Info Security Products Guide - 2008 Global Excellence Award in Endpoint Security

The Info Security Products Guide Awards recognize and honor excellence in information security. "It's time for technology companies to focus on innovation and growth...we are pleased to honor Safend Protector as winner for 2008" said Rake Narang, Editor-In-Chief of Info Security Products Guide. Safend Protector won the award based on votes from customers, channel partners, and Info Security Products Guide readers. For more information go to, Infosecurity Products Guide.

Red Herring / IVA Most Promising Start-up

Red Herring, a global media company uniting the world’s best high technology innovators, venture investors and business decision makers and the Israeli Venture Association (IVA) selected Safend as the most promising Software and Internet start-up in Israel for 2007. The award was bestowed based on the organization’s vision, technological achievements and market leadership.

Computer Reseller News (CRN) Gives Four Stars to Safend Protector
CRN awarded Safend Protector with four stars for channel and technological capabilities: "Safend Protector combines full-featured and end-point control with intuitive policy definitions". CRN Test Center engineers were unable to compromise the product's ability to protect end points and favorably noted Safend Protector's encryption, WiFi controls, policy definitions and logging capabilities. For more information, go to CRN article.

Info Security Products Guide - Hot Companies 2007 Award
The Info Security Products Guide Awards recognize and honor excellence in information security. “Security is one of the top issues for almost every organization and has become important for individuals as well, with identity theft on the rise,” said Rake Narang, Managing Editor of Info Security Products Guide. “We evaluate security vendors based on the four pillars of strength – products, people, performance and potential. Safend ranks highly among those best positioned to keep digital resources secure in 2007. For a complete list of this year's winner, go to Info Security Products Guide.

SC Magazine Awards - Finalist
SC magazine Awards have been developed not only to reflect professional achievement and the important role that information security professionals play in helping to shape our industry, but also technical excellence around the world. Safend Protector has been named a finalist in the Reader Trust Award “Best Endpoint Security Solution” category in SC Magazine's Award Program. For a complete list of this year's finalists, go to SC Magazine Awards.

Info Security Products Guide 2006 - Tomorrow’s Technology Today Award
Safend's Digital Membrane™ technology wins the endpoint security category.
“Safend’s award-winning technology provides highly granular, virtually tamper-proof control over device connections,” said Rick Justice, chief technology editor, Info Security Products Guide. “Safend’s innovative approach to endpoint security is leading the industry in providing solutions to a growing problem.”
For more information on Safend's patented  technology, go to infosecurity product guide.

Info Security Products Guide - 2006 Best Deployment Scenario - Endpoint Security
 “Our readers look to us to help them make informed decisions regarding which information security solutions will best meet their needs,” said Rick Justice, chief technology editor, Info Security Products Guide.  “We take this responsibility seriously and carefully consider the solutions we include in our Products Guide. Safend Protector’s tamper-proof features and iron clad policy controls make it a clear leader in the endpoint security space.”
For more information, go to Infosecurity Products Guide

PC Magazine Gives the Safend Protector 4 Stars
PC Magazine awarded the Safend Protector 4 Stars out of 5, on its ability to "deny unauthorized access via USB, fireWire, PCMCIA, Bluetooth or IrDa" and its central management capabilities". PC Magazine stated that  "admins can monitor port and device usage on endpoint systems, defining policies controlling these connections."
For complete article go to PC Magazine website.

SC Magazine Awards - Winner

SC magazine Awards have been developed not only to reflect professional achievement and the important role that information security professionals play in helping to shape our industry, but also technical excellence around the world. Safend is the winner of the Best Policy Management category. For a complete list of this year's winners, go to SC Magazine Awards.

Information Security Product Review
"Protector provides strong data protection for any size organization, with robust central management and the flexibility to enforce your corporate policies for removable storage devices."
For complete review, go to searchsecurity.com article.

Yankee Group DecisionNote Product Analysis
USB Port Control Can Reduce Backdoor Corporate Data Theft “...Savvy employees can often get around USB port restrictions by evading group policies or tampering with port control software. Anti-tampering features, such as those offered by Safend…are a must have feature... “ The complete article is available on the Yankee Group website.

IT Week's Top 100 Vendors for 2006
IT Week Magazine has selected Safend as one of the top 100 vendors offering superior and innovative products in the field of information technology. “Safend’s innovative technologies and comprehensive security solutions made the company a perfect candidate for the Top 100,” said Ken Durham, editor of IT Week Magazine.  “The selection process was not easy; we combined our industry research with reader suggestions and comments. In the final analysis, the companies who made the Top 100 list exhibited leadership and unique talents that surpassed those of their competitors.  They are truly the best of the best.” For the complete list of winners, go to ITWeek's Top 100 Vendors.

CompTIA Best Product Award
Safend's endpoint security solutions were named "Best Product" at The CompTIA Solution Provider Conference. Safend was honored with the award for its innovative software, based on the nomination and votes of resellers attending the conference.

Red Herring 100 Europe

Every year Red Herring uses its unique expertise and an extensive nomination process to select the most promising of emerging growth champions in Europe and the Middle East with the most distinguishing virtues - innovative technologies, smart business models, and an absolute determination to win: the Red Herring

TechTarget's 2005 Products of the Year

Safend received the Bronze Award for SearchWindowsSecurity.com’s “Testing and Auditing” category of TechTarget’s annual Products of the Year Awards for the Safend Protector.  According to TechTarget editors, the winning entries are “products enterprise IT professionals should consider adding to their ‘A’ lists of products to evaluate.”  The winning entries were assessed using the following criteria: innovation, performance, ease of integration into existing environments, ease-of-use, and manageability, functionality, and value. For more information, go to SearchWindowsSecurity.com article.

"We have 6000 end-user computers, spread across our Corporate Center and 14 Hospital facilities - that's a lot of ports to secure. With HIPAA compliance necessitating data accountability, Safend's ease-of-use, audit capabilities, and integration with Active Directory simplifies requirements. It works 'as advertised'.
- Lenny Goodman, IT Director for Desktop Management, Baptist Memorial Health Care

“While maintaining the privacy of our customers has always been a high priority for us, HIPAA has been a major driver of our current security policies. Simply telling more than 500 people not to use their USB ports was just not a realistic solution. I’m not aware of any other software that performs like Safend Protector. We ran the free USB Auditor tool, which is fantastic, and demoed USB Port Protector. Then we were told, ‘there’s more’ and we got a chance to use the newest solution, Safend Protector. I didn’t have to shop around. Safend Protector gives us what we need to maintain the privacy and integrity of our client information.”
- Bill Liston. IT Solutions Technician, ConnectiCare

“Most of the current endpoint security products don’t include the strong focus on device control that Safend Protector provides. Combining this protection with Safend Auditor allows us to see specifically the threats we’re facing. By presenting the two products, M Factory, in partnership with Safend, was able to provide us with a unique and comprehensive solution to a growing problem.”
- Kazunari Kurasaki, Group Head of Information Technology Division for Winterthur Swiss Life Insurance (Previously Credit Suisse Life Insurance)

“The theft of intellectual property is a major concern in most corporate environments, including ours, however, even more troubling for us is the risk of someone walking in here, plugging in a USB device, and uploading malware. Safend Protector will help us reduce that risk.”
- Allan Pomerantz, CSO, Philadelphia Stock Exchange

“Safend’s products are well thought out and actually accomplish more than we expected. The product is robust, helping us in our proactive quest to identify potential problems.”
- Gene Peters, Director of Information Services, Philadelphia Stock Exchange

“After running a preliminary scan of our network using Safend’s USB Auditor we decided to be proactive and eliminate what could be a potential problem. My two areas of concern are the connections of unauthorized USB devices and the use of a rogue wireless device such as a wireless router. That’s what keeps me up at night. Safend’s USB Port Protector and Auditor combo was the first I ran across that had everything we needed. We’re able to scan and approve or restrict whatever we want and we’ve never had a legitimate device disabled.”
- Bob Litterer, Information Security Manager, TKT

"We have been using the Safend Protector since its release in early 2005, and we are very pleased with the smoothness and ease of use of the system. Since installing Safend, we have been able to easily monitor and control all device activity in our organization. Creating policies has been a simple task thanks to the friendliness of the Safend Management console, and there is hardly any maintenance required. Most importantly, the deployment of the Safend Protector Endpoint Client went very smoothly - no errors, no hassles, exactly according to the user guide's instructions – saving us time and needless effort."
- Michael Apt, IT and Security Manager, SCD

“We used Safend’s USB Auditor to run a preliminary scan of our network and were surprised at the devices that were currently and recently connected. It was clear we needed a better solution than simply shutting down all USB ports, which is the only alternative other services offered. We have more than 600 PCs that need to be secured, and Safend Port Protector gives us granular control, allowing us to adjust security settings to individual users. We feel Safend’s ease-of-use and strong anti-tampering features gave us security without forcing us to sacrifice productivity.”
-Crawford Hawley-Groat, IT Manager for MMS

“As the largest resort and casino in California, we handle a high volume of private financial and personal data. Of all the solutions we researched, none offered the granularity of Safend; enabling us to define who in our organization will be connected to devices such as printers, iPods, DVD drives, etc. Other solutions only allowed us to turn everything on or off. Safend allows flexibility while providing us with device monitoring capabilities.”
- Gilbert Mendoza, Network Security Administrator for Pechanga Resort and Casino.