Vanguard Integrity Professionals Finalist for the 2010 Government Security News Homeland Security Awards

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 4, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Vanguard Integrity Professionals, the leading provider of enterprise security software for mainframes, today announced that Vanguard Enforcer, the only real-time intrusion management solution for the mainframe, and Vanguard Configuration Manager, the only automated scanner for the DISA STIGs for the mainframe, are finalists for the 2010 Government Security News Homeland Security Awards.

Vanguard Enforcer is a finalist in the Best Intrusion Detection/Prevention Solution category.  Vanguard Enforcer is a repeat finalist for this award, and last year Vanguard Enforcer was recognized as the Best Intrusion Detection/Prevention Solution at the 2009 Government Security News Homeland Security Awards. Vanguard Enforcer protects mission critical data and applications on mainframe systems by ensuring that an organization's security and compliance standards, policies, rules and settings are in place and enforced. The software can save an organization millions of dollars by automating the prevention of attempted hacks, misuse of resources and unauthorized changes.

Vanguard Configuration Manager is a finalist in the Best Compliance/Vulnerability Management Solution category.  Vanguard Configuration Manager was just released by Vanguard and has already been deployed in a number of data centers managed by US government contractors.  Vanguard Configuration Manager provides the fastest, most cost-effective and accurate method to verify that mainframe security configuration controls are in compliance with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG). Organizations using Vanguard Configuration Manager can perform mainframe DISA STIG checks and report findings in just a few hours instead of the hundreds of hours it may take using other methods.

"It is an honor for Vanguard and its research and development team that GSN has selected both Vanguard Configuration Manager and Vanguard Enforcer as finalists for thus coveted Award," said Keegan O'Neill, Director of Research and Development for Vanguard.  "The acquisition and implementation of Vanguard Configuration Manager over the last several months by mainframe enterprises has been phenomenal – as soon as we delivered it out of our research and development lab in California it was in production at our customers' sites throughout the country. GSN recognizes that the mainframe is a critical part of the enterprise infrastructure and that both government agencies and the private sector need to secure and protect these systems from attack."

The Annual Homeland Security Awards Program was created by GSN to honor both the dedicated government officials who have created and executed effective security programs across the country, and the leading vendors in IT and physical security that have researched, developed and supplied innovative security solutions during the past year.  The 2010 Government Security News Homeland Security Awards will be presented on November 8, 2010 in Washington DC.  Read more about the awards at www.gsnmagazine.com.

About Vanguard Integrity Professionals

Over the past 25 years Vanguard Integrity Professionals has provided enterprise security software and services that solve complex security and regulatory compliance challenges for government agencies and corporations around the world. With solutions for Identify and Access Management, Audit and Compliance, Security Management, and Intrusion Management for the mainframe, Vanguard automates processes necessary to identify and mitigate the risks customers face. Vanguard's customers receive a rapid return on investment and are able to focus on other critical business needs thereby becoming more productive and secure. For more information, visit www.go2vanguard.com.

Vanguard Enforcer and Vanguard Configuration Manager are trademarks of Vanguard Integrity Professionals, Inc. Any other marks belong to their respective companies.

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