nCircle PureCloud Wins Info Security Products Guide Ninth Annual 2013 Global Excellence Award

SAN FRANCISCO --(Business Wire)--

nCircle, the leader in information risk and security performance management solutions, today announced that Info Security Products Guide, the industry's leading information research and advisory guide, named nCircle PureCloud as a gold winner at the ninth annual 2013 Info Security Global Excellence awards. The award was for "Best Security Products and Solutions for Enterprise (Medium)." Winners were announced during an awards dinner and presentation on February 27, 2013, in San Francisco.

"We are very proud that Info Security Products Guide has recognized nCircle PureCloud for the second year in a row," said Elizabeth Ireland, vice president of marketing for nCircle. "This award is a testament to the dedication and technical expertise of our entire team and validates our focus on innovative solutions for some of the most challenging security problems our customers face."

nCircle PureCloud is a patented cloud-based security services platform that requires no hardware or software to be installed or managed. nCircle PureCloud dramatically reduces the cost and complexity of a wide range of security services -- including vulnerability scanning, PCI scanning and web application scanning -- making these practice easily accessible to businesses of every size.

Key features of nCircle PureCloud include:

Unparalleled simplicity, enabling users with no previous security experience to set up and operate the service
Ideal for government offices and enterprises with distributed and remote locations as well as small and medium sized businesses
Comprehensive coverage of over 78,000 security conditions, including application and operating system vulnerabilities, web application vulnerabilities and configurations
Integrated web application scanning, enabling customers to detect and prioritize critical web application risks within the context of overall IT risk
Costs less than half of comparable tools

nCircle PureCloud also won silver awards for "Security Products and Solution for Small Businesses and SOHO" and "Best Security Service (New or Updated version)." nCircle Configuration Compliance Manager (CCM (News - Alert)) and nCircle IP360 Federal won bronze awards for "Compliance" and "Vulnerability Assessment, Remediation and Management," respectively.

For more information, please visit purecloud.ncircle.com.

About Info Security Products Guide Awards

SVUS Awards organized by Silicon Valley Communications are conferred in four annual award programs: The Info Security's Global Excellence Awards, The IT Industry's Hot Companies and Best Products Awards, The Golden Bridge Business and Innovation Awards, and Consumer Products Guide's Best Choice Awards. These premier awards honor organizations of all types and sizes from all over the world including people behind them, the products, performance, PR and marketing. To learn more, visit www.svusawards.com

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 (News - Alert), 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.

nCircle is a registered trademark of nCircle Network Security, Inc. All other registered or unregistered trademarks are the sole property of their respective owners.