Encentuate Named Best Single Sign-On and Best Two-Factor Solution by SC Magazine

(Foster City, Calif., Feb. 22, 2006) – Encentuate, Inc., a provider of enterprise access security solutions, today announced that it has been declared a winner in the "Best Single Sign-On" and "Best Two-Factor Solution" categories by SC Magazine Awards 2006. In addition to the awards given, Encentuate was also nominated as a finalist in the "Best Authentication" category.

"The fact that Encentuate is simultaneously the Best Single Sign-On and Best Two-Factor Solution is a significant endorsement of Encentuate's focus on security and convenience," said Peng T. Ong, founder and chairman of Encentuate. "We are pleased to be recognized as a market leader. We continue to build upon our success by providing our customers with the best solutions to meet their identity and access management needs."

Encentuate's vision is to provide solutions that help organizations simplify, strengthen and track access at the enterprise end points. Encentuate combines sign-on/sign-off automation with access workflow automation, authentication management and user-centric access auditing and reporting. The solution integrates with best-of-breed user provisioning systems to provide complete identity and access management for organizations.

The SC Magazine Awards showcase the best products, services and professionals in the information security industry and are a result of votes from the readers, as well as an independent panel of judges for various categories. SC Magazine provides the world's leading awards program for the information security industry with over 1,300 product and service nominations from over 330 competing companies globally. The award winners were announced on February 14th, 2006 at SC Magazine's Global Award Show during the 2006 RSA Conference in San Jose, Calif.

About SC Awards 2006
With over 1,300 product and service nominations from over 330 competing companies globally, the SC Awards are the world's leading awards program for the information security industry. New this year, the SC Magazine Awards have three separate award programs for the US, UK, and Asia Pacific regions. The awards are composed of the Reader Trust Awards—voted on by SC readers in each region, and the excellence and professional awards that are judged by a panel of the industry's top talents. Winners were announced at the 2006 SC Awards Gala on February 14th, 2006 which took place at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, Calif.

To view the full list of winners or to learn more about the SC Magazine Awards 2006-US please visit: www.scawards.com.