tel. (877) 239 3057. www.skyrecon.com.
