DALLAS, Feb. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Entrust, Inc., a world leader in securing digital identities and information, won a pair of Reader Trust Awards during the SC Awards 2014 ceremony Tuesday night.  Entrust TransactionGuard and Entrust IdentityGuard were honored as top products in the "Best Fraud Prevention Solution" and "Best Multifactor Solution" categories, respectively. The competition honors best-in-class security solutions and services as selected by a panel of SC Magazine readers.

"It's a true testament to our staff, partners and customers that Entrust security solutions are a mainstay among SC Magazine award winners year after year," said Entrust President David Wagner. "As more and more global organizations trust and rely on strong authentication and fraud detection solutions, we're honored to be recognized as innovators in our field by our peers, analysts and respected third parties."

Entrust's flagship authentication solution, Entrust IdentityGuard, posted a 47 percent year-over-year increase in revenue in 2013. More than 99 million Entrust IdentityGuard licenses have been issued worldwide. That success results in more than $71 million in total revenue over the life of the product.

Entrust IdentityGuard leads the industry as one of the most robust authentication and identity-assurance platforms. It delivers unmatched breadth of capabilities and flexibility to meet the most demanding security environments.

Entrust TransactionGuard blends a number of approaches to form an integrated framework to help financial institutions detect, defend and adapt to the fast-paced fraud landscape. The zero-touch approach enables rapid deployment into complex environments, requires no invasive integration with banking applications, and does not impact the end-user experience.

Award finalists were selected from hundreds of entries submitted across 18 technology categories. Now in its 17th year, the SC Awards is one of the highest and most respected achievements for IT security professionals and organizations that fend off the myriad security threats in today's corporate world. The annual awards showcase the best solutions, services and professionals, while recognizing achievement and technical excellence.

To read the winning write-ups for both the Entrust IdentityGuard software authentication platform and the Entrust TransactionGuard fraud detection solution, please click here or visit: http://media.scmagazine.com/documents/64/botn2014sm_15794.pdf .

About Entrust
A trusted provider of identity-based security solutions, Entrust empowers governments, enterprises and financial institutions in more than 5,000 organizations spanning 85 countries. Entrust's award-winning software authentication platforms manage today's most secure identity credentials, addressing customer pain points for cloud and mobile security, physical and logical access, citizen eID initiatives, certificate management and SSL. For more information about Entrust products and services, call 888-690-2424, email [email protected] or visit www.entrust.com.

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. The brand's portfolio includes the SC Congress and Expo series (New York, Chicago, Toronto), SC Magazine Awards, SC Directory and SC Magazine Newswire.

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