Bit9 Named as Finalist in the 2010 American Business Awards

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8th annual Stevie® Awards will be presented on June 21 in New York City

05.25.2010 - Waltham, Mass.

The American Business Awards are the nation’s premier business awards program. All organizations operating in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit entries – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small.

This year’s Stevie Award winners will be announced during the annual gala on Monday, June 21 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City.  More than 600 executives from across the U.S.A. are expected to attend.  The event will benefit Oceana (oceana.org), the largest international organization focused on ocean conservation. The ceremonies will be broadcast on radio nationwide by the Business TalkRadio Network. 

More than 2,700 entries from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted for consideration in more than 40 categories, including Most Innovative Company of the Year, Management Team of the Year, Best New Product or Service of the Year, Corporate Social Responsibility Program of the Year, and Corporate Environmental Responsibility Program of the Year. 

“We are proud to be recognized by one of the world’s most competitive business award programs,” said Patrick Morley, President and CEO of Bit9.  “We are pleased to be a finalist and we are excited to see application whitelisting receive recognition for its place in stopping advanced threats in organizations such as Operation Aurora.”

Bit9 Parity application whitelisting is designed to solve today's advanced IT security and management challenges. By providing complete, defense-in-depth endpoint protection, Bit9 proactively hardens laptops, desktops, servers and kiosks. By discovering all applications running on endpoints and assigning a Trust Factor and a policy, Bit9 Parity application whitelisting technology ensures the integrity of the computing environment. By gaining this visibility and control, organizations benefit with lower IT management and helpdesk costs and full protection from malware and unknown threats.

Included in the Bit9 Parity Suite is the Global Software Registry^TM(GSR) – a cloud-based, “look-up” service for software that provides a list of meta data on application files whose trust factor is based on many Anti-Virus scans, prevalence in customer environments, category and more. It is a reliable and up-to-date way to help customers build a whitelist of software and devices appropriate to their business. The GSR acts as a background check on files when Application Whitelisting is first implemented to find out what already exists on users’ endpoint machines. It is also used to look up hashes of files that end users are attempting to run.

Members of the Awards' Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors and specialized final judging committees will select Stevie Award winners from among Finalists in final judging that will continue through May 28. Finalists were chosen by business professionals nationwide during preliminary judging in April and May.

Details about The American Business Awards and the list of Finalists in all categories are available atwww.stevieawards.com/aba. 

About Bit9, Inc.

Bit9 is the pioneer and leader in Enterprise Application Whitelisting, providing advanced threat protection to enterprises and government organizations that need a foundational layer of security to stop the Advanced Persistent Threat. The company's solutions provide total visibility and control over all software on endpoints, eliminating the risk caused by malicious, illegal and unauthorized software.

 Bit9 leverages the Bit9 Global Software Registry^TM- the world's largest database of software intelligence - to identify and classify software, delivering the highest levels of endpoint security, compliance, and manageability. Bit9's global customers include companies in a wide variety of industries, such as government, financial services, retail, healthcare, e-commerce and education.

Bit9 was awarded a prestigious $2M United States federal research grant in 2003 from the National Institute of Standards and Technology-Advanced Technology Program (NIST ATP) to conduct the research that is now at the core of our application whitelisting solutions. Bit9 is privately held and based in Waltham, Massachusetts. For more information, visithttp://www.bit9.comor call +1 617.393.7400.

About The Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service.  Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide.  Learn more about The Stevie Awards atwww.stevieawards.com.

Sponsors and partners of The 2010 American Business Awards include Infogroup, Netezza, CIGNA, Citrix Online, Epic Advertising, High Performance Technologies Inc., imagistic, John Hancock, LifeLock, Lionbridge, PetRays, RCN, and SoftPro.

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