Sallie Mae Wins Information Security Executive® Security Project of the Year Award with nCircle Implementation

nCircle, the leader in information risk and security performance management solutions, today announced that T.E.N. awarded Sallie Mae the Information Security Project of the Year for their implementation of nCircle IP360™. The award showcases projects for outstanding achievements in risk management, data asset protection, compliance, privacy and network security deployed and completed over the last 12-18 months. Nominees and final winners were recognized at the at the ISE^® Central Awards 2012 held on June 6, 2012 at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel, Dallas, Texas.

The project, entitled Sallie Mae’s Enterprise-wide Continuous Monitoring and Vulnerability Management Program Evolution, documents Sallie Mae’s transition from periodic, compliance-oriented vulnerability scanning to an enterprise wide continuous monitoring program using nCircle IP360. Full implementation of the program was completed in less than eight months. The new program more than doubled Sallie Mae’s scanning coverage and will realize an annual cost savings of 31% over the next 5 years.

“Winning an ISE^® Award is a testament to outstanding innovation and leadership in the field of IT security. It represents the highest honor that can be bestowed on an executive or project, as judged by a team of seasoned IT security leaders and past ISE® Award winners,” said Marci McCarthy, CEO and president, T.E.N.

“We are very excited for the Sallie Mae team,” said Keren Cummins, director of federal and mid-Atlantic markets for nCircle. “It’s especially gratifying when an nCircle customer takes the time to document the operational cost savings that result from moving to a highly automated enterprise class solution. The Sallie Mae team did a fantastic job and it’s great to see them recognized for their overall organizational impact.”

nCircle provides the world's most comprehensive suite of solutions for agentless security and configuration auditing for physical and virtual IT environments. nCircle's solutions combine the broadest discovery of networks and their operating systems, applications, vulnerabilities, and configurations with advanced analytics to help enterprises reduce security risk and achieve compliance. nCircle's solutions include IP360™ for vulnerability management, WebApp360™ for web application vulnerability scanning, Configuration Compliance Manager (CCM)™ for configuration auditing and file integrity monitoring, Certified PCI Scan Service™ for on-demand self-service PCI scanning, and Suite360 Intelligence Hub™ for IT governance, risk and compliance (ITGRC) reporting and analytics.

About The ISE® Awards

For a decade, the Information Security Executive (ISE®) of the Year Awards has become the industry’s most prestigious and anticipated awards for security executives and their project teams. Winners have included executives and project teams from such leading organizations such as Nike, The Walt Disney Company, The U.S. Department of Defense, Unum, Texas Instruments, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Equifax, The Home Depot, PayPal, Northrop Grumman Corporation, and Motorola.

Coupled with a one or two day executive summit, The ISE® Executive Forum and Awards are held across the country in major cities including Atlanta, Dallas, Washington DC, San Francisco and New York City. Since 2003, the ISE® Awards Program Series have reached over 7,000 executives across a broad range of industries and have been a major influence in executives’ careers, knowledge sharing, and the development of peer-to-peer relationships.

Nominees are invited to network with their peers and attend all events during the ISE® Program as our complimentary guest. The ISE® Program Series creates a unique atmosphere for interaction and information exchange among industry peers. The nomination process, the judging process, and the experience of the ISE® Awards combined with the cumulative impact of the on-site program provide the ISE® Nominees with an unparalleled platform for success.

About nCircle

nCircle is the leading provider of information risk and security performance management solutions to more than 6,500 businesses and government agencies worldwide. nCircle solutions enable enterprises of all sizes to (1) automate compliance and reduce risk, and (2) measure and compare the performance of their IT security program with their own goals and industry peers. nCircle solutions may be deployed on a customer’s premises, as a cloud-based service, or in combination, for maximum flexibility and value.

nCircle has won numerous awards for growth, innovation, customer satisfaction and technology leadership and has been ranked among the top 100 best places to work in the San Francisco Bay Area. nCircle is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, with regional offices throughout the United States and in London and Toronto. To learn how you can more effectively protect your company visit us at http://www.ncircle.com.

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