Monday, February 23, 2009

Courion Named Finalist for SC Magazine Awards Europe

MANCHESTER, England, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Courion(R) Corporation, leaders in access and compliance management, today announced that the Courion Enterprise Provisioning Suite(TM) solution was voted as a finalist for the SC Magazine Awards Europe in the Best Identity Management category. The SC Magazine Awards Europe rewards excellence and innovation within IT security.

The annual SC Magazine Awards Europe has recognised security's key contributors and outstanding products for more than a decade. As the industry's preeminent award program, individuals, brands, and products chosen address not only the challenges prominent today, but also the emerging threat landscape of tomorrow. The Awards presentation will take place on Tuesday 28 April 2009 at the Hurlingham Club in West London.

Courion's inclusion as a finalist follows SC Magazine US naming its Enterprise Provisioning Suite a "Best of 2008" identity management product, where it was praised as "an excellent overall product with ease of use and excellent pricing."

"We are delighted to be included as a finalist in SC Magazine's Best Identity Management award category," explains Courion's UK General Manager, Stuart Hodkinson. "This is yet another example of the recognition our Enterprise Provisioning Suite has received for how quickly and easily it solves even the most complex identity and access management, risk and compliance challenges."

The Enterprise Provisioning Suite is an example of Access Assurance, Courion's unique approach to access and compliance management, ensuring only the right people have the right access to the right resources and are doing the right things. Access Assurance unifies Access Governance, Access Provisioning and Access Compliance in even the most complex, heterogeneous environments. This comprehensive approach increases operational efficiency and transparency, strengthens security, and improves compliance, while delivering the industry's fastest time to value and lowest total cost of ownership.

About Courion

Courion's award-winning Access Assurance solutions are used by more than four hundred organizations and over 7.5 million users worldwide to quickly and easily solve their most complex identity and access management (password management, provisioning, and role management), risk and compliance challenges. Courion's business-driven approach results in unparalleled customer success by ensuring users' access rights and activities are compliant with policy while supporting both security and business objectives. For more information, please visit our website at www.courion.com.

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    Rachel Weeks            Chris Green
    Courion Corporation     DMG Europe
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