STAMFORD, CT --(Marketwired - January 15, 2016) - Protegrity , the leading provider of data-centric enterprise data security solutions, announced that it has been named as a finalist in the Best Customer Service and Best Database Security Solution categories of the 2016 SC Awards.
Now in its 19 th year, the SC Awards are recognized throughout the security industry as the gold standard of excellence in cybersecurity. Finalists and winners are determined by an expert panel of judges, handpicked by SC Magazine 's editorial team, for their breadth of knowledge and experience in the information security industry. Winners will be announced at the 2016 SC Awards ceremony on March 1 in San Francisco.
"It's been said that cybercriminals are often the earliest adopters of new technologies, creating a unique challenge for organizations trying to protect private and public sector companies from attacks," said Illena Armstrong, VP, editorial, SC Magazine . "As a finalist, we recognize Protegrity as one of an elite group of companies able to successfully meet this constantly evolving challenge head-on."
"We are proud to be recognized as a finalist in the 2016 SC Awards," said Suni Munshani, CEO of Protegrity. "Thanks to our world class customer service team and patented technology, we help companies protect sensitive data and maintain the freedom to use it to transform and innovate as market leaders."
For many organizations that seek out help from information security vendors, the aid they receive from customer service representatives is crucial to the deployment, ongoing maintenance and successful running of the technologies they've bought and to which they have entrusted their businesses and sensitive data. Protegrity, named as a finalist in the Best Customer Service category, offers a full set of Customer Support capabilities and services.
Organizations face an extraordinary challenge protecting sensitive data according to compliance mandates while also retaining accessibility and high performance. The Protegrity Database Protector , named as a finalist in the Best Database Security Solution category, is a comprehensive security solution for most major databases utilized in the market today, including Oracle, Teradata, DB2, SQL Server and more. It enables column/field level data encryption, tokenization, or masking in databases, storage and backup systems. The Database Protector delivers high transparency to applications that use the protected database(s), requiring very few or no modifications. It also employs strong, policy-based access and usage controls, along with monitoring and auditing tools.
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 Protegrity: Proven Experts in Data Security
Protegrity is the only enterprise data security software platform that leverages scalable, data-centric encryption, tokenization and masking to help businesses secure sensitive information while maintaining data usability. Built for complex, heterogeneous business environments, the Protegrity Data Security Platform provides unprecedented levels of data security certified across applications, data warehouses, mainframes, big data, and cloud environments. Companies trust Protegrity to help them manage risk, achieve compliance, enable business analytics, and confidently adopt new platforms. For additional information visit www.protegrity.com .
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