SC Magazine Awards Archer Technologies Best Policy Management Solution 2006

SAN JOSE, Calif. (Feb. 15, 2006) – Archer Technologies (Archer), a leader in enterprise security and compliance solutions, announced today the company’s Enterprise Security Management product has been named Best Policy Management Solution in SC Magazine's Reader Trust Awards for 2006.

Products considered for this award incorporate security best practices based on industry and internal standards to ensure continuous compliance across the enterprise. Archer was recognized for its superior achievements in creating a software product configurable to enterprise security needs and organizational structure, empowering customers to easily adapt Archer’s solutions to their unique and changing requirements.

"Winning this award is a great honor for Archer because the recognition comes from the readers of SC magazine who implement and use our products," said Jon Darbyshire, CEO of Archer Technologies. "We owe this award to our customers who work closely with us to develop more intuitive products to meet their changing security and compliance requirements. Our product development is greatly influenced by their needs.”

The SC Awards honor security professionals and products for their role in helping to shape the security industry. The Reader Trust Awards are voted on by SC readers in each region and the SC Awards Council. Archer was also awarded Best Security Solution for Government in SC Magazine's U.S. Excellence Awards and was a finalist in SC Magazine’s Best Security Solution USA category as well as the publication’s Reader Trust Award for Best Security Management Tool.

These industry achievements were acknowledged during SC Magazine’s U.S. Awards ceremony held at The Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, Calif., on Feb. 14, 2006.

The publication previously recognized Archer for professional achievement and technical excellence with its Best Security Solution for Financial Services award in 2005.

About Archer Technologies

Archer Technologies delivers enterprise governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions. With more than six million licensed users and a client list that includes one in four of the Fortune 100, Archer enables companies to manage enterprise risks, demonstrate compliance, automate business processes, and gain visibility into corporate risk and security controls.

Archer’s out-of-the-box solutions, including Policy, Risk, Compliance, Enterprise, Incident, Vendor, Threat, Business Continuity, and Audit Management, are built on the flexible Archer SmartSuite Framework™, allowing clients to tailor the solutions according to their unique requirements. Whether deployed on-premise or via Archer’s SaaS model, the Framework has become a go-to GRC platform for many global organizations.

Archer is the only vendor that delivers the Archer GRC Ecosystem™ comprised of out-of-the-box solutions, a flexible Framework, a robust user community, and an application and partner exchange, which provides clients the tools they need to build a best-in-class enterprise GRC program. For more information, visit www.archer.com or call 1-888-539-EGRC.