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Beyond Security Named Reader Trust Finalist in SC Magazine Award Program.


beSTORM Enters Award Program for Outstanding Achievement in Information Technology Security

MCLEAN, Va. -- Beyond Security, a leading provider of security assessment technologies, has been named a finalist in SC Magazine's Award program for outstanding achievement in information-technology (IT) security. Its security analysis solution, beSTORM was named in the Reader Trust Award Best Security Software Development Solution category of the competition.

beSTORM was among nearly 400 entries submitted in nine technology categories. Placement in the SC Magazine Awards program is based on voting by more than 9,000 of the publication's readers.

The solution arms developers, quality assurance teams and security professionals with a tool that helps them to test for security holes in products while they are still in the development phase. This enables development teams to schedule security testing Security Testing: (The) Process to determine that an IS (Information System) protects data and maintains functionality as intended.

The six basic security concepts that need to be covered by security testing are: confidentiality, integrity, authentication, authorisation,
 into the product release process, giving them time to fix their code before product is shipped.

"Innovations like what we've seen from Beyond Security demonstrate the vibrancy and vitality vi·tal·i·ty
n.
1. The capacity to live, grow, or develop.

2. Physical or intellectual vigor; energy.
 of the IT security industry," says SC Magazine Editor-in-Chief Illena Armstrong. "They represent breakthroughs that will benefit our readers and, in turn, corporate users of technology."

Winners will be announced at an awards event to be held in February at the Hilton San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden  in San Francisco, California “San Francisco” redirects here. For other uses, see San Francisco (disambiguation).

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.

"We are very excited to have beSTORM recognized by the readers of such a prominent security publication like SC Magazine," said Aviram Jenik, chief executive officer for Beyond Security. "beSTORM offers a level of intensive security software testing Software testing is the process used to measure the quality of developed computer software. Usually, quality is constrained to such topics as correctness, completeness, security, but can also include more technical requirements as described under the ISO standard ISO 9126, such  that is not available in any other product on the market and is raising the bar for IT security."

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 Backdrop may refer to:
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 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 Magazine Awards, SC Directory, SC Magazine Newswire and SC Magazine IT Security Executives Forums.

About Beyond Security

Beyond Security, a privately-held company, develops leading vulnerability assessment A Department of Defense, command, or unit-level evaluation (assessment) to determine the vulnerability of a terrorist attack against an installation, unit, exercise, port, ship, residence, facility, or other site.  and self-management solutions that facilitate preemptive pre·emp·tive or pre-emp·tive  
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of preemption.

2. Having or granted by the right of preemption.

3.
a.
, real-time and continuous network, server, database and application security. The company was founded in 1999 by the founders of SecuriTeam portal (www.securiteam.com), a leading source for vulnerability alerts and solutions serving 1.5 million monthly page views to IT security professionals. Beyond Security's founders are great believers in automation, which is why the company sells tools instead of using them to provide services. Beyond Security's goal is to decrease the number of security holes in products to manageable levels and empower empower verb To encourage or provide a person with the means or information to become involved in solving his/her own problems  software vendors to release secure products. For more information, visit www.beyondsecurity.com.
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