DesktopStandard’s PolicyMaker™ Application Security and PolicyMaker™ Product Family Receive Global Excellence Awards

Readers of Info Security Products Guide bestow awards in Excellence in Management of Least Privilege User Security and Group Policy Extensions

Portsmouth, NH - June 7, 2006 – DesktopStandard Corporation, the leading developer of Group Policy-based enterprise desktop management and security products, announced today that two of the company’s products won prestigious Global Product Excellence - Customer Trust 2006 Awards from Info Security Products Guide. DesktopStandard’s PolicyMaker Application Security won the Global Excellence in Management of Least Privilege Customer Trust 2006 Award and the PolicyMaker family of products won the Global Excellence in Group Policy Extensions Customer Trust 2006 Award.

These solutions were recognized from more than 150 product nominations in the Global Excellence Awards - Customer Trust 2006. Winning products in each category were selected by vote. More than 18,000 end-users and prospective customers from worldwide were invited by Info Security Products Guide to select the products they trust the most when it comes to protecting their computer desktops, networks and corporate information.

“The Info Security Products Guide Global Excellence Awards are highly coveted in the IT security industry because our products guide readers, who are the buyers and users of the security products, are the ones who choose the winners,” said Rick Justice, Chief Technology Editor of Info Security Products Guide. “Their vote serves as a strong peer recommendation of the winning security products.”

PolicyMaker Application Security was the first solution to enable network administrators to enforce the security principle of Least Privilege on Windows desktops. With it organizations can effectively run end-users as non-administrators, significantly reducing their exposure to malware and malicious end-users. It is managed from Group Policy and allows enterprise administrators to implement desktop security best-practices and to satisfy security-focused regulatory compliance directives.

The PolicyMaker family of products is revolutionizing Enterprise Desktop Management. By incorporating common tasks into Group Policy, management is standardized. This reduces acquisition cost, training time and management overhead while increasing reliability and maintainability over scripting and utilities. This standards-based, policy-centric approach results in each configuration setting being documented and managed, an important benefit in standards compliance and security.

“Recognition by the technically savvy readers of Info Security Products Guide that customers trust our security focused products most is a powerful indication that we are delivering industry-leading solutions and greatly enhancing corporate security,” said DesktopStandard CEO John Moyer. “To be honored in these categories underscores our influence in the realm of Group Policy based enterprise desktop security and enabling the security best-practice of Least Privilege, and validates the unique value that customers see in our products.”

About DesktopStandard Corporation
DesktopStandard Corporation is the leading developer of Group Policy-based enterprise desktop management products. The company has more than 3,500 customers, more than 4 million desktops under management and a worldwide network of integrators and resellers. DesktopStandard is a Microsoft Gold Certified ISV.

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