Shavlik Technologies Wins Two SC Magazine Readers Trust Awards; Shavlik HFNetChkPro™ Named Best Vulnerability Assessment and Remediation Solution and Best Patch Management Solution

Business Wire, Feb 15, 2006

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Shavlik Technologies, LLC, a leading global provider of enterprise security software solutions, today announced that Shavlik HFNetChkPro(TM) has won two SC Magazine Reader Trust Awards in the categories of "Best Vulnerability Assessment and Remediation Solution" and "Best Patch Management Solution" in 2006. The award was announced on February 14, 2006 during the RSA Conference in San Jose.

With over 1,300 product and service nominations from over 330 competing companies globally, 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.

"We are honored to be recognized as the leader in patch management and vulnerability assessment and remediation," said Mark Shavlik, president and CEO of Shavlik Technologies. "Network security threats are growing, and companies can help protect against these threats by ensuring their systems are patched. We developed an automated patch management solution to help administrators quickly and easily patch their networks, and this award signifies that our solution meets our customers' needs."

Shavlik HFNetChkPro is a stand-alone patch management solution. It is also included into Shavlik NetChk(TM) Protect, an integrated patch and spyware management solution that can be run from one unified console.

About SC Magazine Awards

Recognizing technical excellence and professional achievement across a variety of different categories, the SC Awards is a truly unique program developed to bring attention to the industry's top products and highlight the professionals that have both created them and use them within their companies. For more information on the SC Magazine Global Awards, visit www.scawards.com.

About Shavlik Technologies

Shavlik Technologies, LLC helps information technology managers and administrators manage computer system security including policy based assessment, security scanning and remediation of security vulnerabilities due to missing patches, weak accounts and passwords. Shavlik's security solutions include Shavlik NetChk(TM) Protect, a unified console for multiple security products including Shavlik HFNetChkPro(TM), the industry standard for security patch management; Shavlik NetChk Compliance, a security compliance management solution, and Shavlik NetChk(TM) Spyware, an enterprise anti-spyware solution. Other security solutions include Shavlik Security Agents(TM), the company's new agent-based patch management solution; Shavlik HFNetChkPro(TM) for Solaris, the company's web-based interface for the Linux and Solaris environments; Shavlik EnterpriseInspector(TM), a powerful network inspection tool; and Shavlik AccountInspector(TM), an interactive account and password security tool.

Founded in 1993, Shavlik licenses its industry-leading technology to partners including BladeLogic, BMC Software, Endforce, Numara, iPass, Microsoft, N-able, Net IQ, ScriptLogic, SupportSoft and Symantec and integrates with McAfee Policy Enforcer. Shavlik can be reached at www.shavlik.com.

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