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Lancope Named Finalist for the SC Magazine Awards 2006
StealthWatch System Nominated for Best Intrusion Detection in Reader Trust Awards
ATLANTA, DECEMBER 7, 2005 - Lancope, the leading provider of network behavior analysis and response solutions, today announced that its award-winning StealthWatch System has been named a finalist in the SC Magazine 2006 Reader Trust Technology Awards in the category of Best Intrusion Detection. Providing unmatched levels of identification, prioritization and control of network behavior, StealthWatch delivers cost-effective and accurate enterprise-wide network protection. StealthWatch was honored by more than 25,000 readers who voted for this year’s award nominees, which included more than 1,300 products and services from over 330 companies. Voters recognized StealthWatch’s ability to "match the changing nature of threats" and serve as a vital component of network monitoring. Winners will be announced at the RSA Conference on February 14, 2006 in San Jose, CA.
"We are honored that the readers of SC Magazine have chosen StealthWatch for this distinguished award," said Harland LaVigne, chairman, president and CEO of Lancope. "This recognition combined with our rapidly expanding customer base clearly illustrates the success of Lancope’s behavior-based approach to securing internal networks. We remain committed to delivering solutions that protect enterprises from internal misuse and the known and unknown threats that circumvent traditional security controls."
The StealthWatch System has proven to be a critical resource to network security professionals. Its robust network intelligence technology continuously monitors and protects the enterprise by collecting, analyzing and prioritizing network flows. StealthWatch delivers unmatched visibility into the most significant network behaviors to pinpoint zero-day attacks, internal misuse and unnecessary network exposures before they become security incidents.
Now in its ninth consecutive year, the SC Magazine Awards is the industry’s only global information security awards. The awards were developed to highlight professional achievement and technical excellence. The awards presentation is being held in conjunction with the annual RSA conference, which brings together IT security professionals from around the world.
About SC Awards 2006 With over 1,300 product and service nominations from over 330 competing companies globally, the SC Awards are the world’s leading awards program for the information security industry. The SC Awards program spans US, Asia, and UK. The SC Awards are composed of both the Reader Trust Technology Awards—voted on by SC readers in each region and the SC Awards Council, a group of carefully selected senior CSOs—and the Professional Awards that are judged by a panel of the industry’s top talents. Recognizing technical excellence and professional achievement across a variety of different categories, the SC Awards is a truly unique program developed to bring attention to the industry’s top products and highlight the professionals that have both created them and use them within their companies. These industry achievements are acknowledged during the exciting US Awards ceremony taking place this year at the Fairmont, San Jose on February 14th, 2006. For more information contact Liz Lockard at Liz.Lockard@haymarketmedia.com or visit www.scmagazine.com
About Lancope
Lancope is the leading provider of network behavior analysis and response solutions that defeat zero-day worms, internal network misuse and other anomalies that compromise network integrity. Lancope’s StealthWatch System integrates security and network management technology to reduce network risks and maximize network availability by rapidly identifying, prioritizing, mitigating and resolving critical threats, whether new or well-known. Both OPSEC and Common Criteria-certified, StealthWatch was named an InfoWorld 2005 Technology of the Year. Defending the networks of Global 2000 organizations, academic institutions and government entities, StealthWatch protects over 175 enterprise customers and 15 million hosts worldwide. Lancope’s Technology Alliance Partners include Foundry Networks, ArcSight, Micromuse, LURHQ and CheckPoint. Lancope is a privately held, venture-backed company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, call 888-419-1462 or visit www.lancope.com.
