Privacyware Selected as Finalist in the 2011 Golden Bridge Awards for IIS Web Application Firewall

Summary: ThreatSentry IIS Web Application Firewall recognized for Innovation in Information Technology by Golden Bridge Awards. Winners will be honored in New York City on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 during the 3rd annual dinner and presentation ceremony.

NEW ALBANY, OH, July 21, 2011 – Privacyware, an innovative provider of web application firewall, pc security and security data analytics software, announced today that the Golden Bridge Awards has named its IIS Web Application Firewall, ThreatSentry, as a finalist for the 3rd Annual 2011 Golden Bridge Awards in the Web Application Firewall Category. These industry and peer awards from Golden Bridge Awards are the world's premier business awards. Winners will be honored in New York City on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 during the 3rd annual dinner and presentation ceremony.

Honored as a finalist in the Innovations in Information Technology – Web Application Firewall category, ThreatSentry is an industry-leading security solution that protects Microsoft IIS Web servers, Windows operating systems, backend databases and popular Web application platforms including ASP.NET, PHP, JavaScript and more from Structured Query Language (SQL) Injection, DDoS, Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF/XSRF), Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and other types of attacks and helps customers comply with specific industry regulations such as section 6.6 of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).

"We are honored to be recognized as a finalist by Golden Bridge Awards for innovation in the Web Application Firewall category,” said Privacyware CEO, Greg Salvato. "This recognition is a validation of our ongoing commitment to deliver consistent, tangible value to our system administrator and security and compliance clientele through relevant, targeted innovation in web application security.”

An annual achievement and recognition awards program with active participation from a broad spectrum of industry voices, the coveted annual Golden Bridge Awards program encompasses the world's best in organizational performance, products and services, executives and management teams, innovations, case studies, product management, public relations and marketing campaigns and customer satisfaction programs from every major industry in the world.

"Finalists in 3rd Annual Golden Bridge Awards, including Privacyware, represent the security industry's best-in-class," said Rake Narang, Executive Editor and Managing Director of Golden Bridge Awards. "Our readers recognize that these companies are making today's businesses more secure, and are helping to set a new standard across the industry."

For more information regarding Privacyware and its Web Application Firewall solutions, please visit www.privacyware.com or call 1-866-838-4PWI (4794).

About the Golden Bridge Awards
Golden Bridge Awards are an annual industry and peers recognition program honoring Best Companies of all types and sizes in North America, Europe, Middle-East, Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Latin-America, Best Products, Innovations, Management and Teams, Women in Business and the Professions, and PR and Marketing Campaigns from all over the world. Learn more about the Golden Bridge Awards at www.goldenbridgeawards.com

About Privacyware
Privacyware (www.privacyware.com) is an innovative provider of award-winning pc security, web application firewall and security data analytics software. Privacyware products leverage conventional and neural analytics technologies to help systems administrators, IT security and compliance personnel more effectively identify, understand and prevent malicious, unauthorized and/or deviant computing system activity. Privacyware is a member of the Microsoft Partner Network with Gold Independent Software Vendor (ISV), and Silver Business Intelligence and Data Platform Competencies.

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