nCircle Sweeps 2012 Golden Bridge Awards for Innovations in Information Technology

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- nCircle, the leader in information risk and security performance management, today announced that five of its products were recognized with Golden Bridge Awards for Innovation in Information Technology. Winners were honored during the awards dinner and presentation on October 2, 2012, at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, California.

nCircle Benchmark won the 2012 Golden Bridge Award in the Governance, Risk and Compliance category for the second year in a row. nCircle Benchmark is the first free, community-driven solution that provides standardized measurement of security performance, enabling customers to clearly communicate how well their information assets are secured and to compare their performance with industry peers.

nCircle PureCloud™ won two 2012 Golden Bridge Awards in the Enterprise category: one in the mid-sized enterprise category and one in small office and home office category. nCircle PureCloud is the first network security scanning service that scans internal and external networks without requiring hardware or software to be deployed and managed. PureCloud combines powerful, enterprise class security technology – used by the largest companies and government organizations in the world – with a unique, easy to use browser-based scanning technology for both external and internal networks.

nCircle IP360™ won the 2012 Golden Bridge Award for Vulnerability Assessment and Remediation Innovation. nCircle IP360 is the world's leading vulnerability and risk management system, enabling thousands of enterprises and government agencies to cost-effectively measure and manage their security risk. IP360 uses an agentless, non-intrusive, low bandwidth technology to assess the network for over 70,000 conditions.

nCircle WebApp360™ won the 2012 Golden Bridge Award for Web Application Security Innovation. nCircle WebApp360 allows enterprises to automatically and continuously detect critical web application vulnerabilities within the context of overall IT risk, enabling security teams to focus resources on the most important risks.

The annual Golden Bridge Awards program encompasses the world’s best in organizational performance, products and services, executives and management teams, women in business, innovations, case studies, product management, public relations and marketing campaigns, and customer satisfaction programs from every major industry. Organizations of every size around the world are eligible for nomination. Judges from a broad spectrum of industries participated in selecting Golden Bridge Award winners.

“We are honored and pleased to win five Golden Bridge Awards this year,” said Elizabeth Ireland, vice president of marketing for nCircle. “These awards are a testament to nCircle’s pioneering technology and our continuing commitment to deliver solutions to the markets biggest information security challenges. It’s rewarding to have nCircle products recognized for outstanding innovation by our industry peers as well as business and industry leaders.”

About nCircle

nCircle is the leading provider of information risk and security performance management solutions to more than 6,500 businesses and government agencies worldwide. nCircle solutions enable enterprises of all sizes to (1) automate compliance and reduce risk, and (2) measure and compare the performance of their IT security program with their own goals and industry peers. nCircle solutions may be deployed on a customer’s premises, as a cloud-based service, or in combination, for maximum flexibility and value.

nCircle has won numerous awards for growth, innovation, customer satisfaction and technology leadership and has been ranked among the top 100 best places to work in the San Francisco Bay Area. nCircle is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, with regional offices throughout the United States and in London and Toronto. To learn how you can more effectively protect your company visit us at http://www.ncircle.com.

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