Digital Guardian Selected as Best Managed Security Service and Best Data Leakage Prevention (DLP) Solution Finalist for the SC Magazine Awards 2016 Europe

London, UK. - Monday 4th April, 2016 – Digital Guardian, a next generation data protection platform purpose built to stop data theft, has been selected as a finalist in the Best Managed Security Service and Best Data Leakage Prevention (DLP) categories for the 2016 SC Awards Europe. Finalists are recognized for superior products and services that help customers address the most pressing cyber-security threats.

“Data breaches that compromise people’s data and tarnish company reputations are causing mounting headlines across the globe,” said Tony Morbin, Editor in chief, SC Magazine UK. “This is why it is more important than ever to recognize Europe’s vast army of defenders that stand out as exemplars of excellence, working largely unseen to protect our data.”

The SC Magazine Awards Europe are the information security industry’s most prominent recognition. Winners in the Threat Solution categories are decided by an expert panel of judges who are hand-picked by SC Magazine UK’s editorial team for their breadth of knowledge and experience in the information security industry.

The awards honour both the cyber-security professionals working in the trenches, and the products and services that help protect today’s corporate world from a myriad of ever-changing threats.

“Digital Guardian’s solutions represent some of the most innovative and effective security technologies on the market today,” said Tony Morbin, Editor in chief, SC Magazine UK. “As attackers develop and practice new approaches to compromising sensitive information, companies are challenged to keep pace. The Digital Guardian Data Protection Platform and Managed Security Program were named SC Award finalists for their efforts to raise the bar for the security industry.”

Winners for both categories will be announced at the SC Magazine Awards Europe ceremony, to be held in Old Billingsgate, London on Tuesday 7th June.

“Being recognized in two award categories is a testament to the hard work of the Digital Guardian team. Through their dedication to delivering the highest level of data protection, our developers and engineers have created a leading product,” said Luke Brown, VP and GM EMEA, India and Latam at Digital Guardian. “Furthermore, our managed security professionals deserve high praise for their ability to deliver outstanding data security services to our MSP customers.”

About SC Magazine UK

SC Magazine UK 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 UK enables IT security pros to make the right security decisions for their companies. Besides the quarterly print magazine, special Spotlight editions and daily website, the brand’s portfolio includes the SC Congress and Expo series (London, Amsterdam, New York, Chicago, Toronto), SC Awards, Roundtables, Webinars and SC Magazine Newswire.

About Digital Guardian

Digital Guardian is a next generation data protection platform purpose built to stop data theft. The Digital Guardian platform performs across traditional endpoints, mobile devices and cloud applications to make it easier to see and stop all threats to sensitive data. For more than 10 years, it has enabled data-rich organisations to protect their most valuable assets with an on premise deployment or an outsourced managed security program (MSP). Digital Guardian’s unique data awareness and transformative endpoint visibility, combined with behavioral threat detection and response, let you protect data without slowing the pace of your business. To learn more please visit: https://digitalguardian.com/