PatchLink is Named a Finalist For SC Awards 2006

PatchLink Corporation, the global leader for enterprise security patch and vulnerability, is proud to announce that it has been selected as a finalist for the "Best Patch Management" category of the SC Awards 2006.

SC Magazine's SC Awards, the leading annual awards program for the information security industry, highlights the leading companies, products and services in the field. SC Magazine readers and a group of carefully selected senior CSOs from across the globe have put PatchLink Update™ in the running for a leading information security accolade - The Readers Technology Trust Award. PatchLink Update is an enterprise-level security patch, vulnerability, and compliance management software, which offers IT professionals automated security patch management capabilities to detect system vulnerabilities and deploy system and application patches. With more than a thousand product and service nominations from hundreds of companies worldwide, PatchLink has successfully beaten off the competition and was shortlisted in the "Best Patch Management" category. "We are truly honoured to receive this level of global recognition," said PatchLink President and CEO Corey M. Smith. "As the pioneer and market leader, PatchLink is committed to delivering the industry's best security patch management tools that enable businesses to effectively protect the assets on their network by mitigating the risk of intrusion." The Awards, which recognise technical excellence from around the world have been developed to highlight the best products as well as the professionals who have created and used them in their companies. The winner will be announced in the US on Valentine's Day 2006. SC Awards 2006 The SC Awards are the world's leading awards program for the information security industry. The SC Awards program spans US, Asia, and UK. The SC Awards are composed of both the Reader Trust Technology Awards - voted on by SC readers in each region and the SC Awards Council, a group of carefully selected senior CSOs - and the Professional Awards that are judged by a panel of the industry's top talents

About PatchLink

PatchLink®, a global leader in vulnerability management solutions, provides the industry's first comprehensive security platform for unified protection and control of all enterprise servers and endpoints. More than 5,000 organizations around the globe use PatchLink's positive security model solutions to integrate management and administration, consolidate infrastructure, enforce enterprise-level policies, lower cost of ownership and reduce risk. PatchLink is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona and was founded in 1991 by Sean Moshir.