GSN: Government Security News Announces Blue Ridge Networks Winner in Best Anti-Malware Category in 1st Annual Homeland Security Awards Competition

GSN: Government Security News Announces Blue Ridge Networks Winner in Best Anti-Malware Category in 1st Annual Homeland Security Awards Competition

Blue Ridge/Secure AppGuard is an anti-malware solution that protects PCs from attack by the latest generation of sophisticated malware threats; increasing endpoint security coverage to address known and zero-day vulnerabilities.

Chantilly, VA (PRWEB) November 2, 2009 –- About 300 government officials and industry executives packed the grand ballroom of a Manhattan hotel on Oct. 27, 2009 to witness GSN: Government Security News announce the names of the winners in 35 separate homeland security categories, including Blue Ridge Networks which was named a winner in the Best Anti-Malware Product or Service category.

The 1st annual awards were handed out at gala dinner and awards ceremony at the Roosevelt Hotel, where an overflow crowd celebrated the outstanding achievements of security vendors and government agencies at the federal, state and municipal levels.

"The competition was stiff, and our panel of independent judges had to make some very tough choices, but we think we've identified the 'best of the best' for 2009," said Jacob Goodwin, the editor-in-chief of GSN: Government Security News, who oversaw the evaluation process. He encouraged everyone in the ballroom to consider entering the 2nd annual competition in 2010.

All winners received inscribed trophies to honor their successes, and all finalists received attractive certificates attesting to their accomplishments.

"GSN was thrilled with the huge turnout we experienced at our awards dinner because it clearly demonstrated the depth and breadth of support for excellence in the homeland security community," said Ed Tyler, publisher of GSN: Government Security News.

Blue Ridge/Secure AppGuard (http://www.blueridgenetworks.com/products/appguard-enterprise.php)is an anti-malware solution that protects PCs from attack by the latest generation of sophisticated malware threats, increasing endpoint security coverage to address known and zero-day vulnerabilities.

The government agency and contractor endpoint security breaches that occurred over the last year would have been prevented had Blue Ridge/Secure AppGuard been installed on agency PCs and laptops.

For instance, the U.S. Marshal’s Service network was attacked by the Neeris worm which infects desktop systems and allows hackers to take control of systems using implanted malware. Neeris, which is rated “high” for its damage potential, is also capable of propagating across a host of networked resources including servers, removable media and instant messaging clients. The worm was able to penetrate desktop systems because the agency’s anti-malware software is ineffective against malware less than a month old. Botnets generate a new malware variant every 10 minutes.

Secure AppGuard is unique in that it prevents an attacked application from harming itself, other applications, or critical operating system resources by regulating file system and registry resource access. For instance, by focusing on blocking actions that should never occur, Secure AppGuard eliminates the administrative complexities and end-user decision making that legacy Host Intrusion Prevention Systems (HIPS) products impose.

Secure AppGuard complements existing security software by:

Blocking Zero-day malware that can penetrate even the most up-to-date and well maintained systems and networks;

Increasing protection while minimizing the impact on IT workload through simplified product installation and configuration, and eliminating constant parameter fine-tuning required by HIPS products;

Running non-intrusively with virtually no impact on system performance and end-user productivity.

“We are honored to have received this prestigious award from GSN,” said Mike Fumai, CEO of Blue Ridge Networks. “This recognition is significant in that we won the award during National Cyber-security Awareness month and that we are very much an unknown player with a simple fix to a very big and growing security problem.”

At the dinner, the U.S. Airport & Seaport Police gave the Fred V. Morrone Nine-Eleven Award to Frances Townsend, the former chairman of the White House Homeland Security Council.

About Blue Ridge Networks

For over 12 years Blue Ridge Networks has helped commercial and government customers securely connect and conduct business over the most secure and cost-effective networks in the world. Our solutions have consistently enabled increased application performance and endpoint security, supported network scalability, simplified management, and reduced the total cost of doing business. Blue Ridge Networks solutions represent high standards of security as evidenced by numerous government certifications and compliance with key industry security standards.

More information about our products and managed services can be found by visiting www.blueridgenetworks.com . Also follow us on Twitter @BlueRidgeNet.

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