GSN announces finalists in 2010 Awards Competition

Government Security News has announced the finalists and, in some cases, preemptive winners in 45 different categories in GSN’s 2010 Homeland Security Awards Program.

All 45 winner’s trophies will be presented at a gala dinner on the evening of November 8 in Washington, DC, where four star General Barry McCaffrey will receive the GSN 2010 Homeland Security Extraordinary Leadership and Service Award and deliver the keynote speech.

According to Adrian Courtenay, Chairman of World Business Media, LLC, the most hotly contested categories in the 2010 Awards program were, respectively, “Most Effective Federal Government Security Program, Project or Initiative”(government entries);  “Best Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM)” (vendors of IT Security solutions); and “Best Perimeter Protection Product/System” (vendors of physical security solutions).

“The initiatives described in the entries from federal, state and local government agencies were perfectly targeted in addressing our vulnerabilities,” said Courtenay, “and the entries from the vendors of IT and physical security products were dazzling in their technological brilliance, reflecting the great public-private partnership that keeps our homeland safe and secure.”

Courtenay also thanked the generous Sponsors of the 2010 Awards, who are enabling Government Security News to salute the year’s top-performing government agencies and officials and the cutting edge vendor companies in IT and Physical Security. The roster of 2010 Sponsors includes:

ArcSight, BIG Enterprises, Desktop Alert,  General Dynamics C4, Karsof Systems, Mutualink and Tipping Point Security.

Parties interested in attending the Awards Dinner and Presentations on November 8 can get further information on the Awards Ceremony page of the Government Security News Website.

The complete list of finalists and preemptive winners appears below:

VENDORS OF IT SECURITY PRODUCTS AND SOLUTIONS

Best Anti-Malware Solution

Finalists

Bit9

M86

Symantec

Best Authentication/Identity Management Solution

Finalists

Anakam

Karsof Systems

MX1 Security

Best Compliance/Vulnerability Management Solution

Finalists

Dynamics Research Corporation

Lieberman Software

Redseal

Symantec

Vanguard Integrity Professionals

Best Data Security/Loss Management Solution

Finalists

Accellion

Blue Ridge

Fidelis

Ironkey

Symantec

Best Endpoint Security Solution

Finalists

Safend

SPYRUS

Symantec

Best Forensic Software

Finalists

Guidance Software

Solera Networks

Best Intelligence Data Fusion and Collaborative Analysis Solution

Preemptive Winner:  Northrup Grumman

Best Intrusion Detection/Prevention

Preemptive Winner: Vanguard Integrity Professionals

Best Network Security/Enterprise Firewall

Finalists

Catbird Security

Xceedium

Best Real-Time Dynamic Network Analysis and Forensics

Preemptive Winner:  Narus

Best Security Incident & Event Management (SIEM)

Finalists

ArcSight

Nitro Security

Prism Microsystems

Sensage

Symantec

Best Use of Social Media

Preemptive Winner: Clear Path Technologies

PHYSICAL SECURITY PRODUCTS AND SOLUTIONS

Best Physical Security Authentication/Identification System

Preemptive Winner: IEE Sensing

Best Integrated System for HSP D-12/FIPS 201 Compliance

Finalists

BRIVO Systems

Codebench

Best Smart Cards Solution

Preemptive Winner: Gemalto

Best Biometric Access Control Solution:

Finalists

Gemalto

MorphTrak

Best Interoperable First Responder Communications

Finalists

Mutualink

Twisted

Best Mass Notification Systems

Finalists

AtHoc Unified Notification Server

Cooper Notification

Cooper Notification's SAFEPATH

Desktop Alert Total Alert Solution

Metis Secure Solutions

Best Rugged Computers

Preemptive Winner: Gamma Tech Computer

Best Physical Security Information Management System

Preemptive Winner:  VidSys, Inc.

Best Chemical/Biological Detection Product or Solution

Preemptive Winner:  Smiths Detection

Best Contraband/Explosive Detection Product or Solution

Finalists

Clear Path Technologies

Morpho Detection

Smiths Detection

Best Long Range Detection Product, Service or System

Finalists

FLIR

Future Fibre

L-3 Cincinnati Electronics

Lat-Lon, LLC

Best Nuclear/Radiation Detection Product or Solution

Finalists

Ortec

VIDISCO

Best Intelligent Video Surveillance Solution

Finalists

DHS Systems

Intelliview

Mutualink

ONSSI

Thermal/Night Vision/Infrared Cameras

Finalists

BOSCH

FLIR

Axis Communications

Network/IP Cameras

Finalists