Shavlik Technologies, the market leader in delivering software solutions that simplify, automate and accelerate security and compliance readiness, today announced that two of its software products have been named finalists in the 2009 SC Awards program for outstanding achievement in information technology (IT) security.
Shavlik NetChk Compliance was named in the Best Policy Management Solution category, and the Shavlik Security Suite was named in the Best Vulnerability Management Solution category of the Reader Trust Award competition, which honors best-in-class security products and services.
Shavlik NetChk Compliance and the Shavlik Security Suite were selected from more than 600 entries submitted in more than 30 technology categories. Winners will be chosen by a panel of readers that represent the circulation of SC Magazine. The Reader Trust Voting Panel is comprised of a cross-section of SC Magazine readership that is comprised of large, medium and small enterprises from all major vertical markets.
“Shavlik Technologies joins an elite group of companies recognized for helping businesses large and small protect themselves from the legion of security threats that loom every day. Finalists can be very proud of their recognition,” said SC Magazine Editor-in-Chief Illena Armstrong.
The annual SC Awards have recognized security’s key contributors and outstanding products for more than a decade. As the industry’s preeminent awards program, individuals, brands and products shortlisted address not only the challenges prominent today, but also the emerging threat landscape of tomorrow.
Winners of this year’s SC Awards will be announced at a gala dinner and award ceremony to be held in San Francisco on April 21, 2009.
The Shavlik Security Suite simplifies the basics of vulnerability management through increased automation and improved visibility into an organization’s latest real-time security status. By better executing on the critical functions of patch management, application control, and security configuration management, the Shavlik Security Suite drives a higher state of security and compliance readiness. The Shavlik Security Suite can be deployed very quickly, is extremely easy to manage, and provides continuous identification and remediation of system security gaps, delivering on-going security management that evolves and grows as customers’ needs grow.
Shavlik NetChk Compliance provides Shavlik customers the confidence of knowing systems on the network comply with corporate security policies. No more sweating an internal or external audit, concerned about gaps between “official” corporate policy and the reality on the network. NetChk Compliance takes the sting out of managing security configurations by simplifying and automating the steps required to make sure proper IT controls are in place and directly mapping those controls to industry and regulatory frameworks. Shavlik NetChk Compliance simplifies and streamlines configuration management and audit readiness efforts to start showing tangible improvements and proof immediately, rather than after a months-long IT project that many of the compliance solutions available today require.