ATLANTA, Nov. 3, 2010 — Mobile Active Defense (M.A.D.), The Smartphone Security Company, has been named a 2011 SC Magazine Awards finalist for stellar leadership and achievement in information security. Its Mobile Enterprise Compliance Security (MECS) Server Solution is recognized in the Excellence Award "Rookie Security Company of the Year" category, which acknowledges companies with superior security products that help customers tackle today's pressing security challenges.
"M.A.D.'s innovations illustrate the passion and creativity the IT security industry is taking to protect valuable assets and interests," says SC Magazine Editor-in-Chief Illena Armstrong. "At the end of the day it's about protecting business, and M.A.D. was named a finalist because of their contribution to this effort."
In its 14th year, the information security industry's most prominent accolade, the annual SC Awards showcase the best solutions, services and professionals, recognizing achievement and technical excellence. SC Magazine distinguishes the achievements of the security professionals in the trenches, the innovations happening in the vendor and service provider communities and the passionate work of government, commercial and nonprofits – all working to help improve global security.
IT security companies nominate their solutions for consideration in the SC Magazine Awards and entries are judged by a panel of leading security officers from large, medium and small enterprises from all major vertical markets.
"We are extremely honored to be nominated for this category amongst such an elite group of finalists as well as being recognized by the leading industry publication such as SC Magazine," said Rob Smith, CTO of Mobile Active Defense, upon receiving the news. "The dilemma of Mobile Security is a hot topic today and one that we naturally feel very strongly about. Many mobile solutions will tout the perception of security without actually delivering it in their own sandbox. However, once you close the sandbox, you have no security! This is simply not good enough, as you must protect the entire beachhead and not just a small sandbox! Mobile Active Defense is the first product to deliver true security to non-BlackBerry devices."
Winners of this year's SC Magazine Awards will be announced at a gala dinner and award ceremony to be held in San Francisco on Tuesday, February 15, 2011.
About SC Magazine
SC Magazine was named winner of 2010 Magazine of the Year by the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE). It provides IT security professionals with in-depth and unbiased information through timely news, comprehensive analysis, cutting-edge features, contributions from thought leaders and the best, most extensive collection of product reviews in the business. In addition to the monthly print magazine the brand's portfolio includes SC World Congress Conference and Expo, SC Congress Canada, SC Magazine Awards, SC Directory and SC Magazine Newswire.
About Mobile Active Defense
Mobile Active Defense is made by Mobile Application Development Partners, LLC, a software development company headquartered in Atlanta, GA with offices in Mainz, Germany and London, England. M.A.D. Partners, LLC has over 100 years combined experience in security hardware and software product design and development, marketing, sales and support. M.A.D.'s mission is to create innovative, high-quality and easy-to-use security applications for smartphones.
M.A.D.'s MECS Server solution secures mobile enterprises to the most stringent compliance and security standards with its unique ability to truly lock down iPhones, iPads as well as smartphone and tablet devices to the extent required by security-aware and compliance-regulated organizations – while not changing the user experience or causing any noticeable latency whatsoever.
For more information, visit http://www.mobileactivedefense.com or contact Jackie Baumann at 941-266-3819 or Email
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