BATON ROUGE, La., Jan. 21, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TraceSecurity, a leader in cloud-based cybersecurity solutions, today announced that SC Magazine, a leading provider of business and technical information for IT security professionals, has named the company an award finalist in two distinct categories for its 2016 SC Awards. The SC Awards, now in its 19th year, are recognized throughout the security industry as the gold standard of excellence in cybersecurity. Through these awards, SC Magazine recognizes information security vendors, service providers and professionals delivering advanced, ground-breaking products and solutions in all areas of cybersecurity.
TraceSecurity's cloud-based information security and compliance solution, TraceCSO, has been named a finalist in the following categories:
- Excellence Award: Best SME Security Solution
- Trust Award: Best Risk/Policy Management Solution
TraceCSO balances the technical complexity of information security and compliance management with end-user ease of use. Delivering all eight of the major IT security activities needed to defend against today's cyber-attacks, TraceCSO builds-in information security expertise, best practice workflow, end-to-end integration and a global database of compliance requirements. This unique combination is what allows organizations to implement and manage their on-going information security program without requiring additional IT resources or in-house security expertise.
"We are extremely honored to have been named a finalist in two categories of SC Magazine's award program," said Peter Stewart, TraceSecurity president and CEO. "This recognition validates our continued focus on delivering a solution that helps organizations with limited IT and security budgets reduce the risk of cyber breaches and demonstrate compliance."
Judges from a wide spectrum of industry voices participate in the annual SC Awards. Winners will be announced in San Francisco on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 during the awards dinner and presentation.
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, special Spotlight editions and daily website, the brand's portfolio includes SC Marketscope and SC Magazine Newswire, and face-to-face events, including the SC Congress series (New York, Chicago, Boston, Toronto, London, Amsterdam) and the SC Awards.
About TraceSecurity
TraceSecurity is a leader in cloud-based cybersecurity solutions that help organizations of all sizes reduce the risk of cyber breaches and demonstrate compliance. TraceSecurity's award-winning TraceCSO is a revolutionary solution that dramatically streamlines the management of IT governance, risk and compliance (GRC) programs. It accomplishes this by tightly integrating and automating all eight critical IT GRC components: Risk Management, Compliance Management, Audit Management, Vendor Management, Incident Response Management, Vulnerability Management, Policy Management and Training Management. Most important, it provides built-in security and compliance expertise that most organizations lack. Because of its unique architecture and cloud delivery, TraceCSO deploys rapidly and reduces the cost of GRC management by as much as 80%.
With market experience that spans over 2,000 customers, TraceSecurity offers the insight, products, professional services and partners to support the security and risk management efforts of organizations of all sizes across all industries. TraceSecurity certified partners leverage TraceCSO as a discovery tool to identify additional security solutions and services to offer their customers. Founded in 2004, the company has executive offices in Silicon Valley and offices in Baton Rouge, La. For more information, call (225) 612-2121 or visit www.tracesecurity.com.
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