Anti-Phishing Solution Named as 2005 Homeland Security Award Semi-Finalist
On Saturday, June 4, 2005, Sestus Data Corporation was notified that its anti-phishing solution, the PhishCops Website Authentication Process, has been selected as a semifinalist for the 2005 Homeland Security Award in Washington D.C.
(PRWEB) June 10, 2005 -- On Saturday, June 4, 2005, Sestus Data Corporation
was notified that its anti-phishing solution, the PhishCops Website
Authentication Process, has been selected as a semifinalist for the 2005
Homeland Security Award in Washington D.C.
The Christopher Columbus
Fellowship Foundation is a United States Federal Government agency established
to "encourage and support research, study and labor designed to produce new
discoveries in all fields of endeavor for the benefit of mankind." The
Foundation's Board of Trustees selects the semifinalists and semifinalists are
sent for ranking to a national Evaluation Committee composed of prominent
individuals representing diverse fields of human endeavor. The Foundation awards
four Homeland Security Awards to "United States individual citizens or companies
that are making a measurable and constructive contribution related to basic
and/or advanced research in the area of homeland security which will result in a
significant and positive benefit to society".
The four Award fields
are:
1.Biological, Radiological, Nuclear - Including utilities (air, water,
telephone), aviation, business vulnerabilities, sensors, and lack of situational
awareness;
2.Border/Transportation Security - Airport security, trucks,
rail, and containers authorization, certification and
tracking;
3.Emergency Response - Interoperability, emergency command
centers, mobile devices (PDAs, cell phones, pagers,
Internet);
4.Information Sharing - Cyber security, vertical and
horizontal (Federal, State and private) communications, ways to encourage
information sharing, privacy issues, and criminal and terrorist watch
lists.
Four finalists, one for each the above fields, will be notified in
August 2005 and will be honored at a luncheon on Columbus Day, October 10th,
2005, in Washington , D.C.
In addition to the above federal agency
recognition, several commercial entities are also reviewing this innovative
anti-phishing solution for immediate commercial application.
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