Spirion Takes Home Two Gold and One Silver Stevie® Awards in 2020 American Business Awards®

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., May 21, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Spirion, a pioneer in building solutions that enable companies around the globe to take the critical first step towards data protection, today announced that its Sensitive Data Manager platform won three Stevie® Awards in the 18th Annual American Business Awards®. The company was awarded two Gold Stevies for International Data Protection Solution and Postsecondary Enterprise Solution, and one Silver Stevie for Governance, Risk & Compliance Solution.

The American Business Awards are the nation's premier business awards program. All organizations operating in the United States are eligible to submit nominations - public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small.?More than 230 professionals worldwide participated in the judging process to select this year's Stevie Award winners among the 3,600 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry.

Judges for the American Business Awards recognized the need for Spirion's data protection solution, stating it is "never more critical than now." They also highlighted Sensitive Data Manager's persistent classification features as an "interesting improvement at the front of data security technology, and an impressive leap from more common security methods."

"We are honored to be recognized by the American Business Awards for our best in class International Data Protection Solution," said Kevin Coppins, President, and CEO of Spirion. "We are especially proud to share the spotlight for our Postsecondary Enterprise Solution Gold Stevie Award with one of our customers, Illinois College, for their recent deployment of our solution, which has helped to evolve their data privacy and compliance programs to the next level."

"Despite the toughest business conditions in memory, American organizations continue to demonstrate their commitment to innovation, creativity, and bottom-line results," said Stevie Awards president Maggie Gallagher. "This year's Stevie-winning nominations are full of inspiring stories of persistence, ingenuity, resourcefulness, and compassion. We celebrate all of their stories and look forward to showcasing them during our virtual awards ceremony on August 5."

Details about The American Business Awards and the list of 2020 Stevie winners are available at http://www.StevieAwards.com/ABA.

About Spirion
Spirion (http://www.spirion.com) is a pioneer in designing the critical first step of data protection through its data discovery, persistent classification, and behavior software and services. Since 2006, thousands of organizations across all industries worldwide have reduced their sensitive data footprint and proactively minimized the risks, costs, and reputational damage of successful cyberattacks and regulatory violations. The company was recently ranked by CIOReview magazine as one of the "20 Most Promising Compliance Technology Solution Providers of 2019" and was named a Grand Trophy Winner in the 16th Annual 2020 Info Security PG Global Excellence Awards.

About the Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in eight programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, the Middle East Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards®, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000 entries each year from organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at http://www.StevieAwards.com.

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