TriGeo SIM Named Best SME Security Solution
by SC Magazine

Three Award Wins from SC Magazine in Three Years Validates TriGeo's Market Leadership

POST FALLS, Idaho (April 28, 2009) -- TriGeo Network Security, the leading provider of security information and event management (SIEM) technology for midmarket enterprises, was just named the 'Best Small to Medium Sized Enterprise (SME) Security Solution' in this year's SC Magazine Excellence Awards. This achievement marks TriGeo's third consecutive SC Award, including the Reader's Trust 'Best Event Management Solution' for the past two years.

"Midmarket companies are educated, sophisticated buyers looking for technologies that address their specific needs, not just feature-crippled, repackaged and re-priced enterprise technology," said Michelle Dickman, president and CEO of TriGeo Network Security. "Drawn out software deployments can overwhelm smaller IT departments which is why we make our solution easy to implement, easy to use and incredibly affordable."

The awards showcase the best technology solutions, services and professionals while recognizing achievement and technical excellence in the information security industry. TriGeo was selected from a pool of nearly 700 entries spanning 30 categories, making the 2009 SC Awards, the most competitive year ever.

"TriGeo SIM represents the best midmarket solution that the industry has to offer today," said Illena Armstrong, editor in chief, SC Magazine. "With this award, our judges are attesting to the high regard they hold for TriGeo and their focus on this market."

Delivered as a fully configured appliance, TriGeo SIM supports hundreds of network devices, comes stocked with more than 650 security and network monitoring rules and more than 240 pre-built reports for compliance and network analysis. The solution goes far beyond simple log management, providing real-time log analysis to identify network attacks and policy violations as they happen and initiate proactive responses such quarantining, blocking, USB defense and controlling processes, accounts and privileges. All of this is available at a price starting below $20,000. The company has hundreds of customers across financial services, retail, healthcare, education, government, utility and media/entertainment.

For more information and a detailed list of categories and winners, please visit www.scmagazineus.com/awards.

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About TriGeo Network Security

TriGeo Network Security delivers enterprise security information and event management (SIEM) designed specifically for the needs of the midmarket. TriGeo SIM is the only real-time SIEM appliance that automatically identifies and responds to network attacks, suspicious behavior and policy violations. This award-winning product combines real-time log management, event correlation, USB detection and prevention with powerful active response technology. TriGeo SIM is both a unique network defense technology and an "Audit-Proven" compliance solution that meets the security monitoring and log management requirements imposed by PCI, GLBA, NCUA, FDIC, HIPAA, SOX and more.

TriGeo has hundreds of customers across key vertical markets including financial services, healthcare, government, utility, retail and media/entertainment. TriGeo SIM has won numerous awards including the 2007 and 2008 SC Magazine Reader Trust Award, 2007 Frost & Sullivan North American Technology Innovation of the Year Award, the Bank Technology News #1 ranking in the 2008 FutureNow List, and the SC Magazine Best Buy of 2006 award for Event Management. The Company is a member of the PCI Security Standards Council and PCI Security Vendor Alliance and is represented by partners worldwide.

For additional information about TriGeo and its products, services and partners, please contact TriGeo at 1 (866) 664-9292 or at www.TriGeo.com, and visit the TriGeoSphere blog at blog.TriGeo.com.

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