Data Protection Summit 2008 Awards Best of Show Honors to Safend, Core Security Technologies, and Reflex Security

SAN DIEGO, CA, Mar 17 (MARKET WIRE) --
The Data Protection Summit 2008 announced the recipients of its second
annual Best of Show Awards, a judges' award program that recognizes innovative
data protection products, disruptive technologies, and best practices for data
protection in the marketplace. Awards were presented to Safend, Core Security
Technologies, and Reflex Security. A panel of data protection experts and
industry insiders determined the awards based on a matrix of factors including
forward-thinking innovation, technical superiority, and market potential.

"With an impressive list of award nominations, the judges had a very
challenging job of selecting the most innovative technology, application, and
end-user
solution," said Jay Kramer, Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, iStor
Networks,
and Chairperson of the Data Protection Summit Awards Committee. "These 2008 Best
of Show Award Winners truly represent the highest levels of excellence in data
protection technology."

Based on the Data Protection Summit's panel of judges' evaluation, the
winning technology, application, and end-user solution are recognized as:

Most Innovative Data Protection Application: Safend for Safend Protector

Safend's Safend Protector enables endpoint security with a set of advanced
tools
that provide comprehensive data leakage and theft prevention. The Protector
suite additionally provides robust capabilities for enforcement of endpoint
security
policies while addressing a wide range of port types and storage devices
required by customers today.

Most Innovative Data Protection Technology: Core Security Technologies for
CORE IMPACT

Core Security Technologies' CORE IMPACT differentiates itself by providing
an
attack prevention toolset for accessing and testing an organization's ability to
not
only detect information security threats, but also to provide users with the
capability to find and fix security issues preemptively -- before potential
information incidents occur.

Most Innovative Data Protection End-User Solution: Reflex Security for
Virtual Security Appliance

Reflex Security's Virtual Security Appliance implementation at Oxford
University
is providing a comprehensive automated security solution with centralized
management addressing a virtualized server IT complex. With the growing
adoption of virtualization technology to consolidate the data center, this
solution can address a broad range of customer environments.

About Data Protection Summit

Produced by Conference ConCepts, Inc. the Data Protection Summit is designed
to provide attendees with practical information on the current state of data
protection. The Summit includes half-day tutorials on data security,
compliance, mobile security, and legal issues and privacy; presentations on
security, privacy, and data protection; and keynotes and panel discussions by
industry luminaries. The Summit is open to everyone involved in the design,
development, integration, marketing, use, or support of products, hardware,
or software related to data protection. For more information, visit
www.dataprotectionsummit.com.

About Conference ConCepts, Inc.

Founded in 1994, Conference ConCepts is a full-service professional
conference and
association management company that provides extensive capabilities in all
aspects
of technical conference management. Conference ConCepts develops and produces
events
both on its own, and in partnership with associations, corporations, and
publishers.
The skill sets of the company's employees and contractors, representing over
200 cumulative years of experience, enables Conference ConCepts to offer
clients a choice of services, ranging from assistance with a single aspect
of a conference to the complete development and administration of a
full-fledged "turnkey" event. For more information, visit
www.conferenceconcepts.com.

Contacts:
Dr. Lance Leventhal
Conference ConCepts
858-756-3327
Email Contact

Judy Plummer
ZNA Communications
831-425-1581
Email Contact

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