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For the fourth time in a row, Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner Voted Windowsecurity.Com Readers’ Choice Award Winner

02-24-2011 06:04 PM CET | IT, New Media & Software

Press release from: Acunetix Ltd

February 23, 2011 – Leading Windows Security resource site, WindowSecurity.com, announced today that Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner was selected the winner in the Web Application Security category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards.

“Our Readers’ Choice Awards give visitors to our site the opportunity to vote for the products they view as the very best in their respective category,” said Sean Buttigieg, WindowSecurity.com manager. “WindowSecurity.com users are specialists in their field who encounter various network security solutions at the workplace. The award serves as a mark of excellence, providing the ultimate recognition from peers within the industry.”

“It’s a great honour to be awarded the Windowsecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award for the fourth consecutive time. It re-emphasizes our ability to keep providing a quality and innovative product by being consistently voted as the number one web application security scanner by the readers of a leading authority in network security,” said Robert Abela, Technical Manager at Acunetix.

WindowSecurity.com conducts monthly polls to discover which product is preferred by Network Security administrators in a particular category of third party network security solutions. The awards draw a huge response per category and are based entirely on the visitors’ votes. WindowSecurity.com visitors can submit their votes for the current Readers' Award poll in the site’s left-hand bar.

About Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner
Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner ensures website security by automatically checking for SQL injection, Cross site scripting and may other vulnerabilities. It checks password strength on authentication pages and automatically audits shopping carts, forms, dynamic content and other web applications. As the scan is being completed, the software produces detailed reports that pinpoint where vulnerabilities exist. Acunetix WVS Reporting Application allows security alerts to be presented in a document which abides by the PCI Compliance specification.

About WindowSecurity.com
WindowSecurity.com (http://windowsecurity.com) is a Microsoft Windows Security resource site. It is the leading Windows Security site, attracting over 440,000 Security administrators and specialists a month. The site provides the latest Windows Security Services, articles and tutorials by leading Windows Security experts, message boards, software listings and product reviews. WindowsSecurity.com forms part of a group of sites run by TechGenix Ltd., including http://www.windowsnetworking.com - a comprehensive Windows Networking resource site;http://www.msexchange.org, a Microsoft Exchange Server resource site; http://www.msterminalservices.org, a Server Based Computing resource site and http://www.isaserver.org, a Microsoft ISA Server resource site.

All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

For more information about Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner, please contact: info@acunetix.com.
For more information about WindowSecurity.com email info@windowsecurity.com

About Acunetix
Acunetix was founded to combat the alarming rise in web attacks. Its flagship product, Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner, is the result of several years of work by a team of highly experienced security developers. Acunetix is a privately held European company. For more information about Acunetix, visit: http://www.acunetix.com.

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