Winners Of Security Products' Govies Government Security Awards Announced

  • Mar 31, 2011

Security Products magazine, the only integrated product magazine reaching the entire security market, announced Platinum and Gold winners in the 2011 Security Products’ Govies Government Security award competition today. The awards honor outstanding government products in a variety of categories.

The Security Products’ Government Security Awards were launched in 2009 and re-launched as the Govies in 2011. The revamped program gave top entrants the added benefit of displaying their products in the Security Products booth (No. 1814) at the annual GovSec Conference & Expo March 29-31 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. 

Earlier this month, the judges narrowed down the 2011 submissions to those achieving top status. The following Platinum and Gold designations were announced today:

Access Control --
Platinum:
HID -- Multi-class Magnetic Strip Reader
Codebench -- PIVCheck Software Suite

Gold:
Quantum Secure -- SAFE for Government Solution
Viscount Systems -- Freedom Encryption Bridge

Cloud Computing/Storage --
Platinum:
Pivot3 -- HardBank

Gold:
2X -- VirtualDesktopServer

Disaster Recovery --
Platinum:
Viscount Systems -- ABC Vault

Fire & Life Safety --
Platinum:
System Sensor -- CO1224TR Carbon Monoxide Detector with RealTest
System Sensor -- FAAST Fire Alarm Aspiration Sensing Technology

Gold:
System Sensor -- SpectrAlert Advance Emergency Communications and Mass Notification Devices

Homeland Security --
Platinum:
AtHoc -- IWSAlerts
FutureSentry - First Responder

Gold:
International Surveillance Technology, Inc. -- Internet Portable Equipment Module
International Surveillance Technology, Inc. -- Micro Pem

IP Video --
Platinum:
Axis Communications -- Q6034-E PTZ Dome Network Camera
MOBOTIX -- Q24M Hemispheric Camera

Gold:
Axis Communications -- P3346-VE Fixed Dome Network Camera

IT Software/Hardware --
Platinum:
Fortinet -- FortiGate 5140

Gold:
Viewfinity -- Viewfinity Privilege Management

Video Management Systems --
Platinum:
Verint -- Nextiva PSIM
Video Insight -- VMS Management System Release 4.3

Gold:
Milestone -- XProtect Corporate 4.0

Wireless Security --
Platinum:
Berkeley Varitronics Systems -- Wolfhound-PRO Cell Phone DetectorAccess Control

Gold:
Berkeley Varitronics Systems -- Watchhound Cell Phone Monitor

“It’s exciting to have the opportunity to display so many outstanding government security products in our booth,” said Ralph C. Jensen, Editor-in-Chief of Security Products. “GovSec is an ideal venue for security companies to show off their products to the government industry.” 

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