Last year WindowSecurity.com conducted a number of Readers' Choice Award contests to find out which products most Network Security administrators recommended. A variety of different products were listed on the site and visitors had a chance to cast their vote for their favorite products.
Throughout the year there were thousands of responses for the various Networking Security products people preferred. The following results are taken from over 2,000 respondents. Listed below are the top choices for each category and also the schedule for the 2008 Readers' Choice Awards.
- Authentication / Smart Cards - RSA Smart Card 5200
- Network Auditing Software - Altiris SecurityExpressions
- VPN Software - AccessPoint SSL VPN Software
- Security Scanner Software - Nessus Security Scanner
- Firewall Software - ISA Server
- Patch Management - GFI LANguard N.S.S
Authentication / Smart Cards - December 2007
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Results
| 1st | RSA Smart Card 5200 | |
| 2nd | Authenex ASAS | |
| 3rd | eToken |
See the full results of the Authentication / Smart Card category.
Get more information on other Authentication / Smart Card solutions.
Network Auditing - November 2007
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Results
| 1st | Altiris SecurityExpressions | |
| 2nd | Professional Audit Expander | |
| 3rd | LogCaster |
See the full results of the Network Auditing category.
Get more information on other Network Auditing solutions.
VPN Software- October 2007
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Results
| 1st | AccessPoint SSL VPN Software | |
| 2nd | Astaro VPN Clients | |
| 3rd | SSL-Explorer Enterprise Edition |
See the full results of the VPN Software category.
Get more information on other VPN Software solutions.
Security Scanner - September 2007
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Results
| 1st | Nessus Security Scanner | |
| 2nd | GFI LANguard NSS | |
| 3rd | Retina Network Security Scanner |
See the full results of the Security Scanner category.
Get more information on other Security Scanner solutions.
Firewall Software - August 2007
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Results
| 1st | ISA Server | |
| 2nd | Astaro Security Gateway SA | |
| 3rd | Symantec Sygate Enterprise Protection |
See the full results for the Firewall Software category.
Get more information on other Firewall Software solutions.
Patch Management- July 2007
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Results
| 1st | GFI LANguard N.S.S. | |
| 2nd | WinINSTALL | |
| 3rd | PatchLink Update |
See the full results for the Patch Management category.
Get more information on other Patch Management solutions.
2008 Readers' Choice Awards
Even more awards will be given out during 2008. Visitors to WindowSecurity.com will once again have the opportunity to vote for their preferred Exchange Server products by submitting their votes for the Readers' Choice Award poll in the site's left-hand bar. Below is a list of the Readers' Choice categories and the month that visitors can submit their votes.
- Web Application Security - January 2008 - Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner
- Event Log Monitoring - February 2008 - Enterprise Security Analyzer
- Anti Virus - March 2008
- Portable Storage Security - April 2008
- Email Anti Virus - May 2008
- Group Policy Management - June 2008
- Patch Management - July 2008
- Firewall Software - August 2008
- Security Scanner Software - September 2008
- VPN Software - October 2008
- Network Auditing Software - November 2008
- Authentication / Smart Cards - December 2008