Courion: Courion Customer West Midlands Police Wins 2011 Best Deployment Scenario Award

Courion Corporation, the leading provider of Access Risk Managementsolutions that help organisations cost effectively deal with identity and access compliance and security risk, announced today that Info Security Products Guide, the industry's leading information security research and advisory guide, has named Courion customer West Midlands Police the winner of the 2011 Best Deployment Scenario Awards in the Access category. 

This prestigious award recognises security vendors with advanced, ground-breaking security solutions that are helping set the bar higher for others in all areas of information security. West Midlands Police was selected based on its deployment of Courion’s Access Assurance Suite™ solution, an example of a real world solution deployment that is making the most positive impact on security in today’s highly sophisticated and blended attacks environment.

West Midlands Police sought a solution that would help them create, manage and monitor user access rights among its 15,000 employees. While sharing information rapidly across all police forces was vital, the police force needed a solution in place to verify, confirm and monitor access to ensure that sensitive data was not falling into the wrong hands. This was implemented as part of the Force’s Gateway Programme which is intended to ensure that access to information, buildings and systems is given to the right people at the right time. The need for strong identity management is also mandatory for access to national systems such as the Police National Database, which provides a consolidated pool of nationwide police information and intelligence. Courion’s Access Assurance Suite allows the police force to ensure that access to key systems is shared quickly, but also securely, and provides peace of mind in knowing that IT is granting the right user the right access to the right resources and that they are doing the right things. To read more about this winning case study, please visithttp://www.infosecurityproductsguide.com/casestudies/.

“The most powerful message security vendors can give to prove their capabilities and continued commitment in solving customer’s security needs is through successful deployments,” says Rake Narang, editor-in-chief, Info Security Products Guide. “Courion’s successful deployment at West Midlands Police provides the police force with comprehensive access certification and compliance management, role lifecycle management, user provisioning and password management.”

"Info Security Products Guide's recognition of West Midlands Police further validates the importance of managing user access to improve security and demonstrate compli-ance," says Marc Lee, director of sales for EMEA, Courion. "By using Courion to auto-mate their identity and access management processes, West Midlands Police has not only made their user access certification process more efficient, they have also ensured that the critical data they work with on a daily basis does not wind up in the wrong hands, insulating the police force from data breaches that could endanger their constituency." 

Courion’s unique risk-based approach to identity, access and compliance management ensures that only the right people have the right access to the right resources and are doing the right things. Access Assurance unifies Access Governance, Access Compliance and Access Provisioning in the most complex, heterogeneous environments. This comprehensive solution allows organisations to better assess and manage risks, increases operational efficiency and transparency, strengthens security, and improves compliance, while delivering the industry’s fastest time to value and lowest total cost of ownership.

About Info Security Products Guide Awards
Info Security Products Guide sponsors leading conferences and expos worldwide and plays a vital role in keeping end-users informed of the choices they can make when it comes to protecting their digital resources. It is written expressly for those who are adamant on staying informed of security threats and the preventive measure they can take. You will discover a wealth of information in this guide including tomorrow's technology today, best deployment scenarios, people and technologies shaping info security and independent product evaluations that facilitate in making the most pertinent security decisions. The Info Security Products Guide Awards recognise and honour excellence in all areas of information security. To learn more, visit www.infosecurityproductsguide.com and stay secured.

About Courion
Courion’s award-winning Access Assurance Suite solutions are used by more than 450 organisations and over 12 million users worldwide to quickly and easily solve their most complex identity and access management (password management, provisioning, and role management), risk and compliance challenges. Courion’s business-driven approach results in unparalleled customer success by ensuring users’ access rights and activities are compliant with policy while supporting both security and business objectives. For more information, please visit our website at www.courion.com, our blog atblog.courion.com/, or on Twitter at twitter.com/Courion.

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Ben Tudor
Davies Murphy Group
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