OVERLAND PARK, KS -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 04/09/08 -- Yesterday, Archer Technologies (Archer), a leading provider of automated enterprise risk and compliance solutions, was recognized with the 2008 SC Magazine Excellence Award as the Best Regulatory Compliance Solution, as well as the Reader Trust Award for the Best Policy Management Solution. The announcement, recognizing Archer's outstanding achievement in information-technology (IT) security, was made at the exclusive SC Magazine Awards Gala, held in conjunction with the annual RSA Conference.

Excellence Award

"In awarding the 2008 SC Magazine Best Regulatory Compliance Solution Award, our judges have recognized Archer Technologies as a key ally in their mission to safeguard businesses, customers and critical data in North America," said SC Magazine Editor Illena Armstrong.

Archer Technologies and other 2008 SC Magazine Excellence Award winners were marked for distinction by a panel of 17 leading chief security officers from major corporations and large public sector organizations. The awards highlight and showcase the best solutions, services and professionals while recognizing achievement and technical excellence in the information security industry. With more than 600 entries submitted in thirty categories, the 2008 SC Magazine Awards proved to be the most competitive in the program's eleven-year history.

"Over the last year, we have worked with more than 50 Fortune 1000 companies to determine trends and challenges in their risk and compliance programs and to provide the product functionality they require to proactively assess risk and demonstrate regulatory compliance across their enterprise," said Jon Darbyshire, president and CEO of Archer Technologies. "To be honored by SC Magazine's panel of distinguished judges for the Best Regulatory Compliance Solution is a tribute to the close collaboration between our customers in communicating their vision and our team in delivering on their needs."

Reader Trust Award

For the third year in a row, SC Magazine readers, representing IT's most knowledgeable security professionals, selected the Archer Policy Management solution from among the industry's finest solutions.

"Archer Technologies represents an example of the security industry's best in class," continued Armstrong. "By voting Archer Policy Management as the Best Policy Management Solution, our readers are attesting to the high regard they hold for Archer Technologies."

The SC Magazine Awards highlight and showcase the best solutions, services and professionals while recognizing achievement and technical excellence in the information security industry. With more than 600 entries submitted in thirty categories, the 2008 SC Magazine Awards proved to be the most competitive in the program's eleven-year history.

"To be recognized by SC Magazine and our valued customers with the Best Policy Management Solution Award for the third consecutive year is an amazing achievement for the Archer team. We value the strong collaborative relationship that we have with our Fortune 1000 customers, as it is their feedback and progressive thinking that help us to continue our tradition of product innovation and exceptional customer service," added Darbyshire. "This award affirms our success in meeting customer needs for effective policy centralization, training and awareness, workflow process automation, exception management and compliance reporting, and we look forward to further enhancing our solutions to help our customers address evolving business challenges."

More information and a detailed list of categories and winners can be found at www.scmagazineus.com/awards.

About SC Magazine

SC Magazine provides IT security professionals with in-depth and unbiased information through timely news, comprehensive analysis, cutting-edge features, contributions from thought leaders and the best, most extensive collection of product reviews in the business. By offering a consolidated view of IT security through independent product tests and well-researched editorial content that provides the contextual backdrop for how these IT security tools will address larger demands put on businesses today, SC Magazine enables IT security pros to make the right security decisions for their companies. The brand's portfolio includes the SC Magazine Awards, SC Directory, SC Magazine Newswire and SC Magazine IT Security Executives Forums.

About Archer Technologies

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

All Archer solutions are built on the highly flexible Archer SmartSuite Framework, allowing clients to tailor the solutions according to their unique requirements and to build new on-demand applications to solve business problems. As a result, many of Archer's Fortune 1000 clients consider the Framework their go-to platform for rapid application development.

Archer clients maximize their use of the Framework through the Archer Exchange, an online marketplace of applications, services, content and integration solutions, and the Archer Community, an online social network of discussion forums, product ideas, downloads and resources. Through this ecosystem of supporting tools and services, Archer clients can drive innovation within their business, collaborate with industry peers and realize the value of Archer's Enterprise Business On-Demand model. For more information, visit www.archer-tech.com.

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Erica Camilo
BluePoint Venture Marketing for Archer Technologies
781-861-7800
erica@bluepointmktg.com