LONDON--(Marketwire - Mar 12, 2012) - Wave Systems Corp. (NASDAQ: [ WAVX ]) ([ www.wave.com ]) announced today that it was named one of four finalists for a 2012 SC Magazine Award for its Safend Data Protection Suite, among the IT security industry's most prestigious accolades.

Competing in the "Best Data-Loss Prevention" category, Wave made the judges' shortlist on the merits of its Safend Data Protection Suite. The suite provides an integrated endpoint security toolkit that offers enterprise-wide port control, disk and media encryption, content inspection, data discovery and classification. But what makes it stand out from competitive solutions is the powerful, yet intuitive control the suite grants through a single management server, single management console and a single lightweight agent.

Paul Fisher, SC Magazine UK editor, said: "This was a record-breaking year for entries for the awards and I believe that this is represented in the quality of the nominees."

Winners of SC Awards Europe will be announced Tuesday, April 24 at a gala dinner and ceremony in London. Among the industry's most coveted honours, the SC Awards honour professionals working to secure enterprises, as well as the vendor and channel communities that deliver innovative security technologies.

[ Wave acquired Safend ] last September. Additional information on the Safend Data Protection Suite can be found [ here ].

About Wave Systems
Wave Systems Corp. (NASDAQ: [ WAVX ]) reduces the complexity, cost and uncertainty of data protection by starting inside the device. Unlike other vendors who try to secure information by adding layers of software for security, Wave leverages the security capabilities built directly into endpoint computing platforms themselves. Wave has been a foremost expert on this growing trend, leading the way with first-to-market solutions and helping shape standards through its work as a board member for the Trusted Computing Group.

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