March 01, 2010 13:39 ET

Lightwave Security Wins 2010 Product Innovation Award From Network Products Guide

SecureAware® Recognized as the Innovative Compliance Management Solution

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - March 1, 2010) - RSA Data Security Conference - Lightwave Security, the leading provider of IT-GRC solutions to mid-sized organizations and businesses, today announced that Network Products Guide, industry's leading information technology research and advisory guide, has named SecureAware®, a winner of the 2010 Product Innovation Awards. The award recognizes SecureAware® as the innovative compliance management solution for 2010. This annually venerated award recognizes and honors vendors worldwide, large and small, with innovative and ground-breaking products that are bringing essential and incremental changes and are setting the bar higher for others in all areas of information technology.

Lightwave Security is showcasing SecureAware® at the 2010 RSA Data Security Conference March 1-5, 2010, Booth 2732 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

SecureAware® is an IT-GRC system that helps organizations manage business risks and comply with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) as well as governmental regulations such as Sarbanes Oxley (SOX), HIPAA, and others while utilizing ISO 2700x and CoBIT 4.1 best practices. Adopted by more than 250 companies, municipalities and government agencies around the world, SecureAware® is an all-in-one platform for compliance, best practices and security awareness. SecureAware® incorporates an automated compliance workflow system built and certified to ISO 2700x international standards, allowing organizations to comply with multiple mandates while establishing one defensible standard of care to simplify ongoing compliance management and reduce compliance costs. To read more about this product innovation, please visit www.networkproductsguide.com/innovations/.

"Innovation is not just about new products alone," says Rake Narang, editor-in-chief at Network Products Guide. "To succeed companies need to see innovation not as a one time errand but as something that has to be continuously evolved and improved upon over and over again. This requires putting greater focus on customer needs and making innovation the center of company's way of developing better solutions. Innovative products such as SecureAware® are bringing a new level of functionality to compliance."

"Network Products Guide's recognition of SecureAware® further validates our solution as excellence-in-class and ahead of the curve," said Alan Boyer, Chief Marketing Officer for Lightwave Security. "Product innovation is key to our continued commitment to meeting our customer needs and providing them with better solutions."

About Network Products Guide Awards

As industry's leading technology research and advisory guide, Network Products Guide from Silicon Valley plays a vital role in keeping decision makers and end-users informed of the choices they can make in all areas of information technology. You will discover a wealth of information and tools in this guide including the best products and services, roadmaps, industry directions, technology advancements and independent product evaluations that facilitate in making the most pertinent technology decisions impacting business and personal goals. The guide follows conscientious research methodologies developed and enhanced by industry experts. To learn more, visit www.networkproductsguide.com

About Lightwave Security

Based in Atlanta, GA, Lightwave Security is an IT-GRC solution provider whose vast technical and practical experience enables organizations to build a foundation of assurance in managing business and technology risk. Lightwave Security has developed and deployed a unique approach to help organizations address the ever-increasing complexities of regulatory and statutory compliance and promote adoption and adherence to globally accepted IT security best practices. Lightwave Security maintains affiliate offices and resources across the globe. SecureAware® is available as enterprise software or Software as a Service (SaaS) in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Central America. For more information, visit Lightwave Security on the internet at www.lightwavesecurity.com. SecureAware® is a registered trademark of Neupart A/S.