SSH Secure Shell Receives “Best Communications Security Product” Honor at SC Awards 2003
FROM INFOSECURITY EUROPE, LONDON – May 5, 2003 – SSH Communications Security (HEX:SSH1V), a world-leading developer of Internet security solutions, today announced its Secure Shell 3.2 was awarded “Best Communications Security Solution” for the third straight year at the seventh annual SC Magazine Awards Ceremony held on April 29 at The Hilton Park Lane Hotel in London. SSH Secure Shell software was selected for this honor by the publication’s academy judges.
“SSH clearly has a strong product. To be selected for the third successive year by our independent panel of judges in this category is a fine achievement,” said Ron Condon, editor-in-chief of SC Magazine, the leading global magazine for computer security.
SSH Secure Shell, a product designed to provide end users and businesses secure access to the corporate network by securing e-mail and file transfers, has received “Best Communications Security Solution” honors in the SC Awards program each year since 2001. The latest version of the solution, SSH Secure Shell 3.2, adds new functionality including transfer history and custom transfer queue functionalities that simplify file transfer and synching operations between remote and local computers.
“This continued recognition underlines SSH’s commitment to provide robust, easy-to-use security solutions for business, financial, and government IT organizations that leverage the latest industry standards,” said Tatu Yl?¶nen, CTO and founder, SSH. “We are always working to find ways to enhance and add features to our strong portfolio of products. Receiving this award for the third year demonstrates our efforts are being recognized and respected by leading IT professionals.”
About the SC Awards and SC Magazine
The SC Awards is the biggest awards program in the world, globally recognizing achievement and excellence in the information security industry. SC Magazine (formerly Secure Computing magazine) is the largest information security magazine in the world and has been in print for over 12 years. Published monthly, it has a global circulation of approximately 100,000 and is considered the definitive source for information on security threats and solutions. SC Magazine is part of the Haymarket Business Publications Group and is internationally recognized for outstanding technical reviews and comprehensive coverage of the information security marketplace. The magazine also publishes extensive information on its web sites (www.scmagazine.com and www.westcoast.com).
About SSH Communications Security
SSH Communications Security, a world-leading supplier of Internet security solutions, offers a broad range of award-winning products designed to address the most critical security issues for businesses, financial institutions and governments worldwide. SSH’s award-winning remote access software, SSH Secure Shell, the de facto standard for secure remote access and data transfer, and SSH Sentinel(TM), a feature-rich remote access VPN “smart” client are ideal solutions for securing wireline and wireless networks. The SSH Certifier(TM) product family provides a robust certification authority for flexible and strong authentication through digital certificates and tokens. The market-leading, award-winning SSH IPSec family of toolkits for OEMs and software developers enables fast time-to-market and reduced in-house development costs. SSH is traded publicly on the Helsinki Exchanges under HEX:SSH1V. For more information, please visit www.ssh.com