2011 Australian Information Security Awards

AusCERT is pleased to partner with SC Magazine to bring you the 2011 Australian Information Security Awards. This is the 3rd year AusCERT and SC Magazine have partnered to bring you these awards.

AusCERT Awards

Categories:

• AusCERT’s award for Individual Excellence in Information Security
• AusCERT’s award for Organisational Excellence in Information Security
• AusCERT’s award for best security initiative

Nominations are not invited for the AusCERT awards. The judging will be by the AusCERT team who work at the coal face of incident response. AusCERT will consider those who have provided the greatest overall contribution to information security in terms of their work in the areas of information security such as community service, innovation, education, liaison, law enforcement, governance or leadership.

Winners

AusCERT’s award for Individual Excellence in Information Security

• Wade Alcorn

AusCERT’s award for Organisational Excellence in Information Security

• Australian Taxation Office

AusCERT’s award for best security initiative

• Google

Finalists

AusCERT’s award for Individual Excellence in Information Security

• Wade Alcorn
• Ron Southworth
• Alex Tilley
• Shaun Vlassis

AusCERT’s award for Organisational Excellence in Information Security

• Australian Taxation Office
• Australian Honeynet Project
• Queensland Police
• Telstra CERT

AusCERT’s award for best security initiative

• Australian Honeynet Project
• Google

SC Awards

Please visit the SC Magazine Awards website for more information.

SC Magazine Award Categories:

• Vendor of the Year
• Product or Service of the Year
• Innovation Award
• Managed Service Provider of the Year
• Protector Award
• Mobile Security Solution
• Gatekeeper Award
• Best SME Security Solution

Winners

Vendor of the Year
- Sourcefire

Honourable Mention
- Arbor Networks

Product or Service of the Year
- Imperva SecureSphere

Honourable Mention
- McAfee Enterprise Mobility Management

Innovation Award
- VMInformer Professional

Protector Award
- M86 Security Secure Web Gateway

Honourable Mention
- Sourcefire 3D System

Gatekeeper Award
- NetWitness NextGen for forensics

SME
- McAfee endpoint protection

Finalists

Vendor of the Year

• Arbor Networks
• Sourcefire
• WatchGuard

Product or Service of the Year

• Absolute Software Computrace
• Arbor Networks Peakflow SP Threat Management System
• Imperva SecureSphere
• McAfee Enterprise Mobility Management
• Sourcefire Real-time Adaptive Intrusion Prevention System

Innovation Award

• M5 Network Security SCS-200
• Sourcefire Razorback Framework
• TrustDefender Zero
• VMInformer Professional

Protector Award

• M86 Security Secure Web Gateway
• Sourcefire 3D System
• Trend Micro Deep Security Agentless Anti-virus for VMware
• WatchGuard XTM appliance

Gatekeeper Award

• Arcsight Enterprise Security Manager for SIEM and log management
• Astaro for SIEM and log management
• NetWitness NextGen for forensics
• WatchGuard XCS for data leak prevention

SME

• McAfee endpoint protection
• Sourcefire Immunet/Clam AV
• Webroot Web Security Service

Awards Ceremony

Winners will be announced at the AusCERT2011 Gala Dinner on 17th May, at the RACV Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast. Gala Dinner attendance is included in the registration fee for AusCERT2011 Conference delegates.

Nominees not attending the AusCERT2011 Conference are welcome to purchase Gala Dinner tickets for $125 each, or a table of 10 for $1150. Entry to the AusCERT2011 Gala Dinner and Awards are included in the delegate registration fees for AusCERT2011. To purchase tickets or to make an enquiry, please contact Julia McSwan from ConferenceIT via email or phone 07 3878 2974.

The Awards ceremony will be hosted by Australian comedian Corinne Grant. Entertainment will be by Australian Music Comedy Sensations, Tripod with Yon, Scod and Gatesy. Tripod is back by popular demand after performing at AusCERT2008. Also performing will be the only quick change artists and magicians in the world, Soul Mystique. How do they do it? You'll have to watch closely.

Good luck with your nominations.
See you at the AusCERT2011 Gala Dinner.