Awards & Certifications

sc_awards_2011.gif Information Security Product of the Year, Unified Security Gateway (USG) is the only Secure Web Gateway to combine feature and content controls of social networks with the monitoring, management and security of over 4500 Web 2.0 applications, such as instant messaging (IM) and unified communications (UC). The Socialite module within USG enables organisations to control over 150 activity and content features within Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter and can moderate and archive content.
sc_awards_2011.gif Vantage won the Best Security Solution in Financial Services for the second consecutive year. It provides granular security, policy controls and compliance features for real time and UC applications. It supports the widest variety of platforms including Microsoft Lync, IBM Lotus Sametime and Cisco Unified Presence; public IM, such as Windows Live and Skype; and web conferencing and industry focused networks including Reuters, Bloomberg and YellowJacket.
uc2010.png Vantage has been awarded the 2010 Unified Communications Magazine Product of the Year Award. Vantage enables enterprises to benefit from the cost savings and productivity of unified communications (UC) platforms, without exposing the enterprise to compliance or security risks. The de facto platform for granular security, policy controls and compliance, Vantage provides management for the widest variety of UC and real-time communications platforms
SC_2010_winner.gif Vantage: Best Security Solution for Financial Services in the SC Magazine Europe Awards 2010. Vantage ensures the security, management and compliance of real time and unified communications, enabling Financial Services organisations to do business more quickly, more profitably and more securely using collaborative communication tools.

Now entering its third decade, the SC Awards Europe are universally recognised as the most coveted and prestigious awards for the European information security industry.
ITPro_110.gif "With so many apps to monitor and so little time, reporting needs to be good and USG doesn't disappoint…. There's no denying the USG530 fills the gaps that traditional UTM appliances leave behind. Its awareness of IM and P2P apps and social networking sites is second to none and it augments these abilities with quality anti-malware and web content filtering capabilities."
SC_Mag_09_shortlist.gif Unified Gateway Appliance (USG) was selected as a Security Product of the Year finalist in the SC Magazine Awards 2009, Europe.
logo_SCmag_5stars_sm.gif In November 2008, SC Magazine reviewed the USG320 and gave it a 5 star rating. Citing Simple deployment, superb IM and P2P controls, system- and user-based access policies, social networking aware, the review concludes with a verdict that the USG provides an excellent range of access controls for IM and P2P applications.
pc_pro_rec_award1.jpg pcpro_final_a_list1.jpg "Despite the problems of unmonitored IM and P2P usage in the workplace, most security vendors still aren't taking this seriously. Fortunately, Actiance is, and the USG220 not only delivers one of the most comprehensive solutions for monitoring and controlling these apps, it also adds spyware protection and full web-content filtering."
ntl_world_class_award.gif In September 2008, independent technology research and product evaluation firm Network Testing Labs reviewedUnified Security Gateway and awarded it the World Class Award, based on six key criteria in Web security: identifying and thwarting malware, performance, ease of use, reports, deployment and documentation.
2008BestProducts100x_60.gif (Actiance Vantage) FaceTime's IMAuditor is the winner of the 2008 Best Products and Services Award for Microsoft OCS Security and Compliance, awarded by Network Products Guide.
2008BestProducts100x_60.gif FaceTime's Unified Security Gateway is the winner of the 2008 Best Products and Services Award for Web 2.0 Security, awarded by Network Products Guide.
crntclogo07_rec.gif FaceTime's Unified Security Gateway received the CRN Test Center Recommended Award for its configurability, management, ease of policy set up, customization and scalability. CRN reviewers noted that "With a solution like USG, in conjunction with a strongly defined and consistently applied technology usage policy, solution providers can offer a formidable defense in the rapidly evolving and constantly challenging realm of realtime communications."
InfoSec_HotPick_110.gif In May 2007 FaceTime Internet Security Edition was named a "Hot Pick" by Information Security magazine and received excellent marks in all areas. The magazine concluded that FaceTime offers an effective and affordable solution to manage, control, secure and provide policy compliance around Web-based applications.
ProdExcellence60x.jpg FaceTime was named a winner of the 2007 Global Product Excellence Awards for Customer Trust from InfoSecurity Products Guide. FaceTime was acknowledged as Winner of Excellence in the Secure Web Gateway category.
NetworkWorld0226.gif In February 2007 FaceTime received the NetworkWorld Best of the Tests 2007 Award for Best Anti-Malware for it's FaceTime Enterprise Edition solution.
sc07awards_winner_50.gif In February 2007 FaceTime received the SC Magazine 2007 Reader Trust Award for Best IM Security for it's FaceTime Enterprise Edition solution for the second consecutive year.
clearchoiceaward_110.gif In September 2006, FaceTime Enterprise Edition earned the Clear Choice Award for Best Anti-Malware from NetworkWorld. Highlighted as the solution with the fastest performance and the highest accuracy, FaceTime beat out 6 other vendors for the top spot.
ntl_world_class_award.gif In June 2006, independent technology research and product evaluation firm Network Testing Labs reviewed FaceTime's RTGuardian and awarded it the World Class Award.
scmag_award_logo_62.gif In February 2006 FaceTime received the SC Magazine 2006 Reader Trust Award for Best IM Security with it's FaceTime Enterprise Edition solution. This was the first year SC Magazine introduced the Best IM Security category.
HotCompanies06.jpg In January 2006 FaceTime was awarded the 'Hot Company 2006' award by Info Security Products Guide, the world's leading publication on security-related products and technologies published from Silicon Valley, USA. Winners were selected based on the Guide's '4Ps' criteria, namely Products, People, Performance and Potential.
SCBB_2005_white_82.gif In their September 2005 issue, SC Magazine published the results of an exhaustive Group Test Review of eight different instant messaging products. FaceTime Enterprise Edition earned the magazine's "Best Buy" award.
milec05_silver100x44.gif In March 2005, FaceTime earned the Lotus Advisor Editor's Choice Award for its Enterprise Edition package of IM security and compliance tools for the second year in a row. FaceTime's Enterprise Edition was awarded the silver in the "Instant Messaging Tools" category.
SC_60tall.gif In September 2004, FaceTime's RTG500 earned SCMagazine's Recommended Award for Best Dedicated Instant Messaging and Peer-to-peer Security Solution for Large Enterprises.
Codie2004_finalist_80tall.gif In May 2004 at the 19th Annual Codie Awards, FaceTime was selected as a finalist for the Codie Corporate Achievement Award. The Codie Corporate Achievement Award awards a business or corporation that enhances the development and embodies the vision of the software and information industry.
eWeek_excellence_award_80ta.jpg FaceTime IMAuditor was labeled the only compliance solution to win the eWeek eXcellence Award in 2002, accepting an award in the Enterprise Collaboration and Messaging Category.
InfoWorld_100_Award_120.jpg FaceTime customer Thomas Weisel Partners was chosen as a 2002 InfoWorld 100 Award for use of IMAuditor to meet SEC regulatory requirements.
LotusAdvisor_silver.gif FaceTime Communications received the Lotus Advisor Editors' Choice Award for its suite of IM security, management and compliance solutions at Lotusphere 2004. FaceTime's IM Director™, IMAuditor™, and IM Guardian™ won the silver award for "Best Instant Messaging Tools." FaceTime's product offerings were the only IM security and management solutions to receive accolades from Lotus Advisor at Lotusphere.
Certifications
cisco_logo.gif Cisco delivers the intelligent network infrastructure for today's Internet business solutions enabling enterprises to leverage interoperable products and services from selected and tested partners. Actiance is a certified Cisco Technology Developer Program Partner; Actiance's USG has been certified by Cisco to interoperate with Security & VPN solutions, providing customers with a comprehensive network security solution for real-time communications.
symantec_120.jpg The Symantec Technology Partner Program establishes standards for how diverse security and infrastructure products from multiple vendors can work together with Symantec technologies to simplify complex enterprise networks for joint customers.

Actiance's suite of security and management products are integrated with Symantec's security technology, which provides a broad range of content and network security software and appliance solutions to individuals, enterprises and service providers.