Kaspersky Lab Wins Security Product Of The Year At Prestigious SC Magazine Awards Europe 2009

Kaspersky Lab today announced that its enterprise security suite, Kaspersky Open Space Security, was recognised as the 'Security Product of the Year' and also highly commended in the 'Best Anti-malware solution' category, at last night's prestigious SC Magazine Awards Europe 2009 in London.

The Security Product of the Year is one of the major catagories awarded by the security publication, SC Magazine, and its annual awards are amongst the most highly coverted in the IT security industry. The award was presented to the Co-Founder & CEO of Kaspersky Lab, Eugene Kaspersky, who is in the UK to meet with members of the UK goverment to discuss the issues and prevention of Cybercrime, as well as attending Infosecurity Europe 2009 to host a Cybercrime forum.

"I am delighted to accept this award on behalf of Kaspersky Lab," comments Eugene Kaspersky. "These awards are designed to reward excellence and innovation within IT security, and the whole team are very proud that the judges have acknowledged these qualities in Kaspersky Open Space Security. We look forward to introducing organisations, of all sizes to our solutions to combat Cybercrime."

Kaspersky Open Space Security is a customisable security suite specifically designed to protect enterprise information systems from existing and potential cyber threats. Combining anti-virus, anti-spam, anti-spyware and protection against phishing and rootkits in one integrated package, the solution marries the use of traditional signature-based antivirus technology with the ability to monitor system processes to look for malicious programs. The software provides separate policies for mobile devices, which take effect when a device is disconnected from the corporate network.

Developed to run in a multi-platform environment, the solution's scalable components ensure increased productivity. The award-winning centralised management console enables centralised installation, configuration, monitoring and management to help enforce enterprise security policy. A versatile licensing scheme and world class support ensure effective and customisable threat protection for our customers infrastructure.

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